Sri Lanka vs Australia, 1st T20I at Kandy, Sep 06 2016 - Ball by Ball Commentary

10.15pm A night of records, plenty broken, new ones set for the future all the result of the return of Glenn Maxwell to Australia's T20 squad. A flawless performance from Australia with the bat, putting up 263 for 3 - the highest T20I score by a team, and the joint highest T20 score ever. Maxwell chipped in with 145 of them to set up Australia's dominance. Sri Lanka gave it their all and then some but were always way behind the game. They ended up 85 short, their biggest defeat in the format. A bad evening for Sri Lanka, but they will have to pick themselves up and come back harder in Tillakaratne Dilshan's last international match on Friday.

Presentation time.

Glenn Maxwell is the Man of the Match: "A little bit instinctive, tried to hit my areas based on the field. Been playing really well in the T20 format, at the top is an easier place to bat. I find the reverse sweep easier to play (than the sweep). Lucky to take advantage of some loose bowling."

Dinesh Chandimal: "I'm really disappointed with the way we bowled. if we restricted them to under 200, we would have had a chance. These things happen in cricket, a lot of youngsters, we need to regroup, we'll come back stronger in the next game. We came for practice in the last two days, and saw some moisture so we decided to bowl. Need a good gameplan for the bowlers."

David Warner: "I would have batted first. Me and the coach had a word yesterday, and I thought to give the bloke (Maxwell) an opportunity, I like a right-hand, left-hand combination at the top. Credit to him, he has worked hard at home. Tonight was all Maxi."

Kallu: "Australian players' lowest strike rate - Warner, 175 is more than SL players' Highest S/R - Kapugedera, 172. "

Simon: "Good to see Sri Lanka can create a good pitch when required. Only the second ODI had a higher innings total (288) in 50 overs."

Abbas: "Judging a test team by just one T20 innings shows why they take don't make teams by public votes. They have something like Domestic cricket which has all the importance of selection, may be Head, Bailey and Faulkner can accompany, but couple of new faces expected at India tour, which weren't part of Premier Leagues "

Lakmal.

Around the wicket

Stuart: "From a spectator's standpoint, I'd really like to see the Aussie brain's trust put an investment in Glenn Maxwell. Back him. Play him in all formats because he can win you matches. And off spinners hate him, hello India! Maybe even throw a wild card and open the Test batting in India with him"