Warner made an explosive start to the innings, displaying his full range of strokes until the 18th over when, tempted by Mathews to swing at a shorter delivery, he lofted the ball into the hands of Prasad at deep mid-wicket.
Fellow-opener Cowan turned a Rangana Herath delivery toward mid-wicket, but the ball was quickly fielded by Tillakaratne Dilshan. Hughes ran for Cowan's end while watching the fielder, as Cowen stood his ground, and found himself in the wrong crease when the stumps were broken.
Cowen was out the next over when he offered a thick edge to Prasad's angling delivery, which was caught by Mahela Jayawardene at second slip.
