Finch and Starc Blows Away Sri-Lanka.
Aaron Finch continues his splendid form in the ICC cricket world cup 2019 by cracking a splendid ton to dent lankan loins at brit oval in london. Aaron finch who lost his 7th straight toss on an overcast morning was put into bat by Dimuth Karunaratne but that proved pretty much wrong as the opening duo of aaron finch and david warner started with a solid foundation. Sri lanka who were playing their first match after two straight wash out games against Bangladesh and pakistan. Sri lanka who had not so much of their earlier reputation and in this tournament they are just like underdogs, After David warner and Khawaja was dismissed by Dashrunga de silva at a team total of 100 soon Australia pumped up the scoring intensity, Steve smith and Aaron finch blowed the whole Sri lankan bowling set up including the likes of lasith Malinga. The Duo put on 173 runs for the third wicket before finch lofts udana straight to karunaratne and got dismissed for a superb 153, After that on the one end Australia lost momentum and kept on losing wickets. Steve Smith also made a great contribution by scoring 73 later on Glenn Maxwell lofted bowlers to the boundaries and made a Quick fire 46 runs of 25 balls and Australia finished on 334-7 in their 50 and put a strong score ahead of Sri lanka.
In Reply Dimuth Karunartane and Kusal Mendis nearly gave some Shock to the Aussie bowling line up as both laid a strong foundation of this chase of 335. The Duo put on 115 for the opening wicket before kusal parera was bowled by starc who is currently in good form. After Thirimanne got dismissed by Behrendoff Sri lanka lost momentum but karunaratne kept the momentum going later on succumbed to the pressure at 97 of the bowling of richardson. After Karunartane got dismissed sri lankan batting fell like a pack of cards, mitchell starc and kane Richardson was the star for Australian bowling who played a critcal role in Australian 88 run win over sri lanka. Starc dismissed 4 Sri lankan wickets with that he became the leading wicket taker in this years event. Remember he was also the leading wicket taker in 2015 event also.
Aaron finch is now the leading run scorer in this years world cup followed by David Warner and Joe Root.
With this win the Defending Champions Australia tops the points table with 8 points now.
Match Summary
Australia 🇦🇺 334-7 overs 50.
Finch 153
Smith 73
De silva 2-40
Udana 2-57
Sri Lanka 🇱🇰 247 overs 45.5
Karunaratne 97
K.Perera 52
Starc 4-55
Richardson 3-47
Australia won by 88 runs.
In Reply Dimuth Karunartane and Kusal Mendis nearly gave some Shock to the Aussie bowling line up as both laid a strong foundation of this chase of 335. The Duo put on 115 for the opening wicket before kusal parera was bowled by starc who is currently in good form. After Thirimanne got dismissed by Behrendoff Sri lanka lost momentum but karunaratne kept the momentum going later on succumbed to the pressure at 97 of the bowling of richardson. After Karunartane got dismissed sri lankan batting fell like a pack of cards, mitchell starc and kane Richardson was the star for Australian bowling who played a critcal role in Australian 88 run win over sri lanka. Starc dismissed 4 Sri lankan wickets with that he became the leading wicket taker in this years event. Remember he was also the leading wicket taker in 2015 event also.
Aaron finch is now the leading run scorer in this years world cup followed by David Warner and Joe Root.
With this win the Defending Champions Australia tops the points table with 8 points now.
Match Summary
Australia 🇦🇺 334-7 overs 50.
Finch 153
Smith 73
De silva 2-40
Udana 2-57
Sri Lanka 🇱🇰 247 overs 45.5
Karunaratne 97
K.Perera 52
Starc 4-55
Richardson 3-47
Australia won by 88 runs.
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