ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup Match Prediction 2023 | Match 14 | Australia vs Sri Lanka – Will the Aussies get to their first triumph by defeating the Lankans? | October 16, 2023

AUS vs SL Match Analysis

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.

AUS vs SL Team Preview & Squads

Australia

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 Squads

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.

Sri Lanka

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 Squads

Sri Lanka