Sri Lanka was scheduled to play a 5 Match ONE DAY International Series in Australia in 2013. Both teams have great players and all rounder’s and match winners and it would be interesting to see them battle in this series and who batted very well will be crowned as the winner after the series as both are ranked at 3 and 5. The 1st ONE DAY international match was to be played on Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia on 11th Jan 2013. Australia holds the upper hand as they are more experienced team and playing at home.
Australia won the toss and opts to bat first; this is how Australia team and 11 was looking like in this 1st ONE DAY international match: Brad Haddin (wk), Mitchell Johnson, David Hussey, Phillip Hughes, George Bailey (c), Aaron Finch, Clint McKay, Usman Khawaja, Glenn Maxwell, Mitchell Starc, Xavier Doherty
And Sri Lanka team and 11 was looking like this in this 1st ONE DAY international Match: Mahela Jayawardene (c), Tillakaratne Dilshan, Lasith Malinga, Upul Tharanga, Nuwan Kulasekara, Ajantha Mendis, Angelo Mathews, Thisara Perera, Lahiru Thirimanne, Dinesh Chandimal (wk), Jeevan Mendis.
Australia batted very well and was able to post total of 305 runs in 50 over’s at the loss of 5 wickets and with top scores of P Hughes who batted very well and made 112 runs in 129 balls with 14 4’s and 0 six at the strike rate of 87 runs in 100 balls, G Bailey who batted very well and made 89 runs in 79 balls with 8 4’s and 1 six at the strike rate of 113 runs in 100 balls, David H who batted very well made 60 runs in 34 balls with 6 4’s and 1 six at the strike rate of 176 runs in 100 balls faced, A finch made 16 runs in 28 balls with 0 4’s and 0 six at the strike rate of 57 runs in 100 balls and B Haddin who made 10 runs in 13 balls with 0 4’s and 0 six at the strike rate of 77 runs in 100 balls, Extras contributed 10 runs with 2 byes, 3 leg byes, 5 wide balls, and 0 bowlers over stepped.
Sri Lanka was needed to score 306 runs in 50 over’s to win this match at the run rate required of 6.12 runs per over.
Sri Lanka batted well but was unable to chase the score of 306 runs and was able to made only 198 runs in 40 over’s at the loss of 10 wicket and lost the game by 107 runs and top scores by D Chandimal who batted very well and aggressively and made 73 runs in 95 balls with 7 4’s and 1 six at the strike rate of 77 runs in 100 balls , T Dilshan who batted very well and made 51 runs in 70 balls with 4 4’s and 0 six at the strike rate of 73 runs in 100 balls faced, J Mendis who batted very well and aggressively made 20 runs in 18 balls with 1 4’s and 1 six at the strike rate of 111 runs in 100 balls and Nuwan K who batted well and made 18 runs in 15 balls with 3 4’s and 0 six at the strike rate of 120 runs in 100 balls faced and extras contributed 13 runs with 2 byes, 2 leg byes, 9 wide balls, and 0 bowlers over stepped for no balls.
Australia won the match by 107 runs and now this 5 Match ONE DAY international series stands at 1-0, in favor of Australia with 4 more games to play.
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