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Best performances - Batsmen

MDKJ Perera
MDKJ Perera
78(82) 12x4 - 0x6
Control %75%
  • Productive Shot
  • pull
  • 13 runs
  • 2x4 - 0x6
18 1 7 13 9 12 11 7
P Nissanka
61(67) 8x4 - 0x6
Control %84%
  • Productive Shot
  • flick
  • 16 runs
  • 1x4 - 0x6
1 4 9 10 2 5 11 19

Best performances - Bowlers

A Zampa
A Zampa
O8
M1
R47
W4
Eco5.87
RHB
OFFLEG
2W2W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
D Madushanka
D Madushanka
O9
M2
R38
W3
Eco4.22
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W

Match Details

Toss

Sri Lanka , elected to bat first

Player Of The Match

Match number

Season

Hours of play (local time)

14.00 start, First Session 14.00-17.30, Interval 17.30-18.00, Second Session 18.00-21.30

Match days

16 October 2023 - day/night match (50-over match)

TV Umpires

Match Referee

Points

Australia 2, Sri Lanka 0

Scorer: M Venkat Raghav | Commentator: Deivarayan Muthu

9.40pm After suffering back-to-back losses in this World Cup, Australia get their campaign up and running with a victory over Sri Lanka in Lucknow. As for Sri Lanka, they slip to their third successive defeat in the tournament. Zampa and captain Cummins did the damage with the ball in the middle overs before Inglis and Labuschagne did the job with the bat in the middle overs in Australia's chase of 210. Marsh also contributed to the win, with 52 off 51 at the top. Hope you enjoyed our coverage as much as we did bringing it to you. Until next time, this is Deivarayan Muthu signing off on the behalf of Madushka Balasuriya, Venkat Raghav and Chandan Duorah. Goodbye and good night.

Zampa, Player of the Match: To be honest, did not feel great. Been sporting a back spasm for a couple of days but maybe bowled better [today]. I think that was the captain's decision to bowl the offspinner to the lefties...Personally, I couldn't bowl better in the last game and to be honest, I feel I can do better but good to be at the better end of the result tonight. Again, I didn't feel at my best but want to try and keep my wicket-taking attitude. We have a big game against Pakistan in Bangalore; that's going to be a tough one.

Mendis: Pathum and KP batted well for the opening partnership but after that the middle order struggled. If we scored 290-300, it would have been good on this pitch. I think we didn't rotate the strike enough and played more dots. I think the last two games we batted, but today we struggled a bit and we have six more matches to perform better. I have confidence in my batting unit. I think Madushanka bowled really well and got two early wickets. I hope Dasun and Matheesha recover quickly.

Cummins: Yeah, happy today. It was probably that nothing was said and it was just on the back of two losses...The energy in the field was nice to start with and everything else flowed. Again, they started really well but the way all the bowlers came in, hit the wicket, and did their job, it was a great effort. I can't read these wickets. About 300 [would've been par] maybe. Outside noise doesn't bother us too much. I hope so, all parts of the game came together at the end. We're sort of underway in the tournament and hope we keep it up.

Mitch Marsh speaks to Star Sports: It was a really good day for us. We came into the game with a little bit of pressure after the slow start, but our experienced guys stood up today. We're away. I wouldn't say soul-searching but there was plenty of hurt [after the loss to South Africa]. Hopefully, that's a stepping stone for us in the right direction. Just making up for his [dad's] strike rate. I felt like I was batting well tonight and I probably got ahead of myself (on the run-out). The boys were calm and the way we finished it off was great. I actually went for one over, but I was shut down. We have a heap of options - three quicks, Zampa, Maxwell, Stoin and myself. He [Cummins] always has a calm demeanor. The way he bowled and his bowling changes were fantastic. Inglis is a fighter and loves a contest. He plays spin well and backs his skills. First of all, he has power and hopefully it's the start of a long career for him.

35.2
6
Wellalage to Stoinis, SIX, Stoinis creates swinging room and launches a mighty six over long-on! Pushed through too full on middle, Stoinis backs away and pumps it down the ground. Lucknow's Super Giant finishes it off for Australia at the Ekana Stadium
35.1
0
Wellalage to Stoinis, no run, yorker on off stump or just wide of off, stabbed back to Wellalage

END OF OVER:
35 | 7 Runs | AUS: 209/5 (1 run required from 15 overs, RR: 5.97, RRR: 0.06)

  • Marcus Stoinis14 (8b)
  • Glenn Maxwell31 (21b)
  • Dilshan Madushanka9-2-38-3
  • Dunith Wellalage9-0-47-1
34.6
1
Madushanka to Stoinis, 1 run, low full-toss on middle and leg, Stoinis powers it down to long-on to level the scores
34.5
1
Madushanka to Maxwell, 1 run, slower ball, back of a length and on top of off, Maxwell creates a bit of room and chops it hard through point
34.4
1
Madushanka to Stoinis, 1 run, slowie, short and outside off, Stoinis flat-bats it down to long-off
34.4
1w
Madushanka to Stoinis, 1 wide, slower bouncer outside off, too high and so that's a wide

Australia 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st24DA WarnerMR Marsh
2nd0SPD SmithMR Marsh
3rd57MR MarshM Labuschagne
4th77JP InglisM Labuschagne
5th34GJ MaxwellJP Inglis
6th23MP StoinisGJ Maxwell