Finch’s 153 ensured Australia win by 87 runs
ICC Cricket World Cup at The Oval, London
Sri Lanka Vs Australia
Sri Lanka 247 ao (4.5 ov) Karunaratne 97 off109, 9 fours, K Perera 52 off 36 balls, 5 fours, 1 six, Kusal Mendis 30 off 37, 2 sixes, Starc 4-55, Cummins 2-38, Behrendorff 1-59, K Richardson 3-47.
Australia 334-7 (50) Aaron Finch 153 off 132, 15 fours, 5 sixes, Smith 73 off 59, 7 fours, 21 six, Maxwell 46 off 25, 5 fours, 1 six., MALINGA 1-61, Udana 2-57, Dhananjaya 2-40.
Australia win by 87 runs.
Heroics from Aaron Finch with a 132-ball 153 and Steve Smith adding 73 helped to pile up 334-7, and Mitchell Starc ‘s 4-55 secured an 87-run win over Sri Lanka.
A Fourth win from five games moves Australia to the top of the table.
Starc’s tally of 13 wickets in this tournament so far , has proved his lethal finishing over spells.
Australia whose only defeat so far came against India, next face Bangladesh at Trent Bridge on Thursday.
Sri Lanka’s second defeat from five games having had their past two fixtures abandoned without a ball being bowled, next face hosts England at Headingly on Friday.
Captain Finch led from the front or Australia as he got off the mark first ball with a brilliantly-timed back-foot cover drive for drive for four and reached his century 96 balls later with his fourth six.
The third wicket partnership of 173 off 124 balls with Steve Smith (73) who himself registered his third half-century in this world cup.
With a mini collapse in the middle-order, Glenn Maxwell’s unbeaten 46 off 25 balls took them to 334-7.
Sri Lanka openers 87-0 in their first 10 overs,, they had an outside chance of victory at 209-4 in the 37th over which was wasted with mini collapse 11 balss later at 222-7 as Starc took all three wickets