In Pics: ICC World Cup 2019 | Australia beat Sri Lanka by 87 runs
The match number 21 featured defending champions Australia taking on Sri Lanka at the Kennington Oval in London. Both the teams have already played four games each where Sri Lanka has won and lost one game and two out of their four matches got washed out. While Aussies has lost just one game against India and won three out of four games. So, without any further ado, we have listed down the gist of the #AUSvSL match. (Image credit: Getty Images)
Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to field first. (Image credit: Getty Images)
David Warner and Aaron Finch gave Aussies innings a steady start while the Sri Lankan bowlers also kept their bowling intact with perfect line and length keeping check on the run rate. (Image credit: Getty Images)
Australian skipper Aaron Finch played a captain innings and smashed 153 runs in just 132 balls. His innings helped the team to build a huge total against the Sri Lankan side. (Image credit: Getty Images)
After the skipper departs at 153, series of wickets fall down for Australia, restricting them to 334 in 50.0 overs. (Image credit: Getty Images)
Even the Sri Lankan skipper throwed an outstanding performance against five-times world champs. But the Sri Lankan skipper went disappointed when their skipper missed out century by 3 runs. (Image credit: Getty Images)
After the wicket of skipper Dimuth Karunaratne falls, Sri Lankan innings went down and it was all over for them. The Australian bowlers scalped all Sri Lankan wicket at just 247. (Image credit: Getty Images)
Australia won the match 87 runs and now are at the top of the points table with eight points. (Image credit: Getty Images)
The Player of the Match award goes to the Australian skipper Aaron Finch. (Image credit: Getty Images)
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