Result · Round 1 · O65 Australia v Sri Lanka Series (Tamworth) · 2025/26 · Sun 8 Mar 2026 · Bicentennial Park - No 1 Oval, TAMWORTH
Australia 243/8 (45 ov)
Sri Lanka O60/65 243/8 (45 ov)
Match tied
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Match report

Sri Lanka O60/65 made 243/8 (45 ov), Australia made 243/8 (45 ov). Match tied. For Australia, Eric Higgins made a half-century (50* off 63) and Bradley O’Dell took 3/37 from 9 overs. For Sri Lanka O60/65, Gary Gunesekere made a half-century (50* off 56) and Mario R Perera took 3/47 from 9 overs.

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Cricket Nation pick of the match
Peter O'Reilly
Australia · 46 (48) & 2/36

Top performers

Australia
🏏 Eric Higgins 50* (63)
🏏 Peter O'Reilly 46 (48)
🎯 Bradley O’Dell 3/37 (9)
🎯 Mark Brady 2/18 (4)
Sri Lanka O60/65
🏏 Gary Gunesekere 50* (56)
🏏 Johann Pieris 40 (41)
🎯 Mario R Perera 3/47 (9)
🎯 Janaka Rambukwella 2/46 (9)
Sri Lanka O60/65 · 1st Innings - Sri Lanka O60/65 243/8 (45 ov)
Batting RB4s6sSR
Johann Pieris lbw: M Goldsmith 40 41 5 1 97.56
Dirk D'Silva c: K McGrogan b: B O’Dell 38 50 6 0 76.00
Gary Gunesekere not out 50* 56 8 0 89.28
Stick Buhar c: K McGrogan b: B O’Dell 0 3 0 0 0.00
Neil Karunasekara b: P O'Reilly 12 23 0 0 52.17
Keith Jansz c: J Gunning b: M Brady 29 32 3 0 90.62
Lal WIJESIRIWARDANA b: B O’Dell 2 4 0 0 50.00
Fazly Wahab b: P O'Reilly 23 23 2 0 100.00
Janaka Rambukwella b: M Brady 2 7 0 0 28.57
Sittampalam Ragavan not out 22* 22 2 0 100.00
Mario R Perera not out 6* 11 0 0 54.54
Extras (b 0, lb 2, w 16, nb 1, pen 0) 19
Total 45 Ov (RR 5.40) 243/8
Did not bat: Jerome Ephraums, Nadarajah Gowripalan, Ajith Rajapaksa
Fall of wickets: 1-64 (Johann Pieris), 2-117 (Dirk D'Silva), 3-117 (Stick Buhar), 4-150 (Neil Karunasekara), 5-158 (Lal WIJESIRIWARDANA), 6-197 (Fazly Wahab), 7-213 (Keith Jansz), 8-222 (Janaka Rambukwella)
Bowling OMRW EconWdNb
Michael Goldsmith 9 0 62 1 6.88 4 1
Ross Greenwood 9 0 42 0 4.66 6 0
Keith Bridgen 6 0 35 0 5.83 2 0
Bradley O’Dell 9 1 37 3 4.11 1 0
Peter O'Reilly 6 0 36 2 6.00 1 0
Kenneth McGrogan 2 0 11 0 5.50 2 0
Mark Brady 4 0 18 2 4.50 0 0
Australia · 1st Innings - Australia 243/8 (45 ov)
Batting RB4s6sSR
Kevin Rosenbaum run out (J Rambukwella, F Wahab) 3 9 0 0 33.33
Eric Higgins not out 50* 63 9 0 79.36
Mark Brady run out (G Gunesekere) 25 32 3 0 78.12
Wayne Munro st: F Wahab b: M Perera 5 9 1 0 55.55
Joe Gunning c&b: M Perera 1 5 0 0 20.00
Kenneth McGrogan (c) st: F Wahab b: M Perera 29 25 4 0 116.00
Barry Everingham lbw: J Rambukwella 44 63 3 0 69.84
Peter O'Reilly c: G Gunesekere b: K Jansz 46 48 5 0 95.83
Ross Greenwood b: J Rambukwella 5 9 0 0 55.55
Michael Goldsmith not out 7* 7 0 0 100.00
Extras (b 1, lb 5, w 22, nb 0, pen 0) 28
Total 45 Ov (RR 5.40) 243/8
Did not bat: Keith Bridgen, Bradley O’Dell
Fall of wickets: 1-10 (Kevin Rosenbaum), 2-54 (Mark Brady), 3-79 (Wayne Munro), 4-91 (Joe Gunning), 5-141 (Kenneth McGrogan), 6-229 (Peter O'Reilly), 7-231 (Barry Everingham), 8-243 (Ross Greenwood)
Bowling OMRW EconWdNb
Sittampalam Ragavan 4 0 21 0 5.25 1 0
Nadarajah Gowripalan 8 1 32 0 4.00 2 0
Mario R Perera 9 0 47 3 5.22 3 0
Janaka Rambukwella 9 0 46 2 5.11 7 0
Keith Jansz 9 0 40 1 4.44 0 0
Lal WIJESIRIWARDANA 3 0 21 0 7.00 8 0
Johann Pieris 2 0 20 0 10.00 1 0
Stick Buhar 1 0 10 0 10.00 0 0

Australia

Sri Lanka O60/65

Innings comparison

InningsScoreRR 4s6sExtrasTop score
Sri Lanka O60/65 243/8 (45 ov) 5.40 26 1 19 Gary Gunesekere 50*
Australia 243/8 (45 ov) 5.40 25 0 28 Eric Higgins 50*

Partnerships · Sri Lanka O60/65

  • 1st wkt 64
  • 2nd wkt 53
  • 3rd wkt 0
  • 4th wkt 33
  • 5th wkt 8
  • 6th wkt 39
  • 7th wkt 16
  • 8th wkt 9
  • 9th wkt 21*

From the fall of wickets; * unbroken. Hover a bar for who was out.

Partnerships · Australia

  • 1st wkt 10
  • 2nd wkt 44
  • 3rd wkt 25
  • 4th wkt 12
  • 5th wkt 50
  • 6th wkt 88
  • 7th wkt 2
  • 8th wkt 12

From the fall of wickets; * unbroken. Hover a bar for who was out.