Australia v Sri Lanka — Scorecard

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Australia

181/10

Sri Lanka

184/2

Sri Lanka won by 8 wickets

ICC Men's T20 World Cup · Match 30 · 16 February 2026 · Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy

Innings 1

Australia

181/10

20.0 overs

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
MR Marsh	lbw b MADI Hemantha	54	27	8	2	200.0
Travis Head	c PHKD Mendis b MADI Hemantha	56	29	7	3	193.1
C Green	st BKG Mendis b DN Wellalage	3	7	0	0	42.9
Tim David	c MADI Hemantha b PHKD Mendis	6	5	1	0	120.0
JP Inglis	c DN Wellalage b PVD Chameera	27	22	3	0	122.7
GJ Maxwell	c P Nissanka b MADI Hemantha	22	15	1	1	146.7
MP Stoinis	c M Theekshana b PVD Chameera	4	6	0	0	66.7
Cooper Connolly	c MDKJ Perera b M Theekshana	3	4	0	0	75.0
XC Bartlett	run out (BKG Mendis)	0	3	0	0	0.0
NT Ellis	not out	0	2	0	0	0.0
A Zampa	run out (BKG Mendis, PHKD Mendis)	1	1	0	0	100.0
Extras (b 0, lb 0, w 4, nb 1, p 0)		5
Total		181/10 (20.0 ov)

Fall of wickets: 104-1 (TM Head, 8.3) · 110-2 (C Green, 10.0) · 116-3 (MR Marsh, 10.4) · 130-4 (TH David, 12.4) · 160-5 (GJ Maxwell, 16.1) · 174-6 (JP Inglis, 17.5) · 177-7 (C Connolly, 18.3) · 180-8 (MP Stoinis, 19.3) · 180-9 (XC Bartlett, 19.5) · 181-10 (A Zampa, 20.0)

Partnerships

1stMR Marsh & TM Head104 (51) · RR 12.24
2ndMR Marsh & C Green6 (9) · RR 4.00
3rdMR Marsh & TH David6 (4) · RR 9.00
4thJP Inglis & TH David14 (12) · RR 7.00
5thJP Inglis & GJ Maxwell30 (21) · RR 8.57
6thJP Inglis & MP Stoinis14 (10) · RR 8.40
7thC Connolly & MP Stoinis3 (4) · RR 4.50
8thXC Bartlett & MP Stoinis3 (6) · RR 3.00
9thXC Bartlett & NT Ellis0 (2) · RR 0.00
10thA Zampa & NT Ellis1 (1) · RR 6.00

Boundary Breakdown

TM Head56 · 82% bdy
MR Marsh54 · 81% bdy
JP Inglis27 · 44% bdy
GJ Maxwell22 · 45% bdy
TH David6 · 67% bdy
MP Stoinis4 · 0% bdy
C Green3 · 0% bdy
C Connolly3 · 0% bdy
A Zampa1 · 0% bdy

6s 4s Running

Bowler	O	R	W	Econ
PVD Chameera	4.0	36	2	9.00
M Theekshana	4.0	37	1	9.25
M Pathirana	0.4	3	0	4.50
MD Shanaka	1.2	16	0	12.00
MADI Hemantha	4.0	37	3	9.25
DN Wellalage	4.0	33	1	8.25
PHKD Mendis	2.0	19	1	9.50

Innings 2

Sri Lanka

184/2

18.0 overs

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
P Nissanka	not out	100	52	10	5	192.3
MDKJ Perera	c NT Ellis b MP Stoinis	1	3	0	0	33.3
BKG Mendis	c C Connolly b MP Stoinis	51	38	6	1	134.2
P Rathnayake	not out	28	15	6	0	186.7
Extras (b 0, lb 0, w 4, nb 0, p 0)		4
Total		184/2 (18.0 ov)

Fall of wickets: 8-1 (MDKJ Perera, 1.2) · 105-2 (BKG Mendis, 12.2)

Partnerships

1stP Nissanka & MDKJ Perera8 (8) · RR 6.00
2ndP Nissanka & BKG Mendis97 (66) · RR 8.82
3rdP Nissanka & P RathnayakeNB79 (34) · RR 13.94

Boundary Breakdown

P Nissanka100 · 70% bdy
BKG Mendis51 · 59% bdy
P Rathnayake28 · 86% bdy
MDKJ Perera1 · 0% bdy

6s 4s Running

Bowler	O	R	W	Econ
XC Bartlett	2.0	22	0	11.00
MP Stoinis	4.0	46	2	11.50
NT Ellis	3.0	32	0	10.67
Cooper Connolly	3.0	27	0	9.00
A Zampa	4.0	41	0	10.25
GJ Maxwell	2.0	16	0	8.00

Key moments

Algorithmically chosen from the scorecard — partnerships, wicket clusters, turning overs.

Standout stand

Match-defining partnership

P Nissanka & P Rathnayake put on 79 runs from 34 balls at 13.94 run rate for the 3rd wicket.

Sri Lanka innings

Collapse

Sharpest wicket cluster

3 wickets in 3 balls — A Zampa fell at 181/10 (20.0 ov).

Australia innings

Turning over

Over 20: PVD Chameera took 3 wickets 4 runs.

Australia innings

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Ball-by-ball replay

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Worm Chart

Runs progression per over. Wickets shown as dots on each line.

Manhattan

Runs scored each over. ▼ markers above bars mark wickets that over.

Momentum

Smoothed per-over swing. Above the line = scoring above their own average; dips mark wickets / quiet overs.

AustraliaSri Lanka

Phase Splits

Powerplay (1–6) · Middle (7–15) · Death (16–20)

Australia

181/10 (20.0)

Powerplay

Ov 1–6

70/0· RR 11.67

BatTM Head35 (20)BowlM Pathirana0/3 (0.4)

Middle

Ov 7–15

81/4· RR 9.00

BatTM Head21 (9)BowlMADI Hemantha2/29 (3.0)

Death

Ov 16–20

30/6· RR 6.00

BatJP Inglis17 (10)BowlPVD Chameera2/20 (3.0)

Sri Lanka

184/2 (18.0)

Powerplay

Ov 1–6

61/1· RR 10.17

BatP Nissanka38 (20)BowlMP Stoinis1/17 (2.0)

Middle

Ov 7–15

80/1· RR 8.89

BatP Nissanka34 (21)BowlMP Stoinis1/29 (2.0)

Death

Ov 16–20

43/0· RR 14.33

BatP Nissanka28 (11)BowlGJ Maxwell0/10 (1.0)

Commentary236 balls

End of over 18
4·4214
Sri Lanka 184/2
18.6
A Zampa to P Rathnayake, FOUR!
18.5
A Zampa to P Nissanka, 1 run.
18.4
A Zampa to P Nissanka, 2 runs.
18.3
A Zampa to P Nissanka, FOUR!
18.2
A Zampa to P Nissanka, no run.
18.1
A Zampa to P Nissanka, FOUR!
End of over 17
1126wd61
Sri Lanka 169/2
17.7
NT Ellis to P Nissanka, 1 run.
17.6
NT Ellis to P Nissanka, SIX!
17.5
NT Ellis to P Nissanka, wide.
17.4
NT Ellis to P Nissanka, SIX!
17.3
NT Ellis to P Nissanka, 2 runs.
17.2
NT Ellis to P Rathnayake, 1 run.
17.1
NT Ellis to P Nissanka, 1 run.
End of over 16
11·4·4
Sri Lanka 151/2
16.6
GJ Maxwell to P Rathnayake, FOUR!
16.5
GJ Maxwell to P Rathnayake, no run.
16.4
GJ Maxwell to P Rathnayake, FOUR!
16.3
GJ Maxwell to P Rathnayake, no run.
16.2
GJ Maxwell to P Nissanka, 1 run.
16.1
GJ Maxwell to P Rathnayake, 1 run.
End of over 15
414·wd46
Sri Lanka 141/2
15.7
MP Stoinis to P Nissanka, SIX!
15.6
MP Stoinis to P Nissanka, FOUR!
15.5
MP Stoinis to P Nissanka, wide.
15.4
MP Stoinis to P Nissanka, no run.
15.3
MP Stoinis to P Nissanka, FOUR!
15.2
MP Stoinis to P Rathnayake, 1 run.
15.1
MP Stoinis to P Rathnayake, FOUR!