Australia defeat Sri Lanka by 5 wickets
The 14th match of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 was played between Australia and Sri Lanka on Monday, 16 October 2023 at Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow. Sri Lanka won the toss and decided to bat first. In the first inning, Sri Lanka scored 209 runs for 10 wickets in 43.3 overs. The top scorer for Sri Lanka was Kusal Perera who scored 78 runs in 82 balls with 12 fours and no sixes. The other notable scorer was Pathum Nissanka who scored 61 runs in 67 balls with 8 fours and no sixes. Adam Zampa of Australia took 4 wickets and conceded 47 runs in 8.0 overs and was named the Player of the Match .
In the second inning, Australia scored 215 runs for 5 wickets in 35.2 overs and won the match by 5 wickets. The top scorer for Australia was Josh Inglis who scored 58 runs in 59 balls with 5 fours and a six . Other notable scorers were Mitchell Marsh who scored 52 runs in 51 balls with nine fours and no sixes, and Marnus Labuschagne who scored 40 runs in 60 balls with two fours and no sixes . Dushmantha Chameera of Sri Lanka took two wickets while conceding only 24 runs in his allotted seven overs .
The detailed scorecard of the match is available online . The scorecard provides information on how different players of each team performed. The game scorecard is labelled as Scorecard, with each inning described in two sections - Batting Details and Bowling Details.
Here is a summary of the match:
- The match was played on Monday, 16 October 2023 at Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow.
- Sri Lanka won the toss and decided to bat first.
- In the first inning, Sri Lanka scored 209 runs for 10 wickets in 43.3 overs.
- The top scorer for Sri Lanka was Kusal Perera who scored 78 runs in 82 balls with twelve fours and no sixes.
- In the second inning, Australia scored 215 runs for five wickets in 35.2 overs and won the match by five wickets.
- The top scorer for Australia was Josh Inglis who scored fifty-eight runs in fifty-nine balls with five fours and a six.