Josh Hazlewood stars as Australia beat Sri Lanka in Super Over thriller

Brilliant bowling by pacer Josh Hazlewood helped Australia hold their nerve to get the better of Sri Lanka in a thrilling Super Over in the second T20I here on SundayHazlewood was spot on with his bowling in the Super Over and restricted Sri Lanka to just five runs Maxwell and Stoinis then completed the formalities with the bat and won the match in three balls helping Australia take a 20 lead in the seriesSri Lanka who lost the opening T20I match on Friday decided to bowl first after electing to bat first They managed to restrict Australia to 1646 in their allotted 20 overs thanks to a knock of 48 by Josh Inglis with Dushmantha Chameera 230 and Wanindu Hasaranga 233 leading the bowling efforts for Sri LankaSri Lanka made a match of it as they rode on a 53ball 73 by Pathum Nissanka and 19ball 34 by skipper Dasun Shanaka helping them reach 1648 in 20 overs Hazlewood claimed 322 for AustraliaSri Lanka had to make a forced change with Binura Fernando being unavailable for this match with roundarm seamer Nuwan Thushara replacing him Australia on the other side rested Mitchell Starc and brought the Kane RichardsonBen McDermott the highest scorer for Australia in the first T20I started with intent but soon fell to debutant Nuwan Thushara failing to clear Wanindu Hasaranga at longon Inglis topscored for Australia with 48 from 32 while skipper Aaron Finch who seemed set in the middle lost his wicket at a crucial time to a wrongun from Wanindu HasarangaMaxwell was Hasarangas second victim and fell for 15 It was all up to Steven Smith and Marcus Soinis to finish strongly in the death overs but Dushmantha Chameera snapped them both up in consecutive deliveries Matthew Wade did manage to make an impact towards the end as he hit a four and a six in the 20th over helping Australia finish 1644 in 20 oversWhile Sri Lanka bowlers were brilliant in the second half of the innings Australia once again failed to finish strongly with the bat going from 922 at the end of 11 overs to 1646 at the end of 20The Australian bowlers were on the money from the start and picked up crucial wickets early on Hazlewood sent Danushka Gunathilaka back to the pavilion in the first over for a duck and followed it up with the scalp of Avishka Fernando in his next over according to a report in the ICCs official websiteCharith Asalanka didnt trouble the scorers either and was the second batter to depart without opening his accountOpener Pathum Nissanka and Dinesh Chandimal came to the rescue before Adam Zampa struck crucially to remove the latter after the 10over mark the report saidCaptain Dasun Shanaka played a brilliant knock of 34 of 19 deliveries which included two fours and three sixes kept Sri Lanka in the chase but was unlucky to get run out Hasaranga played a crucial cameo of 13 while Nissanka too exploded towards the endWith 19 needed off the last over Nissanka smashed a four off the first ball but was out for 73 two balls later Needing 12 off 3 Maheesh Theekshana smashed a six despite Steve Smiths best efforts on the boundary and took a single off the nextWith five needed off the last ball Chameera playing his first ball smashed a fourover Stoinis head to force a Super OverBut in the end it proved insufficient as Australia won the match in the oneover eliminatorBrief scores Australia 1646 in 20 overs Josh Inglis 48 Dushmantha Chameera 230 Wanindu Hasaranga 233 beat Sri Lanka 1648 in 20 overs Pathum Nissanka 73 Dasun Shanaka 34 Josh Hazlewood 322 in Super OverThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever