Australia is preparing to play Sri Lanka at the same location after suffering crushing losses to South Africa and India. On October 16 at 2:00 p.m., the 14th match of the ICC ODI World Cup will take place in Lucknow’s Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium. Sri Lanka, like Australia, has lost both of its first games.
Australia suffered a 134 run defeat to South Africa. The loss was Australia’s greatest in the World Cup. South Africa, which batted first, scored 311 runs thanks to a century from Quinton de Kock. Each of Mitchell Starc and Glenn Maxwell claimed two wickets.
At Colombo in June, the two teams played one another. Australia defeated the opposition by a margin of 4 wickets. Hazelwood and Cummins both got two wickets in the last match of the five-match ODI series, and Sri Lanka set Australia a target of 161 runs. After Australia’s score dropped to 50 for the loss of 4 wickets, Alex Carey (45*) stood guard. The final score was 3-2 for Sri Lanka.
Australia has dropped its first two World Cup games for the first time since 1992. Their intentions have now been jeopardized by this. In both games, their hitting has been so dismal that they haven’t yet surpassed the 200-run threshold. Mitchell Marsh will start the innings off against Davis Warner. Both have a dismal history while playing Sri Lanka. Warner scores slightly over 35 runs a game, but Marsh has 64 runs in 4 games against Sri Lanka.
The current Australian batting leader is Marnus Labuschagne. In the previous game, he scored 46 runs. Despite having a 23 average versus Sri Lanka, he will be the batsman to watch in this game. In the previous 10 games, Labuschagne’s average score was 55.
In 14 matches, Starc has taken 27 wickets at an average of 18.88 against Sri Lanka. Adam Zampa, a leg spinner, only has one wicket after two matches. But against Sri Lanka, his statistics are superior. He can give Australia the spin boost that they have so far missed, having taken 10 wickets in five matches.
Australia
Pat Cummins (c), Josh Inglis (wk), Mitchell Marsh, Steven Smith, Adam Zampa, Josh Hazlewood, Marnus Labuschagne, Marcus Stoinis, David Warner, Mitchell Starc, and Glenn Maxwell.
Despite scoring more than 300 runs in both games, Sri Lanka was unable to contain 344 runs in the second one. The bowling unit must buckle up, as this is very obvious. The hitters have performed admirably for Sri Lanka. Kusal Perera and Pathum Nissanka will start the inning. In the opening game, Nissanka scored fifty goals. Dimuth Karunaratne may be used by Sri Lanka as Perera is not producing the anticipated start.
Since Kusal Mendis is playing at the top of his game right now, all eyes will be on him. In his last two matches, Perera has scored a century and a half-century. With a 166 strike rate, he has scored 198 runs. Mendis has an above-average average over the past ten matches.
The rest of the Lankan batting lineup appears to be underwhelming. Additionally, the bowling team isn’t doing any better. They managed to collect 9 wickets in two games while giving up 773 runs. With 4 wickets, Dilshan Madhushanka leads Lanka in wicket-taking. Maheesha Pathirana and Dunith Welalage, two crucial bowlers, have respectively allowed 185 and 147 runs in these two contests.
Sri Lanka
Dasun Shanaka (c), Sadeera Samarawickrama (wk), Maheesh Theekshana, Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Perera, Dilshan Madushanka, Charith Asalanka, Dunith Wellalage, Kusal Mendis, Matheesha Pathirana, and Dhananjaya de Silva.
Match Details | ||
Match | Australia vs Sri Lanka, Match 14 | ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 | |
Date | 16/10/2023 (Monday) | |
Time | 13:30 (GMT+5) / 14:00 (GMT+5.5) / 14:30 (GMT+6) | |
Format | ODI | |
Venue | Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow | |
Recent performance | Australia – L L W L L | Sri Lanka – L L L W L |
Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium
In eight of the opening 11 games of the 2023 Cricket World Cup, the captain who won the toss decided to bowl first. The team that wins this toss will probably choose to bat second as well.
There will be sunshine today. 22 to 33 degrees will be the range of the temperature. At 10 to 11 km/h, the wind will be blowing from the west.
The stadium can hold 50,000 spectators and has played host to 1 Test, 10 ODIs, and 9 T20Is. South Africa scored the most points on the field (311) versus Australia in the most recent encounter.
Australia has won just two of their previous five games, while Sri Lanka has triumphed in three.
Winning the toss
Player of the Match
Most runs
Most wickets
Most sixes
Team Scores Batting First
According to cricket analysts, Australia has a 60.3% chance to win.
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