Australia beat Sri Lanka after super over drama in 2nd T20
Australia scraped past Sri Lanka to take control of their five-match T20I series on Sunday after late fireworks from the visitors forced their second clash in Sydney to a rare super over after it ended in a tie.
Take a bow, Josh Hazlewood! ๐
He restricts Sri Lanka to just five runs in the Super Over and Australia chase it down in three balls.
๐ฆ๐บ take a 2โฃ-0โฃ lead in the series.
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Sri Lanka captain Dasun Shanaka won the toss and bowled for the second game in a row, despite his side struggling in the run chase during their 20-run defeat in the first clash of the series on Friday.
Sri Lanka have won the toss and opted to field in the second T20I in Sydney ๐
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It appeared to be heading the same way after Josh Inglis’ 48 spearheaded Australia to 164 for six, and the Sri Lankan top order again failed to fire.
But Pathum Nissanka’s 73 and a breezy 34 off 19 balls from Shanaka sent the game to the wire.
With Marcus Stoinis bowling, Sri Lanka needed 12 off the last three balls to win. Maheesh Theekshana hit a six, then a single before Dushmantha Chameera smacked a four to tie the match and send it into a nail-biting super over.
INTO THE SUPER OVER!
Needing five off the last ball, Dushmantha Chameera smashes it for a four and it's all square at the end!
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Josh Hazlewood bowled the over for Australia with Shanaka and Dinesh Chandimal facing. After two dot balls, Chandimal was run out and Sri Lanka managed just five runs.
Bowling a Super Over 101: with Josh Hazlewood.
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That left Australia needing six to win with Glenn Maxwell and Stoinis reaching the target off three balls from spinner Wanindu Hasaranga.
Wow, wow, wow! #AUSvSL https://t.co/gR1AfeYDYw
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