Bridgetown, May 10: Australia beat Sri Lanka by 81 runs in a Super Eights match of World Twenty20 here Sunday.
Deciding to bat first, Australia were in deep trouble after losing five wickets for 67 runs before Cameron White (85) and Michael Hussey (39) revived the innings with an unbroken 101-run stand.
Suraj Randiv took three for 20 while Angelo Mathews got two wickets.
Sri Lanka fumbled in their chase right from the start and were bowled out for 87 runs in 16.2 overs.
Mitchell Johnson took three wickets while Dirk Nannes and Setven Smith took two wickets each.
Scoreboard of the Super Eights match between Australia and Sri Lanka in World Twenty20 here.
Australia
Shane Watson b Mathews 1
David Warner c Jayawardene b Randiv 9
Brad Haddin c Jayasuriya b Mathews 15
Michael Clarke b Randiv 14
David Hussey st Sangakkara b Randiv 0
Cameron White not out 85
Michael Hussey not out 39
Extras (lb 2, w 1, nb 2) 5
Total (for five wickets in 20 overs) 168
Fall of wickets 1-2 (Watson, 0.5 overs), 2-20 (Haddin, 2.3), 3-30 (Warner, 4.3), 4-30 (DJ Hussey, 4.4), 5-67 (Clarke, 10.6)
Bowling
Angelo Mathews 4 0 24 2
Chanaka Welegedara 4 0 40 0
Suraj Randiv 4 0 20 3
Lasith Malinga 4 0 40 0
Ajantha Mendis 4 0 42 0
Sri Lanka
Mahela Jayawardene c Smith b Nannes 9
Sanath Jayasuriya lbw b Nannes 5
Kumar Sangakkara c Haddin b Tait 2
Tillakaratna Dilshan c White b Johnson 20
Angelo Mathews c M Hussey b Johnson 8
L Chandimal st Haddin b Smith 19
Chamara Kapugedera b Smith 12
Suraj Randiv run out (Nannes) 2
Lasith Malinga c Smith b Clarke 1
Ajantha Mendis b Johnson 1
Chanaka Welegedara not out 2
Extras (lb 2, w 4) 6
Total (all out in 16.2 overs) 87
Fall of wickets 1-16 (Jayawardene, 2.3 overs), 2-18 (Sangakkara, 3.3), 3-26 (Jayasuriya, 4.5), 4-48 (Dilshan, 6.2), 5-49 (Mathews, 6.6), 6-73 (Kapugedera, 11.4), 7-83 (Randiv, 12.5), 8-83 (Chandimal, 13.3), 9-84 (Malinga, 15.2), 10-87 (Mendis, 16.2)
Dirk Nannes 3 0 19
Shaun Tait 2 0 10
Shane Watson 3 0 27
Mitchell Johnson 3.2 0 15 3
Steven Smith 4 1 12 2
Michael Clarke 1 0 2 1
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