AUSTRALIA vs SRI LANKA, 1st T20I
AUSTRALIA vs SRI LANKA, 1st T20I: match overview
AUSTRALIA and SRI LANKA met in the 1st T20I of Sri Lanka tour of Australia, 2017 at Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne on Friday, February 17, 2017. Result: Sri Lanka won by 5 wkts.
This is a short-format fixture: each side bats for a fixed number of overs with a powerplay at the start, so momentum swings quickly and strike rates, economy rates and death-overs bowling usually decide it.
Follow every ball on this page: live commentary, the full scorecard with batting and bowling figures, both squads, over-by-over summaries, partnerships, run-rate and win-probability charts. Crickpal updates the score from official feeds in real time, and the latest news around Sri Lanka tour of Australia, 2017 appears alongside the match.
Match facts
- Match
- 1st T20I, Sri Lanka tour of Australia, 2017
- Teams
- AUSTRALIA vs SRI LANKA
- Format
- T20 (20 overs)
- Venue
- Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
- Date
- Friday, February 17, 2017
- Start time
- 02:10 PM local (08:40 GMT)
- Status
- Sri Lanka won by 5 wkts