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The all-star Sri Lankan team handed the Australian legends a seven-run defeat in the second match of the Road Safety World Series, held at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai🌌.
Captain Tillakaratne Dilshan,🅠 opening with Romesh Kaluwitharana, g♎ave a trademark flying start against the domestic legends of Australia. Classical batsman Marvan Attapatu came in to bat after Lankans lost Dilshan in the fourth over.
Contributions🔜 from Chamara Kadupegara and Fꦕarvez Maharoof down the order helped Sri Lanka post a total of 161/8 on the board.
Off spin trio of Jason Krejza, Xavier Doherty, an💝d Brad Hodge were the picks of the bowlers as they picked a couple of wickets each.
Coming out to b♛at, it was only a one-sided effort from the Australian stalwart Nathan Reardon. The rest of🧸 the batting order tumbled around him as the southpaw held one end up.
Reardon single-handedly ran the Lankans close without any support at the other end, playing a sensational knoജck of 96 off just 58 deliveries.
Unfortunate to miss out on his ton, and not to get his team across 💙the finishing line, Reardon smacked nine boundaries and five maximums in his knock.
The Aussie batsmen yet again displayed their inefficacy against spin in subcontinental condi🍰tions. They had no answer to Dilshan, Rangana Herath, and Sachitra Senanayake, who shared six wickets amongst themselves.
Eight of the batsmen glaringly could not get into double-figures. In the end, despite Reardon’s heroics, Sri Lanka legends ended up on the winning side by a narrow 7-run margin.
Brief Scores
Sri Lanka Legends 161/8 (20)
Romesh Kaluwitharana 30(26), Chamara Kapugedera 28(18)
Xavier Doherty 2/28, Brad Hodge 2/18
Australia Legends 154/10 (19.5)
Nathan Reardon 96(53),
Tillakaratne Dilshan 3/35, Rangana Herath 2/5
