2017 ICC Champions Trophy: 1st Warm-Up Match Highlights
As 2017 Icc Champions Trophy is all set to begin from the 1st of June in England, the teams are going through warm-up sessions. The first warm-up match was played between Australia and Sri Lanka on the 26th of May at 09:30 AM GMT in Kennington Oval, London. Both the teams played quite well in the match. Eventually, team Australia came out as the winners by defeating the Sri Lankan team by 2 wickets. Here are the crowning moments of the match. Have a look!
Australia beat Sri Lanka by 2 Wickets
Moving on to the match highlights, team Australia won the toss and elected to bowl. Henceforth, team Sri Lanka came to bat. The team got a slow start with Upul Tharanga and Kusal Mendis returning to pavilion by scoring only 13 and 5 runs respectively. However, captain Angelo Mathews played quite good by scoring 95 runs off 106 balls helping the Sri Lankan team to amass an average score of 318 runs in 50 overs on a loss of 7 wickets. Bowler Moises Henriques of team Australia took 3 wickets in the match. Thereafter, team Australia came to bat. Captain David Warner went back to pavilion by scoring 19 runs off 32 balls. But, Aaron Finch played outstanding by making 137 runs off 109 balls at a strike rate of 125.69. Team Australia managed to score 319 runs in 49.4 overs on a fall of 8 wickets. This is how team Australia won the match by 2 wickets.
Sri Lanka Squad: Playing XI
Angelo Mathews (c), Niroshan Dickwella (wk), Dinesh Chandimal, Lasith Malinga, Chamara Kapugedera, Suranga Lakmal, Nuwan Pradeep, Upul Tharanga, Nuwan Kulasekara, Seekkuge Prasanna, Kusal Mendis, Thisara Perera, Lakshan Sandakan, Asela Gunaratne, Kusal Perera
Australia Squad: Playing XI
David Warner (c), Matthew Wade (wk), Glenn Maxwell, Aaron Finch, John Hastings, Steven Smith, James Pattinson, Adam Zampa, Moises Henriques, Josh Hazlewood, Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins, Travis Head, Marcus Stoinis, Chris Lynn
What to Expect?
Team Australia seems pretty confident to winning the tournament. The 2-time champion is all packed with zeal and enthusiasm. Speaking of team Sri Lanka, the team has played quite well in the previous seasons of the tournament. Even though the Sri Lankan team has lost the warm-up match, the team will be playing good in the upcoming tournament.
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