Sri_Lankan_cricket_team_in_Australia_in_2021–22
Sri Lankan cricket team in Australia in 2021–22
International cricket tour
The Sri Lanka cricket team toured Australia in February 2022 to play five Twenty20 International (T20I) matches.[1][2] In May 2021, Cricket Australia confirmed the fixtures for the tour.[3][4] In January 2022, Cricket Australia updated the tour schedule,[5] to reduce the risks of COVID-19 by minimising travel across the country.[6]
Australia won the opening match by 20 runs,[7] after a rain delay reduced Sri Lanka's innings to 19 overs.[8] In January 2022, the International Cricket Council made changes to the T20I playing conditions, including an in-match penalty for a slow over rate.[9] If the team who is fielding does not start to bowl their final over in the allocated time, they will only be allowed to have four fielders outside the inner circle, and not five.[10] In the second T20I match of the series, Sri Lanka became the first team to incur the new penalty, after not bowling their overs in time.[11] The match ended in a tie,[12] with Australia winning the Super Over.[13] Australia won the third T20I by six wickets, winning the series with two matches to play.[14] Australia also won the fourth match by six wickets, taking a 4–0 lead in the series.[15] Sri Lanka won the final T20I match by five wickets with Australia winning the series 4–1.[16]
