SL vs AUS Cricket Scorecard, 30th Match, Group B at Kandy, February 16, 2026

17.5 to JP Inglis , sharp bumper on off, and Inglis is outta here! This climbs up and causes Inglis all sorts of problems as he tries to swipe it away. Probably not expecting that ball too and he is awfully late on the stroke. The ball skews up of the top edge and Wellalage, running in from backward point, makes no mistake, despite the close attendance of his keeper. Australia six down now!. 174 / 6

19.3 to MP Stoinis , sliced and pouched, and they are now dancing in the stands! Still a lot of cricket to be played, of course, but there is palpable excitement among the SL bunch. And why not. This is a slower ball on a length outside off. Stoinis throws the lot at it but only musters an outside edge that is snared by Theekshana at short third, diving to his right. Can Australia even get to 185?. 180 / 8

8.3 to TM Head , finally a slice, and the crowd erupts! Hemantha roars just as loudly, and SL badly needed that wicket! Changes the angle of attack and throws it up on a full length wide outside off. Head goes after it but the bat face just opens a shade upon contact. Kamindu moves to his right from long off and holds on, despite a bit of a bobble. Head departs after a tone-setting fifty, but has the damage already been done?. 104 / 1

10.4 to MR Marsh , big, big lbw appeal, but the umpire is unmoved! Fizzed through on a length on middle and off. Marsh gets caught on the crease and then dabs it away with bat and pad very close together. SL reckon the ball has clipped the pad first and gosh, they are right. The first impact is on the back leg, and Marsh might have to walk here. Ball tracking comes up and...it is missing leg. And off. Because it is clattering into middle. Marsh has to go, and SL on the charge now!. 116 / 3

16.1 to GJ Maxwell , oh goodness gracious me - put a cape on Pathum Nissanka! Talk about redemption, and that will go down as one of the greatest catches this World Cup will see! Flighted up full outside off. Maxwell thinks the ball is there for the reverse hit and to be fair to him, it is too. He hits in the air too and that is all Nissanka needs at backward point. He channels his inner superhero, flies to his left and somehow makes it stick with both hands in front of his face while being horizontal to the ground. Magnificent grab, and Maxwell (like thousands of others) cannot quite fathom what has just happened!. 160 / 5

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