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Australia bowl out Sri Lanka for 258 after Asalanka ton

Published : Wednesday, 22 June, 2022 at 12:00 AM  Count : 803

Australia's Matthew Kuhnemann (L) celebrates with teammates after taking the wicket of Sri Lanka's Chamika Karunaratne (not pictured) during the fourth one-day international (ODI) cricket match between Sri Lanka and Australia at the R. Premadasa International Cricket Stadium in Colombo on June 21, 2022.

Australia's Matthew Kuhnemann (L) celebrates with teammates after taking the wicket of Sri Lanka's Chamika Karunaratne (not pictured) during the fourth one-day international (ODI) cricket match between Sri Lanka and Australia at the R. Premadasa International Cricket Stadium in Colombo on June 21, 2022.

COLOMBO, JUNE 21: Charith Asalanka hit his maiden one-day century and rescued Sri Lanka from a top order collapse before Australia bowled out his side for 258 in Tuesday's fourth ODI match.
The hosts slipped to 34-3 after being put into bat first, with fast bowlers Pat Cummins, Mitchell Marsh and spinner Matthew Kuhnemann each taking two wickets.
Glenn Maxwell struck first with his off-spin to get wicketkeeper-batsman Niroshan Dickwella stumped for one in the second over of the innings.
Cummins soon sent back Kusal Mendis for 14 and previous match hero Pathum Nissanka fell for 13 off Marsh.
But a 101-run partnership between the left-handed Asalanka (110) and Dhananjaya de Silva (60) brought their team back to a respectable total with a mix of caution and aggression.
Marsh broke the stand with the wicket of De Silva and skipper Dasun Shanaka got run out on four after a mid-pitch mix-up with Asalanka, who stood firm.
Left-arm spinner Kuhnemann took two wickets including a successful lbw review of Chamika Karunaratne after the 40th over to rattle the opposition lower-order.
Asalanka reached his century to the cheers of a raucous home crowd that jumped to their feet to applaud the knock.
Wanindu Hasaranga played a useful cameo of 21 not out as he put together 34 runs for the eighth wicket with Asalanka.
Asalanka finally fell to Cummins and Australia soon wrapped up the innings in 49 overs with two run outs.
The hosts lead the five-match series 2-1 and Australia, led by Aaron Finch, need 259 to keep the series alive.     -AFP










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