Australia vs Sri Lanka 2017: 3rd T20I, 5 talking points

#1 Faulkner exhibits his variations

Faulkner outfoxed Lankan batsmen with his variations

James Faulkner is a tricky customer to deal with in T20 cricket. The left-hand seamer has quite a few variations to outfox batsmen and knows how to mix them up to good effect.

He had the first wicket of the Sri Lankan innings when he had Upul Tharanga caught at deep mid-wicket. Faulkner returned to have the dangerous Seekkuge Prasanna caught in the deep.

His third and final over was superb as he gave away just four runs and had Siriwardana caught off his own bowling. His cutters and slower variations meant Sri Lanka could not get him away. His figures read 3-0-20-3 at the end of the game.