Sri Lankan's contender for worst ball of all-time

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Sri Lankan accelerated bowler Dushmantha Chameera has enactment successful a contender for 1 of the worst deliveries of all-time successful the T20 World Cup nonaccomplishment against Australia.

It was a pugnacious outing for Sri Lanka's quicks, who had impressed successful the lead-up to the lucifer earlier being smashed to each parts by Australia's opening pair.

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Just a fewer deliveries aft having David Warner dropped by wicket-keeper Kusal Perera, Chameera failed to deed the transportation with an attempted cutter, arsenic the shot slipped retired of his hands.

"Oh my goodness!" exclaimed commentator Simon Doull aft the ball. "That'll beryllium a no-ball and a escaped hit. It's wholly slipped retired the side."

"They've had capable problems, they truly didn't request this," added co-commentator Russel Arnold.

Chameera missed the transportation wholly with his attempted cutter, catching Aaron Finch off-guard (Twitter)

Australian skipper Aaron Finch, who was facing the delivery, could beryllium heard telling the umpire: "It has to beryllium a noey", earlier the shot was called a no-ball owed to missing the transportation entirely.

After coming into the lucifer connected the backmost of immoderate beardown bowling form, some Chameera and chap Sri Lankan speedy Lahiru Kumara received immoderate punishment from Finch and Warner.

Chameera finished with figures of 0-33 disconnected his 3 overs, portion Kumara was blasted for 48 runs successful his 3 overs, with Finch admitting the brace were targeted aft the match.

"We knew that rotation was going to person specified a large interaction extracurricular the powerplay," Finch said.

"So we knew the quicks we had to instrumentality a small spot of a accidental connected and we got distant with it, which was nice, Davey played a beauteous knock."

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