W,0, 1, W, 0, W: Hazlewood delivers fiery over for Australia vs Sri Lanka

Australia’s Josh Hazlewood delivered a three-wicket over against Sri Lanka in the first T20I at the  R.Premadasa Stadium, Colombo on Tuesday. The pacer finished with his career-best figures of 4/16 in four overs. 

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Riding on Hazlewood’s brilliant spell, Aaron Finch and co managed to dismiss Sri Lanka for 128 after they were going strong at 10/2 at the 12-over point. 

The 31-year-old was intoduced in the second over. He gave away two runs in his first six balls. He then got a well’set Gunathilaka’s  wicket in his second. After a break in his spell, Hazlewood was back into the attack in the 14th. 

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13.1: The tall pacer started with a back of a length delivery that Kusal Mendis tried to pull only to top-edge. Ashton Agar took a catch at cover. 

13.2: The pacer then beat Asalanka outside off. 

13.3: The Sri Lankan batter then flat-batted Hazlewood for a single to mid-off. 

13.4: Bhanuka Rajapaksha was on strike. The bowler went with a good length delivery slanted away from over the wicket. The batter tried to run it down to third man with an open face but nicked it to Matthew Wade. 

13.5: Shanakano couldnt take a run off a back of a length delivery.

13.6: Josh Hazlewood completed the over by catching Shanaka before the stumps as he tried to walk right across and clip his back of a length delivery. 

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A reading of Hazlewood’s four overs on Tuesday:

1st over: 0,1,0,0,1,0

2nd over: 4,W,0,0,0,1

3rd over: W,0,1,W,0,W

4th over: 2,0,4,0,1,1

Sri Lanka: Pathum Nissanka, Danushka Gunathilaka, Charith Asalanka, Kusal Mendis, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Dasun Shanaka (Captain), Wanindu Hasaranga, Chamika Karunaratne, Dushmantha Chameera, Maheesh Theekshana and Nuwan Thushara.

Australia: Aaron Finch (Captain), David Warner, Mitchell Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, Steve Smith, Marcus Stoinis, Matthew Wade, Ashton Agar, Mitchell Starc, Kane Richardson and Josh Hazlewood.