Australia v Sri Lanka, Live Cricket Score and Commentary, 30th Match, Group B, ICC Men's T20 World Cup, 2026

ICC Men's T20 World Cup 30th Match, Group B: Australia v Sri Lanka at Kandy, February 16, 2026

Australia

AUS

181/10 (20)

Sri Lanka

184/2 (18)

Finished

SL won by 8 wickets

Australia InningAUS Inning181/10 (20 ov)

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Mitchell Marsh(C)	lbw b D Hemantha	54	27	8	2	200.00
lbw b D Hemantha
Travis Head	c K Mendis b D Hemantha	56	29	7	3	193.10
c K Mendis b D Hemantha
Cameron Green	st K Mendis b D Wellalage	3	7	0	0	42.86
st K Mendis b D Wellalage
Tim David	c D Hemantha b K Mendis	6	5	1	0	120.00
c D Hemantha b K Mendis
Josh Inglis(WK)	c D Wellalage b D Chameera	27	22	3	0	122.73
c D Wellalage b D Chameera
Glenn Maxwell	c P Nissanka b D Hemantha	22	15	1	1	146.67
c P Nissanka b D Hemantha
Marcus Stoinis	c M Theekshana b D Chameera	4	6	0	0	66.67
c M Theekshana b D Chameera
Cooper Connolly	c K Perera b M Theekshana	3	4	0	0	75.00
c K Perera b M Theekshana
Xavier Bartlett	runout (K Mendis)	0	3	0	0	0.00
runout (K Mendis)
Nathan Ellis	Not out	0	2	0	0	0.00
Not out
Adam Zampa	runout (K Mendis / K Mendis)	1	1	0	0	100.00
runout (K Mendis / K Mendis)
Extra	5 (b 0, w 4, nb 1, lb 0)
Total	181/10 (20)

BOWLING	O	R	W	ECON
Dushmantha Chameera	4	36	2	9.00
Maheesh Theekshana	4	37	1	9.25
Matheesha Pathirana	0.4	3	0	4.50
Dasun Shanaka	1.2	16	0	12.00
Dushan Hemantha	4	37	3	9.25
Dunith Wellalage	4	33	1	8.25
Kamindu Mendis	2	19	1	9.50

Fall of wickets: 1-104 (T Head - 8.3 ov), 2-110 (CM Green - 9.6 ov), 3-116 (M Marsh - 10.4 ov), 4-130 (TH David - 12.4 ov), 5-160 (G Maxwell - 16.1 ov), 6-174 (J Inglis - 17.5 ov), 7-177 (C Connolly - 18.3 ov), 8-180 (M Stoinis - 19.3 ov), 9-180 (XC Bartlett - 19.5 ov), 10-181 (A Zampa - 19.6 ov)

Sri Lanka InningSL Inning184/2 (18 ov)

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Pathum Nissanka	Not out	100	52	10	5	192.31
Not out
Kusal Perera	c N Ellis b M Stoinis	1	3	0	0	33.33
c N Ellis b M Stoinis
Kusal Mendis(WK)	c C Connolly b M Stoinis	51	38	6	1	134.21
c C Connolly b M Stoinis
Pavan Rathnayake	Not out	28	15	6	0	186.67
Not out
Extra	4 (b 0, w 4, nb 0, lb 0)
Total	184/2 (18)

BOWLING	O	R	W	ECON
Xavier Bartlett	2	22	0	11.00
Marcus Stoinis	4	46	2	11.50
Nathan Ellis	3	32	0	10.67
Cooper Connolly	3	27	0	9.00
Adam Zampa	4	41	0	10.25
Glenn Maxwell	2	16	0	8.00

Fall of wickets: 1-8 (K Perera - 1.2 ov), 2-105 (K Mendis - 12.2 ov)

Man of the Match

Pathum Nissanka

Date

2026-02-16 19:00 PM

Venue

Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy

Toss

Sri Lanka elected to bowl

Umpires

Tv Umpires

Match Referee