Highlights, Sri Lanka vs Australia, ICC World Cup 2019 Match at The Oval, Full Cricket Score: Finch, Starc star in defending champions' win over SL

Most losses in ODI cricket:

417 – India/Sri Lanka *
412 – Pakistan
370 – New Zealand/West Indies

Australia win by 87 runs!

ALL OUT! Pradeep finally edges one to Carey off Cummins’ bowling as Sri Lankan innings comes to a close. Pradeep was backing away towards leg side and Cummins followed him, he swings down the ground but gets an outside edge to the wicket-keeper. Big win for Australia.

Pradeep c Carey b Pat Cummins 0(7)

After 45 overs,Sri Lanka 246/9 ( Dhananjaya de Silva 15 , Nuwan Pradeep 0)

Gosh! Even the TV umpire has been referred for a close catch to fine leg and he too has given it not out. Rightly so as far the catch is but not so right on the restless commentators (text and others) The soft signal was not out as well as the ball just seemed to bounce ahead of the fielder at short fine leg. The next ball goes above Behrendorff at short fine leg for a boundary. The game now spills in the 46th over.

After 44 overs,Sri Lanka 240/9 ( Dhananjaya de Silva 10 , Nuwan Pradeep 0)

The crowd just getting a little restless with another over passing by with no wicket. The match is now forced into the 45th over. Cummins gets a couple to go over the stumps as Pradeep swings and misses for the final two balls after De Silva pulled to deep square leg for a single.

After 43 overs,Sri Lanka 238/9 ( Dhananjaya de Silva 9 , Nuwan Pradeep 0)

No five-for for Mitchell Starc. Dhananjaya de Silva makes Starc run in for his final over. He keeps out the short ball then forces Starc to change his angle. De Silva even connects a couple but refuses to take the single. He edges one off the penultimate delivery to third man and then changes the end. Bluffing not just the batsmen but everyone in the world, sorry I am answering on behalf of everyone, by bowling a short ball to Pradeep for the final ball of the over. He finishes his day with 4 wickets for 55 runs.

After 42 overs,Sri Lanka 237/9 ( Dhananjaya de Silva 8 , Nuwan Pradeep 0)

Malinga becomes Richardson’s third victim with Australia just needing one wicket. Number 11 batsman Nuwan Pradeep keeps out two Richardson yorkers, extending the game

OUT! Malinga looks to create some room and jam out the yorkers on the off side, but this time around it is not quite the yorker length, a rather tame chip to covers. Richardson has his third.

Malinga c Khawaja b K Richardson 1(5)

After 41 overs,Sri Lanka 237/8 ( Dhananjaya de Silva 8 , Lasith Malinga 1)

Dhanajaya successfully stonewalls the remainder of Starc’s over after Malinga squeezed out a single off the first ball. Starc might have to bowl his final over to claim another five-wicket haul.

After 40 overs,Sri Lanka 236/8 ( Dhananjaya de Silva 8 , Lasith Malinga 0)

Sri Lanka need just a shade under 100 from the final 10 overs, but it is the wickets that they do not have in hands. Richardson just took his second wicket with Lanka losing their eighth. Australia now two wickets away.

OUT! Short of a length delivery from Richardson and Udana aims to go down the ground with a horizontal bat. Comes off from the top half, slicing it high in the air. Aaron Finch, at mid-off, back pedals to take a neat catch in the end.

Udana c Finch b K Richardson 8(8)

After 39 overs,Sri Lanka 229/7 ( Dhananjaya de Silva 8 , Isuru Udana 2)

Starc is doing what he does best. Attack and run through lower-middle order. He claims his fourth wicket at the start of his eighth over and De Silva ends the over with a boundary.

Most four-wicket hauls in ICC ODI World Cups:

4 – Imran Tahir
4 – Muttiah Muralitharan
4 – Shahid Afridi
4 – Shane Warne
4 – Mitchell Starc*

OUT! And another one! Sri Lankan middle order has yet again successfully managed to complete the hara-kiri. Starc bowls it fast and full, outside off, Mendis looks to hoick it across the line, gets an outside edge to Alex Carey. Starc claims his fourth.

Kusal Mendis c Carey b Starc 30(37)

After 38 overs,Sri Lanka 222/6 ( Kusal Mendis 30 , Dhananjaya de Silva 3)

Behrendorff is brought into the attack. He bowls a decent penultimate over of his spell, giving away just five runs. Dhananjaya de Silva has joined Mendis in the middle.

After 37 overs,Sri Lanka 217/6 ( Kusal Mendis 28 , )

The Sri Lankans have imploded. Their middle order has once again disappointed and virtually throwing in the towel much before the match could even enter in the slog overs. Siriwardana and Perera’s wicket seperated by a six and couple of singles. Starc adds two more wickets to his tally.

Angelo Mathews in this World Cup:

0 v New Zealand
0 v Afghanistan
9 v Australia

OUT! More trouble! Thisara Perera, what have you done? Starc goes straight and full and Thisara Perera looking to go hard down the ground doesn’t really get the elevation for the shot and ends up skewing it straight to mid on where David Warner hangs on to a good catch.

 Perera c Warner b Starc 7(3)

OUT! Starc cleans Siriwardana up! Length ball on middle and leg, slanting into Siriwardana’s pads that ricochets into the leg stump. He was beaten for pace. Sri Lanka tumbling rather quickly now.

Siriwardana b Starc 3(4)

After 36 overs,Sri Lanka 209/4 ( Kusal Mendis 27 , Milinda Siriwardana 3)

Mathews’ dreadful World Cup continues as he departs just when his side need him the most. Siriwardana, who was brought in for Lakmal starts with a couple and a single. The Lankans will have to play really out of their skins to make a match out of this. Cummins picks his first wicket.

OUT! Oh dear! Another wicket has fell to what was never intended by the bowler to buy him a wicket, but funny old game cricket doesn’t go that way. Cummins tried to dig in a cross-seamed short ball, but got the line horribly wrong. It was down the leg side and seems like Mathews took a little longer to realise he could score of that delivery. A belated pull turns out to be fatal as he gets an faint edge to the keeper down the leg side. Sri Lanka in trouble.

Mathews c Carey b Pat Cummins 9(11)

After 35 overs,Sri Lanka 204/3 ( Kusal Mendis 26 , Angelo Mathews 9)

Couple of super shots in the over – one each from Mendis and Mathews – as Sri Lanka look to step on the gas. Only 15 overs left after this. Starc’s over costs 11 runs, Sri Lanka go past the 200-run mark

After 34 overs,Sri Lanka 193/3 ( Kusal Mendis 19 , Angelo Mathews 5)

Maxwell comes on for the final over of his spell with the run rate soaring over 8.5 runs an over. He ends his quota with just threew singles and he might not have picked a wicket but being the lone spinner he has done really well to not bowl so tight. 10-0-46-0 are certainly figures that Finch and Australia would take from him.

After 33 overs,Sri Lanka 190/3 ( Kusal Mendis 17 , Angelo Mathews 4)

Karunaratne falls against the run of play and just when Sri Lanka wanted him to lift the scoring, he has played a false stroke. He makes a slow walk to the pavilion. Mathews starts off with a boundary. Lanka now need 145 runs in 102 balls.

Captains to get dismissed in nervous 90s in an ODI WC match:

Mohammad Azharuddin v Australia, Brisbane, 1992
Martin Crowe v Pakistan, Auckland, 1992
Graeme Smith v Scotland, Basseterre, 2007
Ricky Ponting v South Africa, Basseterre, 2007
Kumar Sangakkara v Canada, Hambantota, 2011
AB de Villiers v U.A.E., Wellington, 2015
Dimuth Karunaratne v Australia, The Oval, 2019*