The pitch had a lot of pace and bounce and at times the Sri Lankan batsman struggled to lay bat on ball as evidenced by the fact that there were 50 dot balls. All, however, doesn't look well in the Aussie camp. The defeat to NZ certainly wouldn't have helped and there was a noticeable amount of arm throwing. 23 extras won't have helped Finch's demeanour either.
Australia win by 7 wickets with 3.2 overs to spare
I can safely say that I have never seen a worse innings from a top class opening batsman in a T20. Finch finishes on 31 off 42 balls out of a total of 158-3 and if it wasn't for Maxwell and Stoinis the Aussies would have lost.
Ireland off to a decent start although riding their luck at time. Wood looking particularly dangerous and taking the wicket of Sterling caught at third man by Curran as well as now hitting Balburnie on the finger.
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The pitch had a lot of pace and bounce and at times the Sri Lankan batsman struggled to lay bat on ball as evidenced by the fact that there were 50 dot balls. All, however, doesn't look well in the Aussie camp. The defeat to NZ certainly wouldn't have helped and there was a noticeable amount of arm throwing. 23 extras won't have helped Finch's demeanour either.
26-0 off 4
Would love to see us piling the pressure on Australia on Friday and them being P3 L3
0 boundaries in a powerplay at T20 World Cup:
PAK vs WI, Dhaka, 2014
PNG vs BAN, Al Amerat, 2021
AUS vs SL, Perth, Today
Maxwell 22 off 6
They must be playing on different tracks!!!
Stoinis then completes the fastest T20 50 for Australia and the equal 2nd fastest in T20 WC history- 53 off 17
I can safely say that I have never seen a worse innings from a top class opening batsman in a T20. Finch finishes on 31 off 42 balls out of a total of 158-3 and if it wasn't for Maxwell and Stoinis the Aussies would have lost.
37-1 off 4.1
92-1 off 10. An excellent platform for Ireland.
103-2 off 12
116-3 off 14. Ireland have to be looking for 165 plus now
132-4 off 15.3
138-6 off 16.3
144-6 off 17
150-7 off 18