Australia vs Sri Lanka DREAM11 GRAND LEAGUE TEAM | Australia vs Sri Lanka | ICC CWC 2019

London, June 15, Saturday at 03:00 PM IST

The Preview: Australia vs Sri Lanka

The defending champions Australia will take on Sri Lanka on Saturday at Kennington Oval, London in their next assignment in ICC Cricket World Cup 2019.

With six points in four games, Australia is going hard in the tournament and are favourites against Sri Lanka. The in-form David Warner, Steve Smith and skipper Aaron Finch have looked rock solid in the batting line-up while M Starc, P Cummins and N CoulterNile have led the pace attack quite well. The only concern for the Aussies is the spin department. Adam Zampa has looked off-colour in all the three games before he was dropped in the last game. Perhaps, we can see Nathan Lyon in action at The Oval.

With two back to back washouts, Sri Lanka is low confidence and will look for a solid performance against Australia. In four games, they have managed one win and one loss with two no result encounters. Barring, Dimuth Karunratne and Kusal Perera, nobody else has contributed with the bat. They’ve been bowled out for 136 against New Zealand and 201 against Afghanistan and the time has come for others to take the charge with the bat.

The clash will begin at 03:00 PM IST.

Sri Lanka Team practicing ahead of its #CWC19 game against Australia.
SL will play against Australia on the 15th June, 2019 at ‘The Oval’, London.#LionsRoar pic.twitter.com/GYAPFB69ZL

— Sri Lanka Cricket ?? (@OfficialSLC) June 13, 2019

Pitch Report & Venue Stats

Pitch Report-

Some rain is expected at the start of the game which can result in a delayed start. As per the weather forecast, it will be cloudy throughout the day which will assist the seamers. So, expect the toss winning side to opt to bowl first. Originally. the Kennington Oval is a batting wicket and it will remain the same for most of the time.

Venue Stats-

Avg 1st inn score: 250

Avg 2nd inn score: 217

Highest Total: 398/5 (50 Ov) by NZ vs ENG

Lowest Total: 103/10 (41 Ov) by ENG vs RSA

The Numbers Game:

Head to Head in ODIs-

Total – 97

Australia – 60

Sri Lanka – 33

No result – 04

Head to Head on Neutral venues-

Total – 10

Australia – 08

Sri Lanka – 02

Head to Head in World Cup-

1996 – Final – Sri Lanka’s only World Cup victory over Australia

2003 – Semi-final – Australia won

2007- Final – Australia won

2015- Group Stage – Australia won

AUS vs SL Team News:

Nuwan Pradeep – who dislocated his finger ahead of Bangladesh clash- was seen practising in nets but is still doubtful for the clash
Lasith Malinga headed to Sri Lanka after Bangladesh clash to attend his mother in law funeral. He is expected to rejoin the squad ahead of the clash
There’s no update on Marcus Stoinis injury. The all-rounder is set to miss this game also
One of Kane Richardson or Adam Zampa will get to play
There’s an outside chance of Nathan Lyon getting a game

Toss Update:

Sri Lanka have won the toss and have elected to bowl first

Nuwan Pradeep is fit and is playing today

M Srirwardene replaces Suranga Lakmal

Jason Behrendorff replaces Nathan Coulter Nile

AUS vs SL Playing11(confirmed):

Australia-

Wicketkeeper- Alex Carey

Batsmen- David Warner, Aaron Finch (c), Steve Smith, U Khawaja, Shaun Marsh

All-rounder- G Maxwell

Bowlers: M Starc, Pat Cummins, J Behrendorff, Kane Richardson

Bench: N Lyon, M Stoinis, N Coulter-Nile, Adam Zampa

Sri Lanka-

Wicketkeeper- Kusal Perera

Batsmen- L Thirimane, Kusel Mendis, Angelo Mathews, D Karunaratne (c)

All-rounder- D De Silva, T Perera, J Mendis

Bowlers- N Pradeep, Milinda Siriwardana, Lasith Malinga

Bench: Suranga Lakmal, Jeffrey Vandersay, Avishka Fernando

AUS vs SL Squads:

Australia –

Aaron Finch (c), Adam Zampa, Glenn Maxwell, David Warner, Usman Khawaja, Steven Smith, Alex Carey (wk), Nathan Coulter-Nile, Jason Behrendorff, Kane Richardson, Nathan Lyon, Mitchell Starc, Shaun Marsh, Marcus Stoinis, Pat Cummins

Sri Lanka –

Jeevan Mendis, Avishka Fernando, Dhananjaya de Silva, Kusal Mendis (wk), Dimuth Karunaratne (c), Lasith Malinga, Thisara Perera, Kusal Perera (wk), Isuru Udana, Milinda Siriwardana, Nuwan Pradeep, Angelo Mathews, Lahiru Thirimanne, Jeffrey Vandersay, Suranga Lakmal

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