Australia beat Sri Lanka by five wickets in the 14th match of the ICC ODI World Cup, the Kangaroos’ first win in the event after two continues defeats.
The Sri Lankan team won the toss and decided to bat first, which did not turn out well and the Sri Lankan team was dismissed for 209 runs in 43.3 overs.
The opening pair of Nissanka and Kaushal Perera gave Sri Lanka a brilliant start of 125 runs, Nissanka scoring 61 runs with eight fours and Kaushal Perera scoring 78 runs with twelve fours.
As soon as both of them got out, the Sri Lankan batting line fell apart. Charith Asalanka tried to stay at the wicket for a while by scoring 25 runs, but he too got out and the entire team was bowled out for 209 runs in the 44th over.
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Australian leg-spinner Adam Zampa took four wickets for 47 runs, with Pat Cummins and Mitchell Starc getting two wickets each.
In the counter-innings, Australia also struggled initially with the first wicket falling at just 24 with Warner 11 and Steve Smith not out. Both were dismissed by Madhu Shanka. Mitchell Marsh and Lebouchen added 57 runs for the third wicket to improve the team’s score. Marsh got out for 52 runs, followed by another good partnership between Lebouchen and Josh Ingles in which both By adding 77 runs, he put the team on the winning track.
Lebouchen was dismissed with an innings of 40, Maxwell with 31, and Stoins with 20 to get the remaining runs and give Australia their first win in the event after two successive defeats.
Australia achieved the target in the 36th over with a loss of five wickets. Adam Zampa was declared the player of the match.