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For the World Champions, it was business as usual in the first T20I at Sydney as a thoroughly professional performance helped them to a relatively comfortable victory against the visitors.
For Sri Lanka, the bowlers performed admirably well but there was a lack of intent in the batting department.
Ben McDermott got the hosts off to a decent start with a 41-ball 53. Marcus Stoinis’ 17-ball 30 then helped Australia get to a score which their bowlers would feel confident about defending.
We got ourselves into a position where we were one wicket down too many at stages after the 12th over.
Dasun Shanaka : “We had lots of positives with the bowling and in the field.