SL VS AUS - Match 20, ICC Cricket World Cup 2019

Purely from a cricketing point of view, Sri Lanka ruined what was turning out to be a potential humdinger of a game, especially after the start with the bat. Australia will be delighted to be placed atop at this stage in their title defence. Finch made a massive 153 and led from the front. Starc was rampant with a slightly old ball. That's that from this game. But it's the big one tomorrow. India v Pakistan - the mother of World Cup clashes. Somehow please the rain gods for some mercy. We can't wait for the clock to tick to 08:30 local time to begin coverage. Sleep tight, wake up fresh and let's hope we get a good game in. Goodbye!

Rajat: "Australia win by their least favourite number, 87!!!"

Aaron Finch, Australian captain persona: I thought we were a touch short with the new ball. You want to bowl top of off, but when we were getting hit we had to change our plan and we were a bit slow to do that and lost a bit of momentum. It was nice to see Maxwell bowl well. He had a big boundary to play with, here. We found it tough to get ten overs out of him at Taunton with small boundaries. We have been improving each game. The way we dragged it in the middle overs was impressive. Starc-ey - As soon as he gets a sniff of a new batter, he's all over 'em. He is a world-class bowler and he is doing the business again in an ICC tournament. We will have to assess the conditions and think about the best combination for the game. We have played some really good cricket in patches and there are some areas to improve, which is a real positive.

Dimuth Karunaratne, Sri Lanka captain: It was a good wicket. There was some seam movement, but it was still a good batting track. We bowled well in the first 25 overs. Then, Finch and Smith batted really well, but we came back strongly at the death. We got a good start with the bat. We couldn't capitalise and when the middle-order came in, they couldn't capitalize either and really couldn't handle the pressure. The Australians are top-class bowlers, but we have faced them before, and we were missing a game plan against them to be honest. We lost a couple of matches because of the rain. We need to win a couple of matches, and if we can do it, we can definitely be in the top 4. We have got to get to the semi-finals and then take it step by step until the final.

Aaron Finch, MoM persona: It was nice to get a couple of drives away. If my balance is on and get a few drives, that's the key to my batting. A nice wicket. I've been working on keeping my balance from Ball 1 - not losing my balance. We lost a few wickets on the verge of taking the game on too much, but a couple of partnerships took us deep. Smith is really good at finding the gap and rotating the strike - looked up at the scorecard and saw he was on 25 - thought he was on 5. He just hits the ball in the gap, and that's a great skill, especially in the beginning of the innings. It's amazing when Maxi has a free rein like that, he can just go all out. Credit to SL, they executed really well under pressure, otherwise I thought we were definitely getting to 350.

Australia were scratching their heads when Perera played those audacious shots. And Karunaratne rode a bit of luck with those inside edges, but gave great company and even had an excellent strike-rate. But this is what the Aussies are all about. They never give up. Starc started it all by castling Perera and then he came back to take three in no time. Behrendorff, Richardson and Cummins joined the party to strangle the innings. Starc looked like taking a wicket every ball in that spell of his and it showed in the way the lower-order were moving away from the sticks in fear of getting hit. The batting has been very poor from Sri Lanka. New Zealand, Afghanistan and now Australia. It's been the same story. They had a great chance, conditions today. No point complaining about the pitches/facilities if they are going to bat like this.

18:03 Local Time, 17:03 GMT, 22:33 IST: This is disgraceful. This is not what you want to see in a World Cup. It was 4/5 the other day against Afghanistan. It's 7/42 today. Both after Karunaratne and Kusal Perera gave great starts. Sri Lanka were 115/0 in the 16th over in chase of 335. What more do you want? The lack of intent/determination from the likes of Thirimanne, Mendis and Mathews would have hurt the Lankan fans badly. This is not expected from a team that has a reputation of being competitive in World Cups before. It looks like just the top two-three. The rest have been appalling.

Most defeats in ODI cricket:
417 India/ Sri Lanka *
412 Pakistan
370 New Zealand/ West Indies
365 Zimbabwe
331 England
324 Australia

Pat Cummins to Pradeep, out Caught by Carey!! Edged and the finger goes up. Australia finally close the innings out. Length delivery from Pat Cummins, Pradeep swings hard, only gets a faint edge to the keeper. Pradeep c Carey b Pat Cummins 0(7)

Pat Cummins to Pradeep, THATS OUT!! Caught!!

Pat Cummins to Dhananjaya de Silva, 1 run, plays the pull early as Cummins takes pace off this bouncer, this is going to deep backward square leg and he takes a run this time. Two ball for Pradeep to see off

Pat Cummins to Dhananjaya de Silva, no run, slower delivery outside off stump, Dhananjaya taps it towards cover

Pat Cummins to Dhananjaya de Silva, no run, back of a length and outside off stump, Dhananjaya defends to backward point

Pat Cummins to Dhananjaya de Silva, no run, short delivery on the stumps, Dhananjaya wants to move off-side and tries to ramp the ball but misses

K Richardson to Pradeep, no run, swing and a miss

K Richardson to Dhananjaya de Silva, 1 run, this is mistimed high, but no one at mid-wicket, so Richardson runs back and tries to take the catch, doesn't get close

K Richardson to Dhananjaya de Silva, FOUR, now he scoops this over Behrendorff. Short delivery, Dhananjaya moves across and helps the ball over the leaping fielder to fine leg

K Richardson to Dhananjaya de Silva, no run, slower delivery on the stumps, Dhananjaya scoops, Behrendorff dives forward and takes the catch, says he isn't sure. Looked like it bounced off the fingers, but there is no conclusive evidence to say it's not touched the ground

Did that drop short of Behrendorff? He's not sure. Soft signal not out. Looks like it's bounced into the hands from one angle. But we mostly see these sort of decisions go against fielders. It's the frames and it's unclear and it's not out again.

K Richardson to Dhananjaya de Silva, no run, driven to cover

K Richardson to Dhananjaya de Silva, wide, way outside off stump