In the final clash between Sri Lanka- Australia of the 5-match series played at Premadasa ground, the visitors defeated Sri Lanka by 4 wickets. The main contributor to the win was Alex Carey. He contributed 45 runs also the 25 runs contribution from Cameron Green turned the game in the visitor’s favor. However, despite the loss in the 5th match, Sri Lanka has won this 5-match ODI series 3-2.
Host won the series against Australia on their soil after 30 years. The host’s batting was not good in the 5th ODI and the entire team succeed to score could only 160 runs. Australian bowler showed their A-game and restrict them to a very low total.
SL vs AUS 5th ODI: match review
Chamika Karunaratne played the highest scorer with 75 runs for Sri Lanka. Apart from him, no batsman could stand long in front of the visitor’s bowlers in this match. For Australia, Josh Hazlewood, Matthew Kahneman, and Pat Cummins succeed to take 2 wickets each while Cameron Green and Maxwell share 1-1 wickets.
Although the visitors won the match they A faced a lot of difficulties in achieving the small target of 161 runs. The Australian side was struggling after losing 4 wickets for 50 runs at one point, but first Marnus Labuschagne combined with Alex Carey 51 runs for the 5th wicket to get the team back in the match, and then later Alex Carey along with Green gave the team troubles. In the last ODI, they won by 4 wickets. However, even after this win, the Australian team could not save the series after almost 30 years.
Chamika Karunaratne for his brilliant performance was adjudged “Player of the Match. He succeeds to make 75 runs in a low total match. While another player from Sri Lanka Kushal Mandis was awarded “Player of the Series”.
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