Sri Lanka won the toss and started batting against Australia. In match held between Sri Lanka Vs Australia, Jake Fraser-McGurk get Batting opportunities from Sri Lanka team. Matt Short and Jake Fraser-McGurk open the batting with Cooper Connolly, and Australia start their preparation for the champions trophy in the first ODI. Sri Lanka team decide to bat first on dry surface in first of two ODIs in Colombo, with series starts just 3 days after 2nd test wrapped early.
1st ODI Stats: Sri Lanka Vs Australia
Fraser-McGurk and Short recently struggled in Australia’s ODI series loss to Pakistan in November, but they again join at the order of order, with Josh Inglis, Travis Head, and Glenn Maxwell. Australia are without the frontline pace attack with captain Pat Cummins and Josh Hazlewood who recover from injuries. Also, Mitchell Starc who play outstanding in the Test series get withdrawn from the match due to personal reasons.
Mitchell Marsh is also not able to give his best because of a back injury. The fellow allrounder Marcus Stoinis announced his shock retirement. After this, Steven Smith will continue to take place of Cummins but limited in the field after elbow issue on end of second Test match.
SL vs AUS Squad
Australia Going to missed out onChampions Trophy. The match has little context for the SL Team, but they will be looking to rebound after a disappointing series. They continue their ODI form, won seven of last 11 matches. Skipper Charith Asalanka state, he focus on target of 270-280 and SL team aimed spin-heavy attack. The humid and Sunny conditions will expected for 1st day ODI. The squad playing in the Sri Lanka Vs Australia match are
- Sri Lanka
1 Pathum Nissanka, 2 Avishka Fernando, 3 Kusal Mendis (wk), 4 Kamindu Mendis, 5 Charith Asalanka (capt), 6 Janith Liyanage, 7 Dunith Wellalage, 8 Wanindu Hasaranga, 9 Maheesh Theekshana, 10 Eshan Malinga, 11 Asitha Fernando
- Australia
1 Matt Short, 2 Jake Fraser-McGurk, 3 Cooper Connolly, 4 Steve Smith (capt), 5 Marnus Labuschagne, 6 Alex Carey (wk), 7 Aaron Hardie, 8 Sean Abbott, 9 Nathan Ellis, 10 Adam Zampa, 11 Spencer Johnson
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