Australia’s Adam Zampa Defeated SL With Amazing Bowling And Recorded Its First Win By 5 Wickets
ICC ODI World Cup 2023: Australia’s Adam Zampa Defeated SL With Amazing Bowling And Recorded Its First Win By 5 Wickets. Australia has registered its first win in the ICC World Cup by defeating Sri Lanka by 5 wickets.
Josh Inglis’s Innings Of 58 Runs Cost Him Dearly:-
In the Australia vs Sri Lanka match played at Ekana Stadium in Lucknow, Sri Lankan openers Pathum Nissanka (61) and Kusal Perera (78) played half-centuries, but Mitchell’s 52 and Josh Inglis’s innings of 58 overshadowed them.
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As soon as Australian captain and fast bowler Pat Cummins sent the opening pair to the pavilion, the rest of the Sri Lankan team started disintegrating like a house of cards.
Sri Lanka lost all wickets for 209 runs in 43.3 overs:-
7 Sri Lankan batsmen returned to the pavilion without crossing double figures. Only middle-order batsman Asalanka played an inning of 25 runs. Due to this Sri Lanka lost all the wickets for 209 runs in 43.3 overs.
Australian spinner Adam Zampa showed amazing bowling and sent 4 batsmen to the pavilion. Kusal Mendis, Samarawickrama, Karunaratne, and Tikshina were dismissed. Apart from this, fast bowlers Mitchell Starc and Pat Cummins took 2-2 wickets. Whereas, Glenn Maxwell took 1 wicket.
Chasing Sri Lanka’s target, Australia easily won by scoring 215 runs at the loss of 5 wickets in 35.2 overs.
English scored 58 runs in 59 balls by hitting 5 fours and 1 six:-
Meanwhile, opening batsman Mitchell Marsh scored a half-century of 52 runs in 51 balls with the help of 9 fours. Whereas, the second opener David Warner was out on 11 runs only. Middle-order batsman Josh Inglis scored 58 runs in 59 balls by hitting 5 fours and 1 six.
Whereas, the batsman who came before him, Marnus Labuschagne, played an economical inning of 40 runs by hitting 2 fours in 60 balls. Apart from this, Maxwell scored 31 runs in 21 balls and Marcus Stoinis scored 20 runs in 10 balls.
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Dilsan Madhushanka took a maximum of 3 wickets for Sri Lanka. In this match, he dismissed David Warner and Steve Smith LBW in one over. Apart from this, only Dimuth Velalage could take 1 wicket. He also gave away a maximum of 53 runs.