Australia versus Sri Lanka at Perth - top performers in the only T20 match of the tour
Sri Lanka trounced Australia in the only T20 international match of their short tour. The touring team devastated the hosts in a spanking fashion as this was the most convincing victory for the Lankan loins across all formats in Australia.
First, the tourists devastated the Australian batting line-up with their disciplined bowling, restricting them to a modest total of 133 in their allotted quota of 20 overs. In the end, the Sri Lankans chased it down with utmost ease with 7 wickets in the
bank and without consuming, not more than 16.3 overs.
To everyone’s surprise, the visitors amazingly outplayed the Kangaroos, their nemesis, over the years. In doing so, they gifted them their first ever twenty over’s game defeat at home.
However, there had been some brilliant individual performances, scintillating batting displays and breathtaking bowling shows in front of the mammoth crowd at the legend of Perth.
Bettor.com feels proud in discussing the top performers of the game.
Suraj Randiv
Suraj Randiv is definitely the one who can fill in the durable boots of the legendary http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Muttiah-Muralitharan-c78157. Suraj is a vastly talented off-spin bowler. He flights the bowl and can extract extra bounce from the wicket with his high arm action. In addition,
his bowling skills are backed up by a well disguised doosra, which even the best of batsmen find hard to get away.
Australian’s received a daunting spell of finger spin bowling as they had no idea what the off-spinner was doing. Cricket Experts say that finger spinners do struggle in Australia, but he bowled exceptionally good four overs, taking 3 wickets, giving away
just 25 runs.
In doing so, Randiv restricted the opposition to an average score and was the main Architect of his teams, one of the most Emphatic performances away from home, considering all three versions of the game.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746 should be worried about their nemesis in the first game ahead of the upcoming ODI series. Suraj Randiv remains an integral part for his team’s plan. Against all the odds, if Sri Lanka wants to register their first series win in the touring country,
then the promising off-spinner has to play a pivotal role.
Tillakaratne Dilshan
Tillakaratne Dilshan has developed himself as one of most destructive batsmen around the world, since he has been elevated to open the batting for his team. Dilshan has a pretty sound defence, but it is an afterthought in his deep batting skills as he is
always on the attack against the opposition bowlers.
Australia was on the receiving end this time around as he hammered them for his 41 runs of 34 balls. As expected, Dilshan wreaked havoc for the Aussie bowlers as he struck 6 thrilling fours to set up the chase nicely for his team.
His 71-run stand with his captain, Kumar Sangakkara stole the show from the Kangaroos as they were dumbfounded with the ball to help http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758 to register their first win of the tour. In the end, the visitors chased down the total with 21 balls to spare.
Thisara Perera
A promising all-rounder to emerge from the Islands of Sri Lanka, Thisara Perera has impressed all, with his accurate medium pacers and brutal hitting. He already, has shown lot of promise, both with the ball and the bat and he has been tipped as the next
huge thing in Sri Lankan cricket.
Moreover, after performing so well in the previous Asia cup, he carried his form to Australia. His nagging line and length earned him 4/22 in four incisive overs. Adding to it, he devastated his opponents with bat as he went ballistic to score an unbeaten
17 runs of only four balls. As a result, the hosts were shown the door in just 16.3 overs.
The Australians have to watch out for this promising all-rounder as he has already shown them, his true potential.
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