
Australia recorded their first win of the edition in ODI World Cup 2023 against Sri Lanka by 5 wickets with the help of a brilliant bowling effort from their bowlers who ended up restricting the Lankan side to just 209 runs.
Sri Lanka winning the toss opted to bat first and got off to a good start as both their openers Nissanka and Kusal Perera scored fifty-plus to record a 125-run partnership for the first wicket but from 125/0 they ended up collapsing to a below-par score of 209 runs.
Australia in the run-chase initially faced a hurdle from Dilshan Madushanka, as he picked two quick wickets of Steven Smith and David Warner inside just 4 overs but fifties from Mitchell Marsh and Josh Inglish alongside a well-made 40 from Labuschagne helped them to win this game convincingly.
Numbers and Stats from the AUS vs SL game:
1 - Steven Smith recorded a duck in the ODI World Cup for the first time.
1 - Mitchell Marsh scored the first fifty for Australia in ODI WC 2023.
Trivia: In 1987, Geoff Marsh scored the first fifty for Australia in ODI WC.
2 - Josh Inglis recorded the second fifty of his ODI career.
Josh Inglis fifties in ODIs:
50 vs SA in Bloemfontein, 2023
58 vs SL in Lucknow, 2023
3 - Sri Lanka has lost three games in a row in this ODI World Cup 2023.
Instances of Sri Lanka losing their first three games of the ODI World Cup:
1975 - Lost to WI, AUS and PAK.
1983 - Lost to PAK, ENG and NZ.
1987 - Lost to PAK, WI and ENG.
2023 - Lost to SA, PAK and AUS.
3 - Adam Zampa became the third Australian spinner after Shane Warne and Brad Hogg to pick a four-wicket haul in the ODI World Cup.
Australia spinners to take a four-wicket haul in ODI WC:
Shane Warne - 4
Brad Hogg - 2
Adam Zampa - 1
9 - Australia defeated Sri Lanka for the 9th time in an ODI World Cup game which most for any team against an opposition overall.
Australia vs Sri Lanka in ODI WC:
Australia won by 52 runs in The Oval, 1975
Australia won by 7 wickets in Adelaide, 1992
Australia forfeited the match in Colombo(RPS), 1996 - Group Stage
Sri Lanka won by 7 wickets in Lahore, 1996 - Finals
Australia win by 96 runs in Centurion, 2003 - Super Six
Australia won by 48 runs (D/L) in St. George's Park, 2003 - Semi-Finals
Australia win by 7 wickets in National Cricket Stadium, 2007 - Super Eights
Australia win by 53 runs (D/L) in Bridgetown, 2007 - Finals
No Result in Colombo (RPS), 2011
Australia win by 64 runs in Sydney, 2015
Australia win by 87 runs in The Oval, 2019
Australia win by 5 wickets in Lucknow, 2023
42 - Sri Lanka have lost 42 games in the ODI World Cup overall.
Most matches lost by a team in the ODI World Cup:
Zimbabwe - 42 (57 games)
Sri Lanka - 42 (83 games)
125 - Pathum Nissanka and Kusal Perera recorded a 125-run opening partnership in this game.
Highest opening partnership for SL in ODI World Cup:
Tillakaratne Dilshan-Upul Tharanga: 282 vs Zimbabwe in Pallekele, 2011
Tillakaratne Dilshan-Upul Tharanga: 231* vs England in Colombo(RPS), 2011
Roshan Mahanama-Athula Samarasekera: 128 vs Zimbabwe in New Plymouth, 1992
Marvan Atapattu-Sanath Jayasuriya: 126* vs Bangladesh in Pietermaritzburg, 2003
Pathum Nissanka-Kusal Perera: 125 vs Australia in Lucknow, 2023