Sydney, Australia (BBN)-Australia crushed Sri Lanka by 64 runs Australia in the 32th match of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 in Sydney on Sunday.
Though, KC Sangakkara’s 104 helped Sri Lanka in chase of 377, but the Asian nation could score 312 losing all wickets in 46.2 overs.
Earlier, Sri Lankan classy left-handed batsman Sangakkara became second batsman after Sachin Tendulkar to register 14,000 runs in One-Day Internationals (ODIs).
Sangakkara also became the first Sri Lankan batsman to notch up 14,000 runs in ODIs.
Earlier, Australia piled 376 for nine in 50 overs.
Prior to beginning of today’s match, Australia won the toss and elected to bat first in their Pool A match.
TEAM
Australia: AJ Finch, DA Warner, SR Watson, MJ Clarke (captain), SPD Smith, GJ Maxwell, JP Faulkner, BJ Haddin (Wicketkeeper), MG Johnson, MA Starc, XJ Doherty
Sri Lanka: HDRL Thirimanne, TM Dilshan, KC Sangakkara (Wicketkeeper), DPMD Jayawardene, AD Mathews (Captain), LD Chandimal, WU Tharanga, NLTC Perera, S Prasanna, SMSM Senanayake, SL Malinga
BBN/AS/AD-08Mar15-4:30pm (BST)
