Australia put World Cup campaign on track after dire Sri Lankan batting collapse

Australia chased down Sri Lanka's sub-par 209 with some ease, cantering to a five-wicket win in Lucknow to revive their flagging World Cup campaign. The result leaves Sri Lanka second-last on the table with three losses from three, and essentially needing only wins from hereon to stand a chance of making it to the semi-finals. For Australia, it was a triumph set up by a persevering bowling exertion, and afterward covered off by a pursuit exemplified by its deliberate focus. Having won the throw and chose for bat first on a contribute that stand Sri Lanka captain Kusal Mendis had considered a "280-300" track, Sri Lanka got off to the ideal beginning with the initial pair piling up 125 runs. However, a breakdown of surprising extents saw them lose ten wickets for only 84 runs - the most horrendously terrible such breakdown in World Cups beginning around 2011, and Sri Lanka's most obviously awful breakdown since their debut World Cup game - as they were packaged for 209. Adam Zampa was the pick of the bowlers with figures of 4 for 47, while Pat Cummins and Mitchell Starc got two each. However extraordinary notice ought to go to David Warner for two exceptional gets in the profound to excuse Pathum Nissanka and Mendis, wickets which in numerous ways catalyzed Sri Lanka's ruin. It was likewise a handling exertion that was a much needed development for Australia, after their initial losses to India and South Africa had been set apart by some strangely unfortunate getting. With regards to their aggregate, Sri Lanka, and especially Dilshan Madushanka, began amazingly. Madushanka's initial 12 conveyances went for zero runs and two wickets, including a twofold wicket lady. While those two wickets would see the risky Warner and Steven Smith booted out, Mitchell Bog at the opposite end offered Sri Lanka no relief. Bog hurled the principal chunk of the pursuit, a fullish conveyance on off from Lahiru Kumara, back over mid-off and he didn't think back. Maheesh Theekshana, brought into the assault as soon as the third over after Kumara had been hacked for 15 in his opening over, was taken for a couple of wonderful limits, and Bog rehashed the accomplishment in Kumara's next finished. The most awful, however, was held for Dunith Wellalage, who was lashed for three limits in his initial salvo. It took a fine Chamika Karunaratne toss from the profound to excuse Swamp as he searched briefly, yet by then 33% of the pursuit had been scratched off, and the game was well close by. Josh Inglis and Marnus Labuschagne then put the outcome certain with a stand of 77 off 86; however both fell before the end goal, Inglis scored 50 years. The last little details were added by Glenn Maxwell and Marcus Stoinis, who entered the conflict to super power an all around agreeable pursue and frolic home. However, on a surface that Cummins had said he would have jumped at the chance to have batted first on, this was a game dominated with the ball. Sri Lanka's associations recount the whole story. A significant opening stand of 125, trailed by a brief however enterprising 32, and afterward… indeed, nothing. Without a doubt, past those two top-request endeavors just two others passed twofold digits, and that excessively by the barest of edges. Contrast that to Australia, who set up stands of 24, 0, 57, 77, 34 and a solid 23 while heading to triumph. The breakdown is a stressing topic for Sri Lanka, who have now discarded a promising situation for the subsequent game running - the fourth time in five games on the off chance that you count the warm-up games. This game likewise featured what could occur in the event that Mendis neglects to fire; regardless of the initial sets of Nissanka and Kusal Perera putting on 125, Sri Lanka's center request neglected to exploit the stage, going from 157 for 1 to 209 full scale. Nissanka had got goes against Pakistan however Perera was coming into this game nursing an as of late recuperated shoulder strain, and not much ongoing structure behind him. In any case, a dreary beginning from the Australia seamers implied that despite the fact that the Lankan openers weren't precisely capable in pivoting the strike, there were sufficient limit balls on proposition to relieve any strain being fabricated. Together, the pair put on Sri Lanka's best opening stand of the competition, which would have had them peering toward a complete more than 300, yet nobody might have anticipated the degree of the breakdown that followed. While the beginning of Sri Lanka's slide will ostensibly be ascribed to Cummins for getting the two openers in the range several overs, a huge piece of the credit ought to go to Warner whose getting given the opening. Either side of Cummins nipping one back and castling Perera, Warner clutched two high-trouble chances in the profound. The first was to dispose of Nissanka, who confused a guide apparently into the security of the empty midwicket district, just to see the watching Warner run opposite profound square-leg and clutch it on the slide. Yet again he snatched a stunningly better one two or three overs later, tearing to one side - from profound midwicket this time - making up a mind boggling measure of ground to eat up a miscued trudge clear off Mendis. He then needed to nurture a few wounded kneecaps for his inconveniences as his forward tumble faced the facts from the Lucknow outfield, yet it was definitely justified as the Australians never thought back from consequently. Zampa was the recipient of that second snapshot of Warner brightness, and he struck again an over later, catching Sadeera Samarawickrama lbw with a slider demonstrated to be scarcely cutting leg stump on umpire's call. It was a peripheral choice that left Samarawickrama shaking his head, yet Australia will feel it leveled out a not-out lbw call against Perera when he was on 24, which had they explored would have shown three reds. It was close to this time that the game was ended by a concise shower, trailed by a few weighty breezes which passed over a few platform and adverstising hoardings from the arena rooftop. At the point when play proceeded, it was all Australia as Sri Lanka's hitters battled to find some peace with the additional piece of flash in the surface following the downpour. Dhananjaya de Silva fell only two balls after the restart, slashing one on from Starc, while a time of purposeful tension saw Welllalage endeavor a misguided single to mid-on, just for Cummins to toss down the stumps. With the innings in drop, a couple of Zampa googlies represented both Karunaratne and Theekshana, presently before Starc got back to take out Kumara with an inch-wonderful yorker. Charith Asalanka was the last man out, cutting a trudge clear off Maxwell. Australia 215 for 5 (Inglis 58, Marsh 52, Labuschagne 40, Maxwell 31*, Stoinis 20*, Madushanka 3-38) beat Sri Lanka 209 (Perera 78, Nissanka 61, Zampa 4-47, Cummins 2-32, Starc 2-43) by five wickets