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SL vs AUS 5th ODI | Excellent spell by the Youngster | Well Played Dunith Wellalage

Australia won the final of the five-match ODI series against Sri Lanka by 4 wickets today However, Sri Lanka won the ODI series 3-2. Colombo Rs. Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat first at the Premadasa Stadium today. Sri Lanka were bowled out for 160 in 43.1 overs. Pathum Nissanka was bowled out for 2, restricting the opening wicket partnership to 9 runs. Niroshan Dickwella was replaced by Danushka Goonetileke who scored only 8 runs. Dinesh Chandimal, who replaced Dhananjaya de Silva in today's match, was dismissed for 6 runs. Later, Charith Asalanka was dismissed for 14 in the fourth over when he was run out and Sri Lanka's innings collapsed. Kusal Mendis hit the next ball of the innings after being run out in that run. At that time Kusal had scored 26 points. Dunith Vellalage scored 4 runs and Dasun Shanaka scored 1 run. Jeffrey Wandersay also had a 4-run knock when he was hit by a run chase. When the 8th wicket of the innings was lost Sri Lanka scoreboard was 85 runs. After that Pramod Madushan joined hands with Chamika Karunaratne to build the best relationship in the innings. The partnership between the two was 58 off 101 balls.Pramod, who made his ODI debut, scored 15 (52) to help Sri Lanka reach a respectable total. Chamika Karunaratne who started a super combative innings scored 75 off 75 balls. That's with two sixes and eight fours.In bowling, Josh Hazlewood, Matthew Kuhnman and Pat Cummins took 2 wickets each. In reply Australia chased down the target by 6 wickets at the end of 39.3 overs.The first three wickets of their innings fell within 19 runs. Skipper Aaron Finch was run out by Mahesh Theekshana while David Warner was run out for 10 off a superb catch by Danushka Goonetileke off a Dunith Vellala delivery. Mahesh Theekshana also managed to burn Josh Inglis for 5 runs in his debut ODI. Mitchell Marsh and Marnes Labushen then put on a 31-run stand for the fourth wicket before Marsh was dismissed for 24. That was Pramod Madushan's debut ODI wicket.Marnus Labushen and Alex Kerry put on 51 runs for the fifth wicket. Labushen was dismissed for 31 after being caught by Dunith Vellalage for wicket-keeping. Dunith Vellalage also managed to burn Glenn Maxwell for 16 runs. However, Alex Kerry's unbeaten 45 and Cameron Greene's 25 helped Australia to victory.Dunith Wellalage took 3 wickets for 42 runs while Mahesh Theekshana took 2 wickets for 26 runs. Chamika Karunaratne won the man of the match award and Kusal Mendis won the man of the match award.Newcomer all-rounder Dunith Wellalage will definitely be seen at the 2023 ODI Cricket World Cup, says Sri Lanka captain Dasun Shanaka.He was speaking to the media after winning the five-match ODI series against Australia 3-2. Sri Lanka captain Dunith Wellalage made his international debut at the 2022 Under-19 Cricket World Cup in the ODI series against Australia which ended today.Dunith Vellalage also became the highest wicket taker in the tournament. He took 9 wickets in five matches. SL vs AUS 5th ODI | Excellent spell by the Youngster | Well Played Dunith Wellalage #SLvsAUS #Highlights #5th_ODI #Dunith_Wellalage #Wickets #SriLanka_Cricket #Cricket_SL Cricket Update (Cricket SL) *Subscribe for more cricket updates ~~Cricket SL~~ *Like Us on our faccebook page https://www.fb.com/officialCricketsl stay tuned for more cricket updates... Thank you for watching...