Australia make T20 highest run record, beat Sri Lanka by 85 runs
AFP
06 September, 2016, 23:00
Update: 06 September, 2016, 23:00
Australia's Glenn Maxwell raises his bat and helmet in celebration after scoring a century (100 runs) during the first T20 international cricket match between Sri Lanka and Australia at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium in Pallekele on 6 September 2016. Photo: AFP
Pallekele, Sri Lanka: Opener Glenn Maxwell’s blistering century in Australia’s world record 263 powered the visitors to a comprehensive 85-run win over Sri Lanka in the first Twenty20 international in Pallekele on Tuesday.
Australia, who broke Sri Lanka’s nine-year record of 260/6 against Kenya in 2007, then restricted the hosts to 178 for nine in 20 overs to take the lead in the two-match series.
Maxwell’s unbeaten 145 of 65 balls, which was laced with 14 fours and nine sixes, hit the Sri Lankan bowlers all around the park after the visitors were invited to bat first.