The Sri Lanka cricket team toured Australia in February 2022 to play five Twenty20 International (T20I) matches.[1][2] In May 2021, Cricket Australia confirmed the fixtures for the tour.[3][4] In January 2022, Cricket Australia updated the tour schedule,[5] to reduce the risks of COVID-19 by minimising travel across the country.[6]
| Sri Lankan cricket team in Australia in 2021–22 | |||
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| Australia | Sri Lanka | ||
| Dates | 11 – 20 February 2022 | ||
| Captains | Aaron Finch | Dasun Shanaka | |
| Twenty20 International series | |||
| Results | Australia won the 5-match series 4–1 | ||
| Most runs | Josh Inglis (155) | Pathum Nissanka (184) | |
| Most wickets |
Josh Hazlewood (8) Kane Richardson (8) | Dushmantha Chameera (7) | |
| Player of the series | Glenn Maxwell (Aus) | ||
Australia won the opening match by 20 runs,[7] after a rain delay reduced Sri Lanka's innings to 19 overs.[8] In January 2022, the International Cricket Council made changes to the T20I playing conditions, including an in-match penalty for a slow over rate.[9] If the team who is fielding does not start to bowl their final over in the allocated time, they will only be allowed to have four fielders outside the inner circle, and not five.[10] In the second T20I match of the series, Sri Lanka became the first team to incur the new penalty, after not bowling their overs in time.[11] The match ended in a tie,[12] with Australia winning the Super Over.[13] Australia won the third T20I by six wickets, winning the series with two matches to play.[14] Australia also won the fourth match by six wickets, taking a 4–0 lead in the series.[15] Sri Lanka won the final T20I match by five wickets with Australia winning the series 4–1.[16]
Squads
editAhead of the tour, Australia added Daniel Sams to their T20I squad, replacing Travis Head.[19] Head played in the 2021–22 Sheffield Shield season, before he joined the team for the final T20Is in Melbourne.[20] On 8 February 2022, Sri Lanka's Kusal Mendis tested positive for COVID-19, ruling him out of the first two matches of the series.[21] In the second T20I match, Australia's Steven Smith suffered a concussion and was ruled out of the rest of the series.[22] Prior to the third T20I, Sri Lanka's Wanindu Hasaranga also tested positive for COVID-19, and was ruled out of the fixture.[23]
T20I series
edit1st T20I
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- Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.
- Sri Lanka were set a revised target of 143 runs from 19 overs due to rain.
- Josh Inglis (Aus) made his T20I debut.
2nd T20I
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- Australia won the toss and elected to field.
4th T20I
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- Australia won the toss and elected to field.
5th T20I
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- Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
- Janith Liyanage and Kamil Mishara (SL) both made their T20I debuts.
Statistics
editMost runs
edit| Rank | Runs | Player | Teams | Innings | Average | High Score | Strike Rate | 50 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 184 | Pathum Nissanka |  |
5 | 36.80 | 73 | 115.72 | 1 |
| 2 | 155 | Josh Inglis |  |
5 | 38.75 | 48 | 143.51 | - |
| 3 | 138 | Glen Maxwell | 34.50 | 48* | 133.98 | |||
| 4 | 116 | Dasun Shanaka | |
29.00 | 39* | 110.47 | ||
| 5 | 100 | Kusal Mendis | 3 | 50.00 | 69* | 111.11 | 1 | |
| Last Updated: 1 August 2022[24] | ||||||||
Most wickets
edit| Rank | Wickets | Player | Teams | Innings | Best | Average | Economy | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 | Josh Hazlewood | |
3 | 4/12 | 8.12 | 5.41 | |
| Kane Richardson | 4 | 3/21 | 17.12 | 8.74 | ||||
| 3 | 7 | Dushmantha Chameera | |
5 | 2/30 | 21.85 | 7.65 | |
| 4 | 5 | Wanindu Hasaranga | 2 | 3/38 | 14.20 | 8.87 | ||
| Mahesh Theekshana | 5 | 3/24 | 25.80 | 6.78 | ||||
| Adam Zampa | |
4 | 3/18 | 20.60 | 6.43 | |||
| Last Updated: 1 August 2022[25] | ||||||||
References
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- ^ "Australia's Test drought poses possible Ashes problems". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
- ^ "The SLC announces Sri Lanka's Cricketing Calendar for the year 2022". The Papare. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
- ^ "Schedule confirmed for Sri Lanka's tour of Australia". The Papare. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
- ^ "SCG, MCG, Manuka Oval to host Sri Lanka T20Is". CricBuzz. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
- ^ "Josh Hazlewood and Adam Zampa dismantle Sri Lanka". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
- ^ "Hazlewood, Zampa star as Aussies defend low total". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
- ^ "Changes to T20I Playing Conditions come into effect". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
- ^ "Four, not five fielders allowed outside inner circle for slow over rate in T20Is". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
- ^ "Sri Lanka become first men's team to incur new over-rate penalty". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
- ^ "Australia win Super Over after Hazlewood heroics, take 2-0 lead against SL". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
- ^ "Nissanka shines but Australia triumph in Super Over". The Papare. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
- ^ "Revamped Australia clinch unassailable series lead". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
- ^ "Maxwell, Inglis ice run chase after Sri Lankan collapse". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
- ^ "Sri Lanka avoid clean sweep after cool MCG chase". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
- ^ "McDermott in, Warner out of Australia's T20 squad". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
- ^ "Sri Lanka T20I squad for Australia tour 2022". Sri Lanka Cricket. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
- ^ "Head-ache? Leftie shortage looms for Sri Lanka T20s". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
- ^ "Travis Head to miss start of Sri Lanka T20I series to play Sheffield Shield". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
- ^ "Sri Lanka's Kusal Mendis tests positive for Covid-19, to miss start of Australia T20I series". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
- ^ "Steven Smith suffers concussion, to miss the rest of the SL T20I series". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
- ^ "Wanindu Hasaranga tests positive for Covid-19 ahead of third T20I against Australia". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
- ^ "Today's Cricket Match | Cricket Update | Cricket News". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
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