Australian opener David Warner once again proved too hot to handle for Sri Lanka as he single-handedly guided the hosts to a comprehensive seven-wicket win in the third and final T20I on Friday.
Warner scored an unbeaten 57 off 50 balls at the﷽ Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) with the 🃏help of four boundaries and a six to take Australia past the challenging total of 142/6 posted by Sri Lanka.
However, for most of his innings, Warner struggled to find a rhythm and was bat🗹tling at 37 from 36 at one time. Sri Lanka missed a spectacular effort to dismiss him while a ball from Lahiru Kumara had rebounded off his body and rolled down to touch the stumps twice but did not dislod😼ge the bails.
Here’s the video:
The bails wouldn't budge! 🙊 |
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Makin🌸g optimum use of the reprieve, Warner went on to score h🌳is 15th T20I half-century and third of this series.
The southpaw also became the first batsman to remain unbeaten in a three-match T20I series. Having scored 217 runs at a strike rate of 147.61, including a century and two half-centuries, Warner was declared as “Player of the Series.”
