Sydney: Australia need to score 244 runs in 39 overs if they are to snap their six-match losing streak in all forms of cricket in the rain-disrupted second one-day international against Sri Lanka on Friday.
Upul Tharanga survived a farcical run-out attempt to contribute an unbeaten 86 to Sri Lanka’s 213 for three, which they achieved in 41.1 overs as showers stopped play for a total of nearly three hours at the Sydney Cricket Ground.
Australia were set an adjusted total in line with the Duckworth-Lewis method for weather-interrupted matches.
The Sri Lankan top order put in a solid afternoon’s work to give themselves a good chance of claiming a first series win on Australian soil after relying on the tailenders to produce Wednesday’s remarkable victory in the first match in Melbourne.
Australia again laboured in the field with test strike bowler Mitchell Johnson the target of some big hits and Michael Clarke and Shane Watson conspiring to mess up a simple run out.
Teams:
Australia: Ricky Ponting (captain), Shane Watson, Brad Haddin, Michael Clarke, Cameron White, Michael Hussey, Steven Smith, Mitchell Johnson, Nathan Hauritz, Peter Siddle, Clint McKay. 12th man: Callum Ferguson.
Sri Lanka: Kumar Sangakkara (captain), Upul Tharanga, Tillekeratne Dilshan, Mahela Jayawardene, Chamara Silva, Angelo Mathews, Thissara Perera, Suraj Randiv, Nuwan Kulasekera, Lasith Malinga, Muttiah Muralitharan. 12th man: Chamara Kapugedera.
Upul Tharanga survived a farcical run-out attempt to contribute an unbeaten 86 to Sri Lanka’s 213 for three, which they achieved in 41.1 overs as showers stopped play for a total of nearly three hours at the Sydney Cricket Ground.
Australia were set an adjusted total in line with the Duckworth-Lewis method for weather-interrupted matches.
The Sri Lankan top order put in a solid afternoon’s work to give themselves a good chance of claiming a first series win on Australian soil after relying on the tailenders to produce Wednesday’s remarkable victory in the first match in Melbourne.
Australia again laboured in the field with test strike bowler Mitchell Johnson the target of some big hits and Michael Clarke and Shane Watson conspiring to mess up a simple run out.
Teams:
Australia: Ricky Ponting (captain), Shane Watson, Brad Haddin, Michael Clarke, Cameron White, Michael Hussey, Steven Smith, Mitchell Johnson, Nathan Hauritz, Peter Siddle, Clint McKay. 12th man: Callum Ferguson.
Sri Lanka: Kumar Sangakkara (captain), Upul Tharanga, Tillekeratne Dilshan, Mahela Jayawardene, Chamara Silva, Angelo Mathews, Thissara Perera, Suraj Randiv, Nuwan Kulasekera, Lasith Malinga, Muttiah Muralitharan. 12th man: Chamara Kapugedera.
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