Pathum Nissanka smashes ton as Sri Lanka beat Australia in third ODI

Pathum Nissanka cracked a superb 137 whereas Kusal Mendis scored a half-century earlier than getting injured as Sri Lanka beat Australia by six wickets within the third one-day worldwide on Sunday to take a 2-1 lead within the five-match sequence.

Chasing 292 to win, Sri Lanka shook off the early dismissal of Niroshan Dickwella for 25 as Nissanka and Mendis mixed for a superb 170-run partnership for the second wicket to place their aspect in full management. But whereas Mendis retired harm with a hamstring damage on 87, Nissanka held on to take his workforce near the end line which they crossed with 9 balls to spare after to a quick-fire 25 by Dhananjaya de Silva and Charith Asalanka’s regular 13.

Nissanka’s knock got here off 147 deliveries and contained 11 fours and two sixes. Australia opted to bat first after successful the toss and an unbeaten 70 from Travis Head and 62 from skipper Aaron Finch helped them to a aggressive 291-6 on a difficult Colombo wicket which was sluggish and provided the spin bowlers some flip.

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Head and Alex Carey (49) mixed fantastically throughout their 72-run partnership after Australia discovered themselves in a troublesome place at 121-4, earlier than Glenn Maxwell smashed 33 off 18 balls in a powerful end to the innings. Jeffrey Vandersay was the choose of the bowlers claiming 3-49 for Sri Lanka, who dropped 4 catches, whereas Head was fortunate to outlive a giant attraction for leg-before when he was on 4 because the hosts didn’t assessment the umpire’s determination.