T20 Series:Angelo Matthews helps Sri Lanka lead 1-0

Angelo Matthews towards the end of the first Twenty20 cricket match against Australia held on 26/01/2013 helped Sri Lanka win with a flourish.After the disappointing one day series where they only managed to level the series they will definitely be looking for a win in their second twenty20 match as well.David Warner's batting was superb as he managed to make 90 runs.That's a huge score in a twenty20 match.However the score the Australians ended with(137) didn't look to be very challenging for a twenty20 match but i think the Australians bowled well and it did require some taking from the Sri Lankans to win the match.

Highlights of the match:

Australia Batting & Bowling:

David Warner - Batting - 90(62)*

Glen Maxwell - Bowling - 2 Wickets for 15 Runs

Sri Lanka Batting & Bowling: 

Angelo Matthews - 35(27)*

Nuwan Kulasekara - 1 Wicket for 21 runs

Scorecard:

Australia innings (20 overs maximum)	Dismissal	R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
DA Warner	not out	90	91	62	5	3	145.16
AJ Finch	c MDKJ Perera b Kulasekara	1	8	3	0	0	33.33
SE Marsh	run out (Dilshan)	6	22	17	0	0	35.29
GJ Bailey*	c Dilshan b NLTC Perera	11	9	9	0	1	122.22
AC Voges	not out	25	49	29	0	0	86.2
Extras	(b 1, lb 2, w 1)	4
Total	(3 wickets; 20 overs; 91 mins)	137	(6.85 runs per over)
Did not bat MS Wade†, GJ Maxwell, BCJ Cutting, MA Starc, XJ Doherty, B Laughlin
Fall of wickets 1-8 (Finch, 1.5 ov), 2-31 (Marsh, 6.3 ov), 3-53 (Bailey, 8.6 ov)
Sri Lanka Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ	Extras
AD Mathews	4	0	39	0	9.75	(1w)
KMDN Kulasekara	4	0	21	1	5.25
SL Malinga	4	0	19	0	4.75
NLTC Perera	4	0	29	1	7.25
BAW Mendis	4	0	26	0	6.5
Sri Lanka innings (target: 138 runs from 20 overs)	Dismissal	R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
MDKJ Perera	c †Wade b Maxwell	33	36	22	2	1	150
TM Dilshan	c Laughlin b Doherty	16	31	21	0	1	76.19
DPMD Jayawardene	b Doherty	8	16	10	1	0	80
LD Chandimal†	c Cutting b Maxwell	5	4	6	0	0	83.33
AD Mathews*	not out	35	44	27	3	1	129.62
HDRL Thirimanne	c Voges b Starc	20	17	15	2	0	133.33
NLTC Perera	not out	19	19	12	0	2	158.33
Extras	(lb 2, w 1)	3
Total	(5 wickets; 18.5 overs)	139	(7.38 runs per over)
Did not bat BMAJ Mendis, KMDN Kulasekara, BAW Mendis, SL Malinga
Fall of wickets 1-46 (Dilshan, 6.2 ov), 2-53 (MDKJ Perera, 7.3 ov), 3-61 (Chandimal, 9.1 ov), 4-69 (Jayawardene, 10.5 ov), 5-104 (Thirimanne, 15.2 ov)
Australia Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ	Extras
XJ Doherty	4	0	21	2	5.25
MA Starc	4	0	19	1	4.75	(1w)
BCJ Cutting	3	0	27	0	9
B Laughlin	3.5	0	46	0	12
GJ Maxwell	3	0	15	2	5
AJ Finch	1	0	9	0	9

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