Live Cricket Scorecard - SL vs AUS Match 30, Sri Lanka tour of ICC MT20 WC, 2026

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Sri Lanka vs Australia MATCH HIGHLIGHTS

CRICKET MATCH TEAMS

Sri Lanka
Pathum Nissanka
Kusal Perera
Kusal Mendis (W)
Pavan Rathnayake
Kamindu Mendis
Dasun Shanaka (C)
Dushan Hemantha
Dunith Wellalage
Dushmantha Chameera
Maheesh Theekshana
Matheesha Pathirana

Australia
Mitchell Marsh (C)
Travis Head
Cameron Green
Tim David
Josh Inglis (W)
Marcus Stoinis
Glenn Maxwell
Cooper Connolly
Xavier Bartlett
Nathan Ellis
Adam Zampa

Sri Lanka vs Australia MATCH INFO

Toss:Sri Lanka, who chose to field
Umpires:Ahsan Raza (PAK), Richard Kettleborough (ENG) and Asif Yaqoob (PAK)
Match Referee:Dean Cosker (ENG)
Match Date:Mon, 16th Feb 2026

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MANHATTAN

AUS - INN SL - INN

End of over 18
SL184/2
SL Batting P Rathnayake 28(15) P Nissanka 100(52)

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17.6: Adam Zampa to Pavan Rathnayake, FOUR! SRI LANKA WIN BY 8 WICKETS AND QUALIFY FOR THE SUPER 8s! Full, around middle, Pavan Rathnayake gets down on a knee and sweeps it behind square leg for a boundary!

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17.5: Adam Zampa to Pathum Nissanka, THE FIRST CENTURY OF THE 2026 T20 WORLD CUP! Second ton for Nissanka in T20Is as well. Pallekele is on its feet. The coach loves it, his country loves it and Nissanka is standing in the middle, with his helmet off and arms aloft! Just 52 balls for his century, comprising of 10 fours and 5 sixes. What a knock. Take a bow. Gets there with a gentle pull through mid on for a single.

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17.4: Adam Zampa to Pathum Nissanka, Fuller, around off, Nissanka leans and scoops it over the bowler, down to long on. Rathnayake charges back for the second for his partner. Nissanka on 99!

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17.3: Adam Zampa to Pathum Nissanka, FOUR! Just toying around with the field! Full in length, and a googly turning into the stumps, Pathum Nissanka drops to a knee and sweeps it powerfully through square leg, beating deep square leg to his left for a cracking four.

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17.2: Adam Zampa to Pathum Nissanka, Sharp turn, full and on off, Pathum Nissanka uses the depth of the crease and dabs it to backward point.

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17.1: Adam Zampa to Pathum Nissanka, FOUR! Nissanka moves into the 90s. Zampa dishes out a leg break, full and on middle, Pathum Nissanka gets down on a knee and sweeps it aerially. It goes one bounce into the fence at deep backward square leg. Sri Lanka need 9 more off 17 balls.

End of over 17
SL169/2
SL Batting P Nissanka 89(47) P Rathnayake 24(14)

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16.6: Nathan Ellis to Pathum Nissanka, Full and wide outside off, Pathum slashes this to deep point for one. 18 from the over, 48 in the last 3!

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16.5: Nathan Ellis to Pathum Nissanka, SIX! CHEEKY! Full, around middle and off, Nissanka gets down and across and laps this beautifully over fine leg! 14 more needed now!

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16.5: Nathan Ellis to Pathum Nissanka, WIDE. Ellis goes fuller, but this is miles outside off. Left alone.

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16.4: Nathan Ellis to Pathum Nissanka, SIX! Nissanka and Sri Lanka are unstoppable! A short ball, following the batter down the leg side, Nissanka backs away to the leg side and throws his bat at it. Connects well and sends this flying over deep backward point!

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16.3: Nathan Ellis to Pathum Nissanka, Full and outside off, Pathum Nissanka leans into it and drills it to long off for a brace. Steve Smith, who is on as a substitute, charges in but fumbles on the first attempt, which allows the batters to cross over again. This also brings up the 50-run partnership between Nissanka and Rathnayake.

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16.2: Nathan Ellis to Pavan Rathnayake, Ellis slows it up again, full and around off, from around the stump. Pavan Rathnayake covers the line by shuffling a bit across and drills it to deep mid-wicket for an easy single.

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16.1: Nathan Ellis to Pathum Nissanka, Slower short ball, on off, Nissanka pulls it to deep backward square leg for a single.

End of over 16
SL151/2
SL Batting P Rathnayake 23(13) P Nissanka 73(42)

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15.6: Glenn Maxwell to Pavan Rathnayake, FOUR! Lucky escape again! Fired, on middle, Pavan Rathnayake comes down the track but is not to the pitch of the ball. He looks to flick but the ball goes off the inside edge, past the keeper and it races through fine leg.

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15.5: Glenn Maxwell to Pavan Rathnayake, RATHNAYAKE SURVIVES A STUMPING APPEAL. One can say, by the barest of margins. Flighted, outside off, Rathnayake gets down and looks to defend but is drawn forward. The keeper collects the ball and whips the bails off and appeals. The square leg umpire refers this upstairs and the replay shows this to be tight. The third umpire takes a couple of looks and decides that there is something behind the line. Oooff... looks very close.

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15.4: Glenn Maxwell to Pavan Rathnayake, FOUR! FETCH THAT! Full, outside off, Pavan Rathnayake gets down on a knee and sweeps this powerfully over mid-wicket. Flat and one bounce into the ropes!

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15.3: Glenn Maxwell to Pavan Rathnayake, Quicker ball, on the stumps, Pavan Rathnayake gets on his knee and smashes it with a flat bat, but straight to Maxwell who stops it in his followthrough, to his left.

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15.2: Glenn Maxwell to Pathum Nissanka, Across the batter, on a length, Pathum Nissanka hangs deep in the crease and pulls it to deep mid-wicket for a single.

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15.1: Glenn Maxwell to Pavan Rathnayake, Short and flat, outside off, Pavan chop-cuts it to deep point for a single.

End of over 20
AUS181/10
AUS Batting A Zampa 1(1) N Ellis 0(2)

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19.6: Dushmantha Chameera to Adam Zampa, OUT! AUSTRALIA HAVE BEEN BOWLED OUT FOR 181! Adam Zampa is gone and it will be another run out to close out the innings. On a length, outside off, 116.9 kph, Adam Zampa eases this through the covers. It is a no brainer to come back for the second but the fielder is up for it as well. Kamindu Mendis charges to the ball and returns the throw to the keeper Mendis, Kusal, with the throw coming right in front of the keeper. Kusal collects and whips the bails off, with Zampa nowhere in the frame.

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19.5: Dushmantha Chameera to Nathan Ellis, OUT! XAVIER BARTLETT IS RUN OUT! Another slower ball, 120 kph, on a length, outside off. Ellis looks to swing but is months early into the shot. The batters go for the bye and the keeper, Kusal Mendis, underarms his shy at the striker's end. Hits bull's eye and Bartlett is gone by a mile.

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19.4: Dushmantha Chameera to Nathan Ellis, A good bouncer, at the head, Nathan Ellis is taken back and decides to ramp this pretty late. Is comprehensively beaten by pace and the Lankan coach, Sanath Jayasuriya, likes that in the dugout! He might be thinking, yes, this is how I felt as a batter while facing Brett Lee. The speed gun read 144.5 kph!

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19.3: Dushmantha Chameera to Marcus Stoinis, OUT! CAUGHT! The jerseys seem to be swapped in the field! Sri Lanka have simply been outstanding in the field tonight. Another slower ball, 115.4 kph, on a length, outside off. Angling away, Stoinis swings hard, but gets a thick outside edge behind. The ball is dipping, but Maheesh Theekshana flings himself to his right at short third and takes another stinger! 160/4 has now become 180/8 for Australia!

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19.2: Dushmantha Chameera to Marcus Stoinis, Swing and a miss. The crowd cheering each and every dot ball. Excellent slower ball, on a length, outside off, going away, Stoinis swings towards mid-wicket, but connects only with thin air.

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19.2: Dushmantha Chameera to Marcus Stoinis, Very full, outside off, Stoinis drills this to the left of long off and comes back for the second.

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19.1: Dushmantha Chameera to Marcus Stoinis, On a length, outside off, Marcus Stoinis punches it through point. Does not even think about the single.

End of over 19
AUS177/7
AUS Batting X Bartlett 0(3) M Stoinis 2(2)

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18.6: Maheesh Theekshana to Xavier Bartlett, Full and wide outside off, Xavier slashes hard but misses. Sensational over - A wicket and just 2 runs from it!

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18.5: Maheesh Theekshana to Xavier Bartlett, Full, outside off, Bartlett swings wildly but misses.

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18.4: Maheesh Theekshana to Xavier Bartlett, Ooohhh... fired on the pads, Xavier Bartlett looks to punch but gets a thick inside edge which goes past the leg stump!

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18.3: Maheesh Theekshana to Cooper Connolly, OUT! CAUGHT! 6th wicket to spin. Floated, around middle and leg, Cooper Connolly goes for a big slog. But he only manages a thick top edge. Short third hares to his right, is about to collide with short fine leg, but the latter backs off in time. Kusal Perera keeps his eyes on the ball and dives full stretch to take the catch! Cooper is conned and from 160/4, AUSTRALIA ARE NOW 177/7! 9 balls left.

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18.2: Maheesh Theekshana to Cooper Connolly, Outside off, punched through the covers. Kamil Mishara does well to move to his left at sweeper and dive to stop the ball. Two runs taken, two saved.

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18.1: Maheesh Theekshana to Cooper Connolly, Maheesh Theekshana will bowl out. Down the leg side, Cooper Connolly works it to the leg side but cannot find the gap.

End of over 18
AUS175/6
AUS Batting C Connolly 1(1) M Stoinis 2(2)

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17.6: Dushmantha Chameera to Cooper Connolly, Back to pace off, on a length, outside off, Cooper Connolly eases this behind point for a single to get off the mark. A wicket and 7 runs from the over, 15/2 in the last 2!

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17.5: Dushmantha Chameera to Josh Inglis, OUT! CAUGHT! Wow. You need to read this. Again and again. An Aussie batter, that too from Perth, has been bounced out by a Lankan seamer! A quick short ball, outside off, Josh Inglis goes for the pull instinctively. But he is beaten for pace - that's right - beaten for pace, with the speed gun reading 140 kph and gets a top edge which goes straight up in the air. Three fielders go for it - the bowler, the keeper and point. In the end, Dunith Wellalage calls for it coming in from point and takes it calmly. After a series of slower balls, Inglis was caught napping on this fast one. From 160/4, AUSTRALIA ARE NOW 174/6! 13 balls left.

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17.4: Dushmantha Chameera to Marcus Stoinis, Full, around off, Marcus Stoinis opens the face of his bat and guides it through point for a run.

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17.3: Dushmantha Chameera to Josh Inglis, Dropped short, slow again, Josh swivels, gets outside the line and pulls it behind square leg for a single.

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17.2: Dushmantha Chameera to Josh Inglis, FOUR! What a shot that is! Full and outside off, Inglis drives this down the ground. Long off is pretty wide and he tries to reach to his right and dives, but there is so much power in the shot that the ball beats him!

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17.1: Dushmantha Chameera to Josh Inglis, Landed outside off, Josh Inglis goes for the reverse hook but the ball is pretty slow and he misses it totally.

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ICC MT20 WC, 2026 Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy

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