AUS vs SL Highlights: Australia Beat Sri Lanka By 5 Wickets
AUS vs SL Highlights: Australia won the game by 5 wickets.
Australia finally secured their first win in the ongoing World Cup 2023 as they outplayed Sri Lanka by 5 wickets. That's all from ABP Live for today but keep following us for the live coverage of all the matches of the World Cup.
Madushanka came up with another scalp as he snared Labuschagne and Karunaratne grabbed an easy catch at the end.
Josh Inglis gets to his fifty in style as he places it perfectly down the ground for a boundary against Lahiru Kumara.
Josh Inglis played it late this time and placed it in the gap for a boundary against Lahiru Kumara.
At this point in time, both teams have an equal amount of chance to win the game. Since the target is not massive, Australian batters are looking relaxed.
After losing a couple of wickets, Mitchell Marsh is trying to revive the Australian innings. He is only dealing in boundaries.
Madushanka has unleashed fire as he came up with yet another scalp. He took the wicket of Smith who departed without troubling the scorers.
That's a huge wicket. Madushanka gave Australia an early blow after picking up the wicket of Warner.
It looks like Mitchell Marsh is in haste to finish the run chase as he smashed two boundaries against Theekshana.
Mitchell Marsh and Warner have started batting for Australia. Lahiru Kumara bowled the first over.
Sri Lankan batters failed to capitalize on the kind of start they got from the openers as they ended up scoring 209 runs.
Zampa snared Karunaratne. It was a googly bowled by the wrist spinner and Karunaratne failed to read with the ball ended up hitting the pads of the Sri Lankan batter.
Asalanka smashed a huge six against wrist spinner Zampa. He knows that he is the only one who can now power Sri Lanka to a decent score.
Just after the game started after the rain break, Starc cleaned up Dhananjaya. That was a superb delivery from the Australian pacer.
It's raining in Lucknow and the game has been stopped at the Ekana Sports Stadium.
Sri Lankan batters are struggling now as their flow of runs have been reduced by the Australian bowlers.
Zampa strikes again as he takes the wicket of Samarawickrama. The Kangaroos are back in the game now.
Cummins outclassed Kusal Perera. It was an unplayable delivery from the Australian skipper that ended up rattling Perera's stumps.
Australian bowlers are looking clueless as they are getting smashed by the Sri Lankan batters repeatedly.
Australian skipper Cummins gave the first breakthrough to his team after picking up the wicket of Nissanka. Warner grabbed a blinder at the end as the ball went in the air after the Sri Lankan batter miscued it.
Kusal Perera brings up his half-century in style. He takes on Stoinis and hits the ball towards long-on for a boundary.
That's a 100-run stand between Nissanka and Perera. It does not look like they are facing any trouble facing Australian bowlers.
Zampa has been welcomed with a boundary by Nissanka. It was a short delivery and the Sri Lankan batter quickly pulled it in the gap and got the result.
Nissanka and Perera have forged a 50-run stand here and want to power their team to a fighting total.
Kusal Perera is showing why he is rated as one of the most aggressive openers Sri Lanka has ever produced. He came up with a solid boundary against Maxwell towards the fine leg region.
Kusal Perera read that short-pitch delivery early and capitalized on it by hammering a pull shot against Hazlewood.
Another boundary for Nissanka as he hit straight this time against Starc. The Sri Lankan batter has been in some serious form throughout the mega event.
Both the Sri Lankan openers have been batting sincerely, hitting away all the bad deliveries bowled by the Australian bowlers.
Nissanka and Kusal Perera have started the proceedings for Sri Lanka. Starc bowled the first over.
Australia (Playing XI): Mitchell Marsh, David Warner, Steven Smith, Marnus Labuschagne, Josh Inglis(w), Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins(c), Adam Zampa, Josh Hazlewood
Sri Lanka (Playing XI): Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Perera, Kusal Mendis(w/c), Sadeera Samarawickrama, Charith Asalanka, Dhananjaya de Silva, Chamika Karunaratne, Dunith Wellalage, Maheesh Theekshana, Lahiru Kumara, Dilshan Madushanka
Australia captain Pat Cummins: We probably would have batted as well. The last 2 days we had training sessions and trying to work on few areas as a team. We are playing the same team.
Sri Lanka skipper Kusal Mendis: We will bat first, the wicket is looking good and it might turn a bit in the second half. We have 2 changes. Dasun and Matheesha are not playing and Chamika and Lahiru Kumara are playing. Unfortunately Dasun is not playing, really important match today. Par score might be 280-300, hopefully we can manage that.
AUS vs SL Live Score: Sri Lanka To Bat First Against Australia In Lucknow
A 'must-win' match for Australia to avoid a 0-3 losing streak in the ongoing ODI World Cup 2023 and same scenario for Sri Lanka after losing back-to-back two games.
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Background
Australia vs Sri Lanka Live Score: Hello and welcome to live coverage of AUS vs SL ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 match. Australia vs Sri Lanka ICC Men's ODI World Cup 2023 match will take place on October 16, 2023 at 14:00 IST at the Ekana Sports Stadium in Lucknow. Australia vs Sri Lanka ODI World Cup 2023 match is expected to be a thriller.
On Monday, October 16, Australia and Sri Lanka lock horns in Lucknow in ODI World Cup 2023 as they seek their first victory in ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 tournament. Both Australia and Sri Lanka are eager to secure a win so that they could improve their standings in ICC Men's ODI World Cup 2023 Points Table.
So far in ODI World Cup 2023, Sri Lanka have been involved in two highly entertaining matches, featuring a high-scoring encounter against South Africa and a record run-chase against Pakistan. Australia, on the other hand, have struggled, facing one-sided defeats in their opening two ODI World Cup 2023 fixtures. Australia began their ODI World Cup campaign with a humiliating loss to hosts India in Chennai and in their second ODI World Cup 2023 match, Pat Cummins-led team suffered their worst-ever defeat in a World Cup match, losing to Temba Bevuma-led South Africa by 134 runs.
Sri Lanka, in their previous two ODI World Cup 2023 matches, successfully crossed the 300-run mark, while Australia have so far failed to post a score of 200 or more so far in the tournament. This sets up an intriguing clash between the two teams as they look to secure their first win in the ICC Men's ODI World Cup 2023.
Australia Probable XI: David Warner, Mitchell Marsh, Steve Smith, Marnus Labuschagne, Glenn Maxwell, Josh Inglis (wk), Marcus Stoinis, Pat Cummins (c), Mitchell Starc, Adam Zampa, Josh Hazlewood
Sri Lanka Probable XI: Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Perera, Kusal Mendis (c&wk), Sadeera Samarawickrama, Charith Asalanka, Dhananjaya de Silva, Dushan Hemantha/Chamika Karunaratne, Dunith Wellalage, Maheesh Theekshana, Kasun Rajitha/Lahiru Kumara, Dilshan Madushanka
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