🏏 Cricket World Cup 2023: Match #14: Australia vs Sri Lanka 🏏 - Page 8

Kusal Mendis says the wicket is better in the day time for batting and with the spinners they have, they felt batting first would be best. Chamika Karunaratne and Lahiru Kumara come in for Dasun Shanaka and Matheesha Pathirana. Feels a par score could be around 280-300.

Pathirana is not playing! An interval in Pathirana-Wide: ek prem katha

Originally posted by: Prizi

Sri Lanka have won the toss and have opted to bat

Pat Cummins: We probably would have batted as well. The last 2 days we had training sessions and trying to work on few areas as a team. We are playing the same team.

Pat Cummins says they would have batted as well. Adds that they've trained well over the past few days and is hoping that everyone has sharpened up. They're in with an unchanged XI.

Sri Lanka (Playing XI): Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Perera, Kusal Mendis(w/c), Sadeera Samarawickrama, Charith Asalanka, Dhananjaya de Silva, Chamika Karunaratne, Dunith Wellalage, Maheesh Theekshana, Lahiru Kumara, Dilshan Madushanka

Sri Lanka (Playing XI): Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Perera, Kusal Mendis(w/c), Sadeera Samarawickrama, Charith Asalanka, Dhananjaya de Silva, Chamika Karunaratne, Dunith Wellalage, Maheesh Theekshana, Lahiru Kumara, Dilshan Madushanka

Pat Cummins: We probably would have batted as well. The last 2 days we had training sessions and trying to work on few areas as a team. We are playing the same team

Aus will win this match

Australia (Playing XI): Mitchell Marsh, David Warner, Steven Smith, Marnus Labuschagne, Josh Inglis(w), Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins(c), Adam Zampa, Josh Hazlewood

Australia (Playing XI): Mitchell Marsh, David Warner, Steven Smith, Marnus Labuschagne, Josh Inglis(w), Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins(c), Adam Zampa, Josh Hazlewood

Sri Lanka (Playing XI): Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Perera, Kusal Mendis(w/c), Sadeera Samarawickrama, Charith Asalanka, Dhananjaya de Silva, Chamika Karunaratne, Dunith Wellalage, Maheesh Theekshana, Lahiru Kumara, Dilshan Madushanka