Australia tour of Sri Lanka

SL vs AUS, 3rd ODI

Preview

Sri Lanka will lock horns against the Australian team in the third fixture of the five-match bilateral ODI series at R.Premadasa Stadium, Colombo. In the 2nd ODI, Sri Lanka posted 220 on the board, before rain caused the delay. The revised target for Australia was 216 in 43 overs. However, the visitors were dismissed for 189 and lost by 26 runs. The Australian team will rely on the contributions of Glenn Maxwell and Pat Cummins. The key players for the home team will be Kusal Mendis and Dunith Wellalage.

Match Details

Match: SL vs AUS, 3rd ODI, Australia tour of Sri Lanka, 2022

Date: Sunday, June 19, 2022

Time:2:30 PM

Venue: R.Premadasa Stadium, Colombo

Pitch Report

The games played earlier in the month at this venue witnessed the support to the bowlers as well as batters, and the same is expected in this fixture as well. A total of 250 will be the par score on this venue.

SL vs. AUS Squads

SL: Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Mendis, Dinesh Chandimal, Charith Asalanka, Dhananjaya de Silva, Niroshan Dickwella(w), Dasun Shanaka(c), Wanindu Hasaranga, Chamika Karunaratne, Dushmantha Chameera, Ramesh Mendis, Danushka Gunathilaka, Asitha Fernando, Mahesh Theekshana, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Lahiru Madushanka, Jeffrey Vandersay, Praveen Jayawickrama, Pramod Madushan, Dunith Wellalage, Nuwan Thushara

AUS: Aaron Finch(c), David Warner, Glenn Maxwell, Steven Smith, Marcus Labuschagne, Travis Head, Cameron Green, Josh Inglis, Matthew Kuhnemann, Mitchell Marsh, Alex Carey(w), Josh Hazlewood, Jhye Richardson, Mitchell Swepson, Pat Cummins

SL vs AUS Probable Playing XIs

SL: Danushka Gunathilaka, Pathum Nissanka, Charith Asalanka, Kusal Mendis (wk), Dhananjaya de Silva, Dasun Shanaka (c), Chamika Karunaratne, Jeffrey Vandersay, Dushmantha Chameera, Maheesh Theekshana, Dunith Wellalage 

AUS: David Warner, Aaron Finch (c), Steven Smith, Marnus Labuschagne, Travis Head, Alex Carey (wk), Glenn Maxwell, Pat Cummins, Mitchell Swepson, Matthew Kuhnemann, Josh Hazlewood

Match Prediction

Sri Lanka did exceptionally well in the previous fixture to level the series. Sri Lankan bowlers picked wickets at regular intervals to defend 216. Despite the loss, Australia will start favourites. We have a cracking contest on our hands. Looking at the team balance and combination, we fancy the visitors to go 2-1 in the 5 match series.

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