Aus Vs SL: Last-ball Thriller As Sri Lanka Win ODI Series; David Warner’s Horror Moment in 51-Year First For ODI Cricket
Australia’s ODI series in Sri Lanka is unfolding like a horror story right now. The Australian outfit has been struggling against Sri Lanka which has till now done a great job in restraining them. In the five-match ODI series, Australia is down by 3-1, and at this point.
Earlier, In the 4th ODI match Sri Lanka all out for 258 runs in 49 overs (Asalanka 110, de Silva 60, Marsh 2-29, Cummins 2-37, Kuhnemann 2-56)
While as chasing the target Australia failed at the final ball of the fourth one-day international on Tuesday and Sri Lanka winning by four runs and taking an insurmountable 3-1 lead in the series.
No. 10 batter Matthew Kuhnemann needed to score five runs for Australia to beat Sri Lanka outright and stay alive in the five-match series but was caught against a delivery from Dasun Shanaka at Colombo’s R. Premadasa Stadium.
The four-run win sealed the series 3-1 – Sri Lanka’s first bilateral series victory at home over this opposition in 30 years.
Sri Lanka’s phalanx of spinners, especially Dhananjaya de Silva and Jeffrey Vandersay, scripted the victory, but the biggest contribution came from the bat of Asalanka, who scored his maiden ODI century after he and de Silva lifted Sri Lanka from 34 for 3 with a century-stand, de Silva making a smooth 60 off 61.
Australia all out for 254 in 50 overs (Warner 99, Cummins 35, Karunaratne 2-19, de Silva 2-39, Vandersay 2-40) by four runs
David Warner’s horror moment in 51-year first for ODI cricket
It was the sixth time Warner has been dismissed in the 90s in one-day cricket, and also resulted in a never-before-seen slice of history.
It marked the first time since ODI cricket began in 1971 that a team’s openers have been dismissed for 0 and 99 in the same match, and just the second time someone has been stumped on 99 in the 50-over format.
Here’s Reactions
Nothing can be more painful than this
. David Warner looked in good touch, but unfortunately he was dismissed on 99
. Feel very sad for you @davidwarner31
.#CricketTwitter #SLvAUS #AUSvsSL pic.twitter.com/CDWCSRbuN0
— Mrityunjoy Mazumdar
(@Mrityunjoy_offl) June 21, 2022
Aah!!!! What a close encounter that was
#AUSvSL .
I really feed sad fir @davidwarner31 ,he fought really hard, and yeah @patcummins30 and kuhleman showed a great fight— Somyash Gouda. (@2005Somyash) June 21, 2022
Sad for Warner
— Dillip Sharma (@dillipsharma_) June 21, 2022
What the hell, this is so heartbreaking
Sri Lanka is in full control now, they might win the series today itself until unless any miracle happens.#SLvAUS | #SLvsAUS | #DavidWarner | #SriLanka | #CricketTwitter— Paritosh Kumar
(@Paritosh_2016) June 21, 2022
David Warner got out on 99 for the first time in ODI cricket
His last century in the format goes back to January 2020, 16 innings ago!#SLvAUS #DavidWarner #Warner #Cricket #CricketTwitter pic.twitter.com/38sZvGNLCB
— cricNscore (@cricnscore_) June 21, 2022
Heartbreak for David Warner – dismissed on 99 in 112 balls. Missed out on a very well deserved century, a great innings by Warner. pic.twitter.com/EMVf7oKmaN
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) June 21, 2022
David Warner is the 32nd batsman to be dismissed on 99 in ODIs and only the 2nd to be out stumped.
He is also the 3rd Australian after Mathew Hayden (v IND, 2001) and Adam Gilchrist (v SL, 2003) to be dismissed on 99.#SLvAUS
— Israr Ahmed Hashmi (@IamIsrarHashmi) June 21, 2022