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Sri Lanka vs Australia Scorecard, Match 30, ICC T20 World Cup
Result · Feb 16 2026, Mon - 07:00 PM (IST)
AUSTRALIA181
SRI LANKA184/2
Sri Lanka won by 8 wickets
CRR:10.22
Player Of The Match
Match Info
| Series: | 20/20 World Cup |
| Date: | Feb 16 2026, Mon - 07:00 PM (IST) |
| Country: | Sri Lanka |
| City: | Kandy |
| Venue: | Pallekele International Cricket Stadium |
| Toss: | Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bowl. |
| Australia Playing XI: | Travis Head, Mitchell Marsh (c), Cameron Green, Josh Inglis (wk), Tim David, Marcus Stoinis, Glenn Maxwell, Cooper Connolly, Xavier Bartlett, Nathan Ellis, Adam Zampa |
| Sri Lanka Playing XI: | Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Perera, Kusal Mendis (wk), Pavan Rathnayake, Kamindu Mendis, Dushan Hemantha, Dunith Wellalage, Dasun Shanaka (c), Dushmantha Chameera, Maheesh Theekshana, Matheesha Pathirana |
- Australia have lost only two of their last 14 men’s T20Is against Sri Lanka (W11 T1), but this will be their first meeting in the format since October 2022 which ended in a seven-wicket win for Australia on the day.
- This will be the sixth meeting between Australia and Sri Lanka at the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup with Australia winning four of the previous five encounters, including the last three in a row.
- Australia have lost six of their last seven men’s T20Is including a 23-run loss to Zimbabwe in their most recent fixture; in fact, their four losses in the format in 2026 are already their joint-most men’s T20I defeats in a calendar year since 2022 (W12 L7).
- Australia have lost three of their last four matches at the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, with each of the four matches won by the team batting first on the day; in fact, Australia have been unsuccessful in their last three run chases at the tournament after failing only once across their previous 12 chases.
- Sri Lanka have won their last two consecutive men’s T20Is – against Oman and Ireland – after winning only one of their previous six matches in the format; they will be aiming for back-to-back wins at Pallekele International Cricket Stadium for the first time since November 2015 after winning by 105 runs against Oman in their last match there.
- Zimbabwe (4) are the only team to have conceded fewer sixes at the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 than Sri Lanka (5) and Australia (6), while Sri Lanka’s 11 sixes scored with the bat in hand are three more than Australia (8) in that frame.
- Australia have lost at least two wickets during the power play in each of their last five men’s T20Is, losing 14 in total across that stretch, after they had lost more than one wicket during that period in only one of their previous seven innings in the format.
- Kusal Mendis (Sri Lanka) has scored 40 runs from singles across his two innings at the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026, the most of any player from either Sri Lanka or Australia; he had scored just 39 runs from singles across his five previous T20I innings overall.
- Adam Zampa (Australia) has taken 21 wickets against Sri Lanka in T20Is, his most against any opponent, at an average of just 13, while his 5.68 bowling economy against them is also his best against any team (min. 3 games).
- Pathum Nissanka (Sri Lanka) has scored 2.474 career T20I runs and is 26 away from becoming the second player to reach 2,500 runs in the men’s format for Sri Lanka (also Kusal Mendis); though, Nissanka has scored 26+ runs in only one of his last nine innings.
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