Sri Lanka will square off against Australia in the match no 20 of ICC Cricket World Cup (CWC), 2019. The action will take place at The Oval in London. Sri Lanka has won only one game so far in CWC 2019 out of four games, in which they lost to New Zealand in their opening game, while their last two matches was a washed out. On the other hand, Australia has won three out of four games in this ongoing tournament. Aussies defeated Pakistan in their last game of CWC 2019. Meanwhile, Sri Lankan captain Dimuth Karunaratne has won the toss and elected to bowl first. Sri Lanka vs Australia Live Cricket Score of ICC World Cup 2019 Match: Get Live Updates and Ball-by-Ball Commentary of SL vs AUS.

Sri Lanka and Australia have faced each other in World Cup tournament on 10 occasions, where Lankans has won twice and lost 7, with one game ending in no result. One of this victory includes the epic final of SL vs AUS CWC 1996. Sri Lanka will highly rely on Lasith Malinga, as he has returned after attending his mother-in-law funeral. Sri Lanka vs Australia Cricket Score 20th ODI Match.

The Australian team is doing well with their pacers, especially Pat Cummins and Mitchell Starc in tremendous form. Their only problem lies with middle order collapse. The last match against Pakistan they should have easily posted around 350 with the start, however, there was quick dismissal in the end which lead to Aussie posting only 307. ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 – Points Table.

Sri Lanka Playing XI: Dimuth Karunaratne(c), Kusal Perera(w), Lahiru Thirimanne, Kusal Mendis, Angelo Mathews, Dhananjaya de Silva, Thisara Perera, Isuru Udana, Milinda Siriwardana, Lasith Malinga, Nuwan Pradeep

Australia Playing XI: Aaron Finch(c), David Warner, Steven Smith, Usman Khawaja, Shaun Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, Alex Carey(w), Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Kane Richardson, Jason Behrendorff

Sri Lanka will play next against England in Leeds on June 21, while Australia will be seen next in action against Bangladesh on June 20, 2019, at Nottingham. The weather seems to be fine today in London and we can expect a full game of cricket between Sri Lanka and Australia.

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