? Sri Lanka 198/3; Australia 163/8
? Sri Lanka beat Australia by 35 runs
Skipper Tillakaratne Dilshan's first Twenty20 international century led Sri Lanka to a 35-run victory against Australia in Pallekele.
Sri Lanka were put into bat by Australia captain Cameron White and proceeded to reach an impressive 198 for three, largely thanks to Dilshan's stunning form. The chase proved too much for the visitors, who mustered 163 for eight, to concede the first of the two-game series.
Dilshan paved the way for victory by batting through the innings and leading a brutal late onslaught in which he added an unbroken 104 runs with Jeevan Mendis (29) off the final 45 balls. The captain's unbeaten 104 came off just 57 balls; he blasted 12 boundaries and five sixes as he contributed 77 of the match-winning century stand with Mendis.
Dilshan had worked his way to his half-century midway through the 16th over but then let loose a succession of heavy strokes and he brought up his century, in the final over, with a trademark scoop for four. He had already hit Mitchell Johnson for back-to-back sixes in the final over as he used just 16 balls to race through his second 50.
The Sri Lanka skipper's fireworks proved too much for Australia who, apart from opener David Warner's 53 from 31 balls, never threatened to reach their target. Dilruwan Perera, one of three Sri Lankan debutants, was the chief destroyer, taking three for 26. The 29-year-old off-spinner exposed Australia's fragility to slow bowling on the sub-continent as he dismissed top-order trio Shaun Marsh (four), Mike Hussey (six) and White (seven).
That left Australia a precarious 63 for four and when Warner was caught by Dilshan off Nuwan Kulasekara victory for Sri Lanka looked a certainty.
The second and final game is at the same venue on Monday.
Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2011/aug/06/twenty20-sri-lanka-australia
Madagascar Allen Stanford Consumer affairs Australia cricket team Radio 1 Switzerland
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