30th Match, Group B, Australia vs Sri Lanka ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2026

Australia vs Sri Lanka

30th Match, Group B, Australia vs Sri Lanka ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026

Sri Lanka needs 184 runs to win

Sri Lanka won by 8 wickets (with 12 balls remaining)

Batting	Dismissal	R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Mitchell Marsh (c)	lbw b Hemantha	54	27	52	8	2	200.00
Travis Head	c PHKD Mendis b Hemantha	56	29	43	7	3	193.10
Cameron Green	st †BKG Mendis b Wellalage	3	7	5	0	0	42.85
Tim David	c Hemantha b PHKD Mendis	6	5	12	1	0	120.00
Josh Inglis †	c Wellalage b Chameera	27	22	33	3	0	122.72
Glenn Maxwell	c Nissanka b Hemantha	22	15	16	1	1	146.66
Marcus Stoinis	c Theekshana b Chameera	4	6	19	0	0	66.66
Cooper Connolly	c Perera b Theekshana	3	4	3	0	0	75.00
Xavier Bartlett	run out (†BKG Mendis)	0	3	9	0	0	0.00
Nathan Ellis	not out	0	2	3	0	0	0.00
Adam Zampa	run out (PHKD Mendis/†BKG Mendis)	1	1	1	0	0	100.00
Extras		5 (nb 1, w 4)
Total		181 (20 Ov, RR: 9.05)

Batting	Dismissal	R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Pathum Nissanka	not out	100	52	86	10	5	192.30
Kusal Perera	c Ellis b Stoinis	1	3	6	0	0	33.33
Kusal Mendis †	c Connolly b Stoinis	51	38	50	6	1	134.21
Pavan Rathnayake	not out	28	15	28	6	0	186.66
Extras		4 (w 4)
Total		184/2 (18 Ov, RR: 10.22)

Fall of wickets DRS 1-104 (Travis Head, 8.3 ov), 2-110 (Cameron Green, 9.6 ov), 3-116 (Mitchell Marsh, 10.4 ov), 4-130 (Tim David, 12.4 ov), 5-160 (Glenn Maxwell, 16.1 ov), 6-174 (Josh Inglis, 17.5 ov), 7-177 (Cooper Connolly, 18.3 ov), 8-180 (Marcus Stoinis, 19.3 ov), 9-180 (Xavier Bartlett, 19.5 ov), 10-181 (Adam Zampa, 19.6 ov)

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

Bowling	O	R	W	ECON	0s	WD
Xavier Bartlett	2	22	0	11.00	5	1
Marcus Stoinis	4	46	2	11.50	9	1
Nathan Ellis	3	32	0	10.66	4	2
Cooper Connolly	3	27	0	9.00	6	0
Adam Zampa	4	41	0	10.25	6	0
Glenn Maxwell	2	16	0	8.00	3	0

Bowling	O	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Dushmantha Chameera	4	36	2	9.00	9	0	1
Maheesh Theekshana	4	37	1	9.25	12	0	0
Matheesha Pathirana	0.4	3	0	4.50	2	1	0
Dasun Shanaka	1.2	16	0	12.00	3	0	0
Dushan Hemantha	4	37	3	9.25	9	0	0
Dunith Wellalage	4	33	1	8.25	5	2	0
Kamindu Mendis	2	19	1	9.50	3	0	0

Runs Per Over(Australia )

Over	Runs in Over	Cumulative	Wicket
1	1	1	1
2	1	2	1–2
3	16	18	4–3
4	16	34	0–4
5	14	48	5–4
6	12	60	6–6
7	15	75	8–1
8	9	84	0–8
9	10	94	0–9
10	6	100
Batters & Key Moments
Travis Head	97	107
Cameron Green	10	111	118
Mitchell Marsh	11	119	127
Tim David	12	10	137–13
Glenn Maxwell	11	148
Josh Inglis	14	8	156
Marcus Stoinis	15	6	162
Cooper Connolly	16	7	169
Xavier Bartlett	17	4	173
	18	3	176–19
	19	3	179–20
Adam Zampa	20	2	181
Australia Total: 181 all out (20 overs)

Runs Per Over(Sri Lanka)

Over	Runs in Over	Cumulative	Wicket
1	7	7
2	10	17	Kusal Perera
3	9	26	–
4	3	29	–
5	9	38	–
6	5	43	1
7	1	44	–
8	9	53	–
9	18	71	–
10	8	79	1
11	10	89	–
12	9	98	–
13	3	101	–
14	10	111	Kusal Mendis
15	1	112	–
12	8	120	–
13	12	132	–
14	10	142	–
15	12	154	–
16	9	163	–
17	11	174	–
18	10	184	–

Sri Lanka Total: 184/2 (18 overs)

Match Details
Ground	Pallekele International Cricket Stadium
Toss	Sri Lanka, elected to field first
Series	ICC Men’s T20 World Cup
Season	2025/26
Player Of The Match	Sri Lanka – Pathum Nissanka
Match Number	T20I no. 3718
Hours of Play (Local Time)	19:00 start, First Session 19:00–20:30, Interval 20:30–20:50, Second Session 20:50–22:20
Match Days	16 February 2026 – Night (20-over match)
Umpires	Pakistan – Ahsan Raza England – Richard Kettleborough (DRS)
TV Umpire	Pakistan – Asif Yaqoob
Reserve Umpire	New Zealand – Wayne Knights
Match Referee	England – Dean Cosker
Points	Sri Lanka 2, Australia 0