Hazlewood scalps four wickets against Sri Lanka, says wicket was slow

Australian pacer Josh Hazlewood who contributed to Australias impressive win against Sri Lanka in the first ODI cricket match with his immaculate bowling said the wicket was slow and he improvised his bowlingA superb 416 by Hazlewood and fifties from David Warner and Aaron Finch guided the Aussies to a 10wicket win over Sri Lanka as they chased down the target of 129 runs with ease With this Australia lead the threematch series 10It is obviously quite hot here quite sweaty The wicket is slow but you can use that to your advantage The new ball flew off the bat a little bit and we dragged it back length Have been working hard on my T20 game Playing a lot of it And we saw that tonight said the pacer during a postmatch conferenceComing to the match chasing 129 Australia were off to a solid start Openers Finch and Warner maintained strike rotation with some occasional big hits and good running between the wicketsA four of spinner Maheesh Theekshanas delivery in the sixth over took Aussies to the 50run markAt the end of six overs Australia stood at a solid 590 with Warner 35 and Aaron Finch 24After the power play the duo continued their onslaught on bowlers At the end of 10 overs Australia had reached 870 with Warner 49 and Finch 38Also Read Pathetic to suggest Root and I had a fallout Pacer Stuart BroadA four of pacer Chamika Karunaratnes delivery in the 11th over brought up Warners halfcentury of 32 balls In the fourth ball of the over the Aussies reached the 100run markThe match was interrupted by rain with Australia at 1010 Following the resumption of action Australia continued the run flow A four towards the backward point of Nuwan Thusharas delivery in the 13th over brought Finchs first fifty in Lanka off 37 ballsFinch completed the formalities for the Aussies at the final ball of the 14th over with a six winning the game for his side by ten wicketsPut to bat Sri Lanka made a decent start to their innings as their opening batters Pathum Nissanka and Danushka Gunathilaka smashed 35 runs in four oversAustralia got their first breakthrough in the fifth over when Gunathilaka was caught by Mitchell Marsh on Hazlewoods delivery and departed after scoring 26 runs off 15 balls Charith Asalanka came to the crease and provided the momentum to Sri Lanka Along with Nissanka Asalanka took Sri Lanka across the 100run mark in 12 overs and kept the scoreboard movingTheir happiness was shortlived as Mitchell Starc bowled Nissanka out in the 12th over leaving the teams total at 1002It was followed by Kusal Mendis dismissal in the 14th over after he was caught by Matthew Wade on Hazlewoods delivery In the same over Bhanuka Rajapaksa and Dasun Shanaka also departed without opening their run tally and leaving Sri Lanka struggling at 1035In the 16th over Asalanka was run out by Wade and departed after scoring 38 runs off 34 balls Chamika Karunaratne was also run out in the 17th over by Steve Smith with Sri Lankas score at 1187 It was followed by Dushmantha Chameera and Waninidu Hasarangas wicket in the 19th overIn the 20th over Kane Richardson struck and sent Maheesh Theekshana back to the dugout and ended Sri Lankas inning at 128 runsBrief scoresAustralia 1340 David Warner 70 Aaron Finch 61 defeated Sri Lanka 12810 Charith Asalanka 38 Pathum Nissanka 36 Josh Hazlewood 416 by ten wicketsThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever