In the final one-day global of the series, the stand-in captain David Warner made a welcome return to form, scoring 106 from 126 balls, which bodes well for Australia going into the final two matches of the topsy-turvy tour.
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Australia put a nightmarish show in the Test series behind them to win the ODI series quite comfortably.
Confusing: Australia’s dismal record in Tests in Asia is a odd anomaly compared to their success in the shorter form of the game. Because he broke the first wicket partnership, triggering a mini-collapse of 3-5 off nine balls, and putting the 445 out of range.
Bailey averages 60.9 in 18 ODIs played in Asia.
Bailey, who remained the highest run-getter with 270 in five games to get the man of the series award, played the sheet-anchor’s role to perfection.
The swashbuckling batsman pointed out that his side did not “adapt fast enough” in the Test series as they adjusted themselves in the ODIs with their shot selection.
“One series you are going to win, another series you are going to lose”, Chandimal said.
“They’re the variables in this game and I think that’s where we lacked a little bit”.
And while that might have been construed as a good thing in that it gave Australia’s floundering batters further experience in conditions they have repeatedly failed to master, Warner claimed it short-changed the paying public of Sri Lanka.
Although, of course, the Sri Lankan way, the England way and, heck, even the Bangladesh way, are also incredibly effective ways to win games of cricket, especially when you ignore all those games where that method of playing results in defeat.
And Warner, who has stood in as captain in the last three one-dayers in the absence of Steve Smith, believes there lies the answer.
Dilshan, famous for his explosive batting and the Dilscoop, has a last chance to play the audacious shot which bears his name in these two Twenty20 internationals, which is his final outing in global cricket. That was the game plan we had to try and manufacture [shots].
“You do need a bit of a luck in this game and I’m pretty sure I did hit that one to short leg tonight, but that’s part and parcel of this game”.
“You have to grind away and use a bit of pace they had on the ball”. You can, but [against the] white ball you can play these kinds of shots, there’s no reason why you can’t play in the Test matches.
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Australia also only lost seven of their 30 (23 percent) wickets to LBW or bowled in the one-day series, down on the 28 of 60 (47 percent) that were dismissed that way in the Tests.
