Zampa spins Australia to victory

ADELAIDE: Leg-spinner Adam Zampa claimed three wickets to bowl Australia to victory and avoid a Twenty20 series wipeout against Sri Lanka here on Wednesday.

Man-of-the-match Zampa, who was left out of the previous match as the Sri Lankans won to clinch the three-match series, captured three for 25 at a crucial stage as Australia went on to win by 41 runs.

Openers Aaron Finch and Michael Klinger hit half-centuries as the Australians set Sri Lanka 188 runs to win.

Sri Lanka´s chase was given early impetus by Dilshan Munaweera, who smacked 37 from 25 balls, but from 41 without loss in the fourth over the tourists lost traction and slid to 76 for four in the 10th over.

Zampa claimed the vital wicket Asela Gunaratne in the 10th over and the tourists were unable to arouse another of their sensational finishes to beat Australia´s total.

Score Board

Sri Lanka won toss

Australia

*A J Finch c Siriwardana b Prasanna         53

M Klinger run out      62

B R Dunk c Prasanna b Shanaka     28

T M Head c Kapugedera b Malinga   30

M C Henriques not out         2

A J Turner c Kapugedera b Malinga  1

J P Faulkner c Kapugedera b Shanaka       2

†T D Paine not out    1

Extras (lb 2, w 5, nb 1)       8

Total (6 wickets; 20 overs)  187

Did not bat: P J Cummins, J A Richardson, A Zampa

Fall: 1-79, 2-128, 3-179, 4-180, 5-182, 6-184

Bowling: Malinga 4-0-35-2 (1nb, 1w); Kulasekara 4-0-40-0 (1w); Sanjaya 3-0-34-0 (1w); Prasanna 3-0-25-1; Siriwardana 1-0-12-0; Gunaratne 1-0-12-0 (1w); Shanaka 4-0-27-2

Sri Lanka

E M D Y Munaweera c Turner b Head         37

*W U Tharanga c Richardson b Faulkner    14

†B K G Mendis c Cummins b Richardson     14

D A S Gunaratne lbw b Zampa       4

T A M Siriwardana c & b Faulkner    35

C K Kapugedera b Zampa    7

M D Shanaka lbw b Zampa   0

S Prasanna c Richardson b Faulkner          12

K M D N Kulasekara not out 8

S L Malinga run out   1

J R M V B Sanjaya run out   5

Extras (lb 2, w 7)     9

Total (all out; 18 overs)       146

Fall: 1-41, 2-68, 3-69, 4-76, 5-91, 6-91, 7-120, 8-138, 9-140, 10-146

Bowling: Turner 2-0-15-0 (1w); Richardson 3-0-38-1 (2w); Cummins 3-0-20-0 (2w); Faulkner 3-0-20-3 (1w); Henriques 1-0-10-0; Zampa 4-0-25-3; Head 2-0-16-1 (1w)

Result: Australia won by 41 runs

Series: Sri Lanka won the 3-match series by 2-1

Man of the Match: A Zampa (Australia)

Man of the Series: D A S Gunaratne (Sri Lanka)

Umpires: M D Martell and P Wilson. TV umpire: S D Fry. Match referee: J J Crowe (New Zealand)