Tags: World Cup 2023,
Australia vs Sri Lanka, 14th Match at Lucknow, Oct 16, 2023,
Australia,
Sri Lanka
Revealed on: Oct 17, 2023
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Leg-spinner Adam Zampa registered figures of 4/47 from eight overs as Australia registered their first win of the 2023 World Cup by beating Sri Lanka by 5 wickets in match quantity 14 on the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow on Monday, October 16. Bowling first after dropping the toss, Australia bundled out Sri Lanka for 209 in 43.3 overs. The Aussies then chased down the goal in 35.2 overs.
Sri Lanka received off to a superb begin with the bat as their openers Kusal Perera (78 off 82) and Pathum Nissanka (61 off 67) added 125 at a brisk tempo. Nevertheless, they suffered a stunning batting collapse to lose 9 wickets for 52 runs, with Mitchell Starc and Pat Cummins additionally chipping in with two wickets every.
Perera and Nissanka had been spectacular on the prime, discovering boundaries at common intervals and retaining the strike shifting. The stand was damaged when Nissanka miscued a brief ball and was neatly caught by David Warner within the deep. The Australian skipper additionally knocked over Perera because the Sri Lankan opener hit one throughout the road. It was all Australia from that time onwards.
The in-form Kusal Mendis (9) top-edged a slog-sweep off Zampa, whereas Sadeera Samarawickrama (8) was trapped lbw by the Aussie leggie. Starc took out Dhananjaya de Silva (7), Dunith Wellalage (2) was run out making an attempt a dangerous run, whereas Chamika Karunaratne (2) and Maheesh Theekshana (0) had been trapped lbw by Zampa. Charith Asalanka chipped in with 25 however was final man out, caught off Glenn Maxwell.
Chasing 210, Australia misplaced David Warner (11) and Steve Smith (0) to Dilshan Madushanka within the fourth over of the innings. Mitchell Marsh (52 off 51) and Marnus Labuschagne (40 off 60), nevertheless, put Australia in command, including 57 runs for the third wicket.
Marsh, who hit 9 fours in his half-century, was run out towards the run of the play. Labuschagne and Josh Inglis (58 off 59) then added 77 runs for the fourth wicket as Australia breezed in the direction of their first win of the 2023 World Cup. Labuschagne perished to a gentle dismissal, meekly pulling Madushanka to mid-wicket.
Inglis additionally fell earlier than the end line, perishing to Wellalage. Maxwell (31 not out off 21) and Marcus Stoinis (20 not out off 10) accomplished the formalities. The latter introduced up victory in fashion, launching Wellalage down the bottom for a most.
–By A Cricket Correspondent
