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SL vs AUS Match Report: Five-time world champion Australia’s World Cup-2023 was not going well so far. He had to face defeat in the first two matches. But the team captained by Pat Cummins finally opened their account in this World Cup on Monday. In the match played at the Ekana Stadium in Lucknow, Australia defeated Sri Lanka by five wickets. Australia had to work hard for this victory. Batting first in this match, the Sri Lankan team was all out for 209 runs in 43.3 overs. Australia achieved this target by losing five wickets in 35.2 overs.
In this match, Sri Lankan captain Kusal Mendis won the toss and decided to bat first. Pathum Nisanka and Kusal Perera gave the team a strong start and shared centuries. But as soon as these two returned to the pavilion, the rest of the team’s batsmen collapsed and the Sri Lankan team could not make a big score.
Marche-Labuschagne took over
The target in front of Australia was not huge but the team did not get off to a good start. David Warner was dismissed by Dilshan Madhushanka on the first ball of the fourth over. He could score only 11 runs. Madhushanka dismissed Steve Smith on the last ball of this over. Here the Australian team was in trouble. In such a situation, the command of the team was taken over by Michel Marsh and Marnus Labuschagne. Both shared a partnership of 57 runs. Meanwhile, Marsh had completed his half century. After that he was out. Marsh was run out on a total score of 81. In his innings of 52 runs, he faced 51 balls and hit nine fours. Labuschagne could not complete his half-century. Madhushanka also showed them the way to the pavilion. He scored 40 runs in 60 balls with the help of two fours.
Inglis-Maxwell took over
However, Labuschagne’s departure did not affect Australia much as their wicketkeeper-batsman Jos Inglis retained. Glenn Maxwell also came to the crease. Both easily led the team to victory. English got out on the first ball of the 34th over. He scored 58 runs in 59 balls with the help of five fours and a six. Marcus Stoinis, who came after him, also batted stormily. He scored an unbeaten 20 off 10 balls with two fours and a six. Maxwell scored an unbeaten 31 off 21 balls in which he hit four fours and two sixes.
Excellent innings from Perera-Nisanka
Perera and Nissanka gave Sri Lanka a strong start. Both shared a partnership of 125 runs for the first wicket. Nisanka was dismissed by Pat Cummins. He scored 61 runs off 67 balls. His innings included eight fours. It was Cummins who showed Pereira the way to the pavilion. Perera played an innings of 78 runs in 82 balls with the help of 12 fours. After these two, no other batsman could do anything special for Sri Lanka. Charita Asalanka somehow managed to score only 25 runs. No other batsman could even reach double figures. Adam Zampa took four wickets for Australia. Zampa demolished Sri Lanka’s middle order. Mitchell Starc and Cummins took two wickets each. Maxwell succeeded.
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