Australia vs Sri Lanka, 30th Match, Group B, ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2026 - Player Highlights

Marcus Stoinis to Kusal Mendis, out Caught by Cooper Connolly!! Heaved straight to the fielder at deep mid-wicket. Cross-seam on a good length on off and middle, Kusal Mendis gets forward to heave, doesn't time it and yet it nearly goes all the way. Connolly at the edge of the cushions takes it easily. End of the big stand. Kandy goes silent for a moment. Kusal Mendis c Cooper Connolly b Marcus Stoinis 51(38) [4s-6 6s-1]

Glenn Maxwell to Kusal Mendis, no run, flat good length and a bit of extra bounce, Kusal Mendis sinks low and looks to paddle, the ball hits the gloves and rolls to short fine, they don't risk a quick single

Glenn Maxwell to Kusal Mendis, 1 run, good length and the off-break turns in from outside off, Kusal Mendis goes on the back foot and works it with the turn to deep backward square-leg

Glenn Maxwell to Kusal Mendis, 1 run, tossed up full outside off, Kusal Mendis gets forward to drive to long-on and it's 50 for Kusal, he raises the two fingers on his right hand to celebrate after kissing them

Nathan Ellis to Kusal Mendis, 1 run, full outside off, Kusal Mendis gets forward to drive hard and straight to sweeper cover, was the seam-up delivery

Nathan Ellis to Kusal Mendis, 1 run, the back of the hand slower-ball and full just outside off, Kusal Mendis gets forward to push to the vacant cover-point area

Nathan Ellis to Kusal Mendis, 1 run, slower-ball and full on the legs, Kusal Mendis gets forward to flick to deep square-leg

Adam Zampa to Kusal Mendis, 3 runs, great work from Ellis at sweeper cover. He runs and dives to his left to pull it back. Throws it in to the other fielder, saves one. Was the leg-break outside off, short and turns away, Kusal Mendis goes on the back foot and cuts in the gap, was racing away and Ellis did brilliantly

Adam Zampa to Kusal Mendis, no run, that's the length. Fullish and just outside off, hint of turn away, Kusal Mendis gets forward to push to cover

Adam Zampa to Kusal Mendis, 1 run, low full-toss on middle, Kusal Mendis gets low and sweeps straight to the fielder at deep mid-wicket

Adam Zampa to Kusal Mendis, 2 runs, dragged down on off, Kusal Mendis goes on the back foot and pulls, gets low, work for deep backward square-leg and he runs and dives to his left to take the ball and parry it to the other fielder from the deep

Cooper Connolly to Kusal Mendis, FOUR, full and down leg, Kusal Mendis sinks low and sweeps to the deep backward square-leg fence, into the gap and races away

Cooper Connolly to Kusal Mendis, no run, flat and good length just on off, Kusal Mendis goes on the back foot and opens the face of the bat to glide late, but straight to the fielder at short third man

Cooper Connolly to Kusal Mendis, no run, looks so close. Did it straighten? Or was it sliding down? Cooper Connolly is on his haunches as he appeals. The ball-tracking is in and it's sliding in instead of straightening. Ump's call on hitting so it will be not out even with a review This is full on leg-stump, Kusal Mendis sweeps and misses, a belting appeal from Connolly

Cooper Connolly to Kusal Mendis, FOUR, lovely. Deliberately chipped and four. It's tossed up and Kusal Mendis comes down the track to loft over extra-cover, chose the gap and put it away

Cooper Connolly to Kusal Mendis, no run, flat good length around of, Kusal Mendis goes on the back foot and makes room to cut straight to the fielder at backward point

Adam Zampa to Kusal Mendis, FOUR, slower and this is fraction short on off, Kusal Mendis has the time to go back and pulls, wide of both deep mid-wicket and long-on, races away, right into the gap that was

Adam Zampa to Kusal Mendis, no run, flat good length outside off, slides on, Kusal Mendis goes on the back foot and cuts, straight to the fielder at backward point

Adam Zampa to Kusal Mendis, no run, flat good length just outside off, Kusal Mendis goes on the back foot and punches it to cover, made room slightly

Adam Zampa to Kusal Mendis, 1 run, tossed up full on middle, Kusal Mendis gets forward and shows the full face of the bat to drive to long-off

Adam Zampa to Kusal Mendis, FOUR, dragged down and four. It's short on middle, Kusal Mendis goes on the back foot and pulls hard and to the vacant wide long-on fence. The way he used the feet was key

Cooper Connolly to Kusal Mendis, 1 run, good length and flat on off, Kusal Mendis goes on the back foot and makes room slightly to guide to the right of backward point

Cooper Connolly to Kusal Mendis, 1 run, Mitch Marsh dives to his right at extra-cover and saves three. That was hit so hard, Kusal Mendis comes down the track and makes room to drive this very hard, was four

Cooper Connolly to Kusal Mendis, no run, full on middle, Kusal Mendis gets forward to flick, the thick inside-edge hits the left boot and rolls away to the off-side

Cooper Connolly to Kusal Mendis, 1 run, full on off, Kusal Mendis gets forward to defend to the right of backward point and they take one, that skidded on

Marcus Stoinis to Kusal Mendis, 1 run, brilliant work by Maxwell. 129.3ks full pitcher on off, Mendis flicks it wide of mid-on and the ball was travelling, Maxwell moves to his right and puts in a full length dive to make the stop, he saved three

Marcus Stoinis to Kusal Mendis, no run, bouncer right at the batter, Mendis ducks and allows it to sail over. Looked high but not according to the square leg umpire

Marcus Stoinis to Kusal Mendis, FOUR, neatly done! Not the first time Mendis has played that shot today. 130.1ks back of a length outside off, Mendis opens the bat face and steers it behind square on the off-side - bisecting backward point and short third perfectly

Cooper Connolly to Kusal Mendis, 1 run, poor cricket all around. Full toss heading down leg, Mendis sits down to sweep and toe-ends it towards mid-wicket. Connolly will be the happier one as he's gotten away with absolute rubbish

Nathan Ellis to Kusal Mendis, 1 run, 116.9ks back of the hand slower ball, Mendis plays it with soft hands to cover-point and crosses over

Nathan Ellis to Kusal Mendis, no run, appeal for LBW. Ellis is down on his knees pleading. But umpire Ahsan Raza is not interested. There's a chat between Ellis and Inglis. Marsh runs in and is told to challenge the decision. This looked high in real time. Nothing on UltraEdge. Over to ball-tracking - missing leg-stump. Not Out. Australia lose a review. That was poor from Ellis and Inglis as well for supporting him. Angled in and Mendis misses the flick, struck above the kneeroll and the impact was on leg-stump. Ball-tracking showed it to be going down..

Nathan Ellis to Kusal Mendis, wide, 138ks yorker outside off, but not within the marker, Mendis leaves and collects the wide

Nathan Ellis to Kusal Mendis, SIX, shot! We saw Nissanka play a similar shot to Bartlett and now Mendis. The result is the same. 138.8ks fullish delivery angled in, Mendis maintains a solid base and whips it with a strong bottom hand over long leg. 71-meter six..

Nathan Ellis to Kusal Mendis, no run, 138.2ks back of a length delivery, Mendis is rushed on the back foot and jams it off the inside edge onto the pad

Nathan Ellis to Kusal Mendis, no run, 137.2ks fullish delivery at the stumps, Mendis turns it gently to mid-wicket

Xavier Bartlett to Kusal Mendis, FOUR, nicely done! 135.3ks back of a length outside off, Mendis waits for the ball to arrive and guides it with an open bat face behind square, splits backward point and short third perfectly

Marcus Stoinis to Kusal Mendis, no run, 132.2ks back of a length around off, Mendis turns it to mid-on

Marcus Stoinis to Kusal Mendis, 2 runs, 132.5ks back of a length delivery, Mendis shuffles inside the line and gloves the lap to fine leg. Ellis runs to his right and dives to flick the ball in play, he saves a couple

Marcus Stoinis to Kusal Mendis, 1 run, 128.9ks back of a length around off, Mendis rides the bounce and punches square of the wicket