AUS vs SL Dream11 Match Prediction | ICC World Cup 2019 7th Warm-up Match, Squads, Fantasy Team News

AUS vs SL Dream11 7th Warm-up Match Prediction | Australia vs Sri Lanka ICC World Cup 2019

On the second-last day of warm-up matches, Sri Lanka will be squaring off against the defending champions Australia at the Rose Bowl in Southampton which will mark as the 7th warm-up match of ICC Cricket World Cup 2019.

The reigning champions are definitely on a song as they defeated one of the favorites of the title i.e. England in their first warm-up match by 12 runs. The win marked the return to form of the ex-skipper Steven Smith wh compiled a brilliant 116 off 102 deliveries to help Australia reach a formidable 297 on the board.

Sri Lanka, on the other hand, were pummeled by the Proteas in their opening warm-up match by a massive margin of 87 runs. They would be eyeing a win here for sure to set the tone before things get heated up.

Head to Head

Total Played: 91

Sri Lanka won: 56

Australia won: 31

No Result: 04

Match Schedule

Australia vs Sri Lanka

Venue: The Rose Bowl, Southampton

Time: May 27, 03:00 PM

The Surface at the Rose Bowl in Southampton

Australia’s first warm-up match was played at this very venue which saw 582 runs scored in total. This could again be a surface where batsmen can find eay to score runs with not much of grass covering on the surface.

Avg 1st inn score: 262

Avg 2nd inn score: 213

Highest Total: 373/3 (50 Ov) by Eng vs PAK

Lowest Total: 65/10 (24 Ov) by USA vs AUS

Highest Chased: 306/7 (49 Ov) by NZ vs Eng

Lowest Defended: 251/7 (50 Ov) by Eng vs SL

Australia vs Sri Lanka News (confirmed at toss)

No Warner, Coulter-Nile or Behrendorff today while Maxwell, Cummins and Starc return to the team. Australia will play 12.

Australia: Aaron Finch, Usman Khawaja, Shaun Marsh, Steve Smith, Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Alex Carey, Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Kane Richardson, Nathan Lyon, Adam Zampa

Sri Lanka: Kusal Perera, Dimuth Karunaratne, Lahiru Thirimanne, Kusal Mendis, Angelo Mathews, Dhananjaya de Silva, Jeevan Mendis, Milinda Siriwardana, Thisara Perera, Jeffrey Vandersay, Suranga Lakmal, Isuru Udana, Lasith Malinga, Nuwan Pradeep, Avishka Fernando.

 

Players in focus

• Aussie opener David Warner who is coming back to the International scene after a year lay-off will be raring to perform well. His last ODI innings against Sri Lanka saw him scoring 106 which came way back in 2016. he has scored 3 centuries and a half-century against this opponent in 16 innings.
• Australian skipper Aaron Finch’s last innings against Sri Lanka saw him scoring 55 runs. He has got 2 fifty plus scores from 7 innings against SL.
• Steven Smith who scored a century in the warm-up match against England has rocked 231 runs against his name from 7 innings against SL with his best score being 72.
• Leggy Adam Zampa has claimed 9 wickets against this opponent from just 5 matches. His best bowling figures in this span is 3 for 38 from 10 overs.
• Former Sri Lankan skipper Angelo Mathews averages only 29.58 against Sri Lanka as he has got 503 runs from 19 innings against the Aussies. His last three ODI scores against this opponent are 57, 2 and 40.
• with 2 half-centuries from 5 innings against Australia, Kusal Mendis has accumulated 174 runs against this opponent at a worthy average of 34.79.
• SL Wicket-keeper batsmen Kusal Perera has scored only one ODI fifty against Australia.
• All-rounder Dhananjaya de Silva has scored 110 runs in his last two innings against Australia and has scalped 2 wickets as well.
• Lasith Malinga in his last 5 ODIs against Australia has scalped 9 wickets.

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