After Warner gets in on the act with a four against Theekshana, Finch clobbers his third boundary of the innings against Chamber. He plays it on top of the 'bounce' and it's a crunching on-drive. Australia on a roll now. AUS: 23/0 (3 overs)
Warner and Finch open the chase for 'Australia' and they are off to a bright start! Karunaratne restarts the proceedings with the 'ball' and he gets punished by the skipper with two boundaries on the off-side. Quality. AUS: 9/0 (1 over)
'SL' end on 154/6, AUS need 155 to win!
Rajapaksa (33*) and Karunaratne (9*) make it to the end of the innings after scoring 19 runs in the last two overs. Two 'boundaries' and lots of running takes Sri Lanka to a fighting total. Earlier, Atalanta (35) and Perera (35) joint top-scored for their team. Now, everything rests on the spinners against the mighty Australian batting attack. SL: 154/6 (20 overs)
CAUGHT OUT!
Gone! Shan aka (12) slices one up in the 'air' and it's taken by Wade. Cummins with the wicket. SL: 135/6 (18 overs)
FOUR! FOUR! SIX!
Rajapaksa (26*) finally finds his 'groove' and it has come at the right time! He takes on Stones and smacks him for two fours with two very similar sweeps. Next, he gets one in the 'slot' and it's a huge maximum. SL: 128/5 (17 overs)
Rajapaksa, Shanaka hold fort
After Hasaranga's dismissal by Stars, Rajapaksa (10*) and skipper Shanaka (3*) have been cautious. Losing four wickets in the space of 27 balls is some collapse from the Lankan. Australia are aiming to scalp a few more. SL: 104/5 (15 overs)
WICKET!
Gone! Fernando (4) takes the bait and swipes it across the line, the ball is caught by Smith! Zappa gets his second of the evening and suddenly, Sri Lanka are in decline. Hasaranga comes on to partner Rajapaksa (2*). SL: 90/4 (12 overs)
CAUGHT OUT!
There's the breakthrough! Atalanta (35), who was enjoying in the middle, falls to the googly of Zappa! He gets down on one knee to slog-sweep, mistimes it and sends it straight to Smith in the deep. Perera's on 29*. SL: 78/2 (9.4 overs)
STAT ATTACK:
Sri Lanka's Power play score of 53-1 is the fourth-highest Power play total of the tournament so far. Sri Lanka's WinZip is now up to 43 percent
Power Play comes to an end!
Kushal Perera gets a 'top-edge' and it's over the keeper for a four, the last over of the Power play goes for 7. Sri Lanka on top despite losing Nissan early! And that is mainly due to the counter-attacking game by Atalanta, who is on 27 off 18 balls. A few of his shots do remind of the legendary Santa Jayapura! SL - 53/1 after 6 vs
Charity Atalanta on the charge
He greets Glenn Maxwell with a massive six over the cow corner. This is followed by a boundary and five sides. He races on to 19 from 7 balls. 16 runs from the over and a positive start for SL, even though they are a wicket down. They'll need 170 to challenge the AUS batting line-up. SL - 41/1 after 4 vs
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