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

Australia vs Sri Lanka

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