Australia won their first match in the ICC World Cup 2023.
The World Cup start wasn’t as expected for the Australian team.
They lost their first two games of the World Cup against India and South Africa.
The Australian team was the last team at the table.
After Afghanistan beat England, it was a bit of relief for the Australian side.
By losing the game, England has also lost two games.
Till now, India, New Zealand, and South Africa are the only teams that have won all their matches.
Match Details
The 14th match of the ICC World Cup was going to be played in Lucknow.
Australia was all set to break their losing streak, as was Sri Lanka.
Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat first.
Sri Lanka Innings
Pathum Nissanka and Kusal Perera opened the innings for the Sri Lanka team.
They both gave an important start to their teams.
They were both going on, building an important partnership, and also hitting boundaries.
As soon as the match went on, both of them completed their half-centuries.
Pat Cummins didn’t let the partnership go long enough, as he took the wicket of Pathum.
After taking the wicket of Pathum soon in his upcoming overs, he bowled Kusal Perera.
The two frequent breakthroughs by the Australian captain pushed back the Sri Lankan team.
After that, none of the Sri Lanka batsmen were able to stand in front of the Australian bowlers.
Sri Lanka was 157/2 when they lost their remaining eight wickets by just 209.
Adam Zampa took four major wickets, and Mitchell Starc and Pat Cummins took two wickets each.
Australia Innings
Mitchell Marsh and David Warner opened the innings for Australia.
Madhushanka didn’t let the score settle as he took the wicket of David and then Steven Smith in the same over.
Mitchell and Marnus Labuschagne handled the situation from their.
They both added valuable runs, as Mitchell also completed his half-century but later got a runout.
Josh came into bat as his half-century got Australia closer to victory.
In the end, Glenn Maxwell and Marcus Stoinis made Australia win the match.
Five-time Men’s @cricketworldcup champions Australia opened their account in #CWC23 with a solid victory over Sri Lanka 💪
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— ICC (@ICC) October 16, 2023