Sri Lanka Vs Australia Only Odi 13 February 2025

1st ODI • Colombo

214 (46)

AUS

165 (33.5)

SL won by 49 runs

Info

Fantasy

Live

Scorecard

Stats

Playing XI

Date & Time

12 Feb, 10:00 AM IST

Venue

R.Premadasa Stadium, Khettarama, Colombo

Match

1st ODI,

Sri Lanka vs Australia 2025

Schedule

Stats

Umpires

Chris Gaffaney (New Zealand), Prageeth Rambukwella (Sri Lanka), Adrian Holdstock (South Africa, TV)

Referee

Jeff Crowe (New Zealand)

Toss

Sri Lanka elected to bat

Pitch Report

: "The pitch looks very bare. Hardly any green grass to see. Even the brown grass is rolled into the wicket. Expect this to turn. The spinners should look to bowl slow. Even the fast bowlers should look to bowl their cutters."

1st Innings

239Avg Runs

8Avg Wkts

83.28Avg SR

2nd Innings

201Avg Runs

7Avg Wkts

79.82Avg SR

Playing XILineups Out

Head To Head (Last 10 Matches)

3- 5

AUS

Team Form (Recent 5 Matches, Latest First)

AUS

Playing XILineups Out

Fantasy Top Picks

Expert Team 1

T Head

C Asalanka

Expert Team 2

W Hasaranga

S Smith

Venue Details

R.Premadasa Stadium, Khettarama, Colombo

1st Innings

239Avg Runs

8Avg Wkts

83.28Avg SR

2nd Innings

201Avg Runs

7Avg Wkts

79.82Avg SR

Toss winners opt to

77%Bat First Bowl First21%

Team Batting First

60%Wins Losses40%

Recent Matches on venue

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SL 248/7 (50)

IND 138/10 (26.1)

SL won by 110 runs

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2nd ODI • Aug 4 • India tour of Sri Lanka

SL 240/9 (50)

IND 208/10 (42.2)

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1st ODI • Aug 2 • India tour of Sri Lanka

SL 230/8 (50)

IND 230/10 (47.5)

Match tied

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3rd ODI • Jan 11 • Zimbabwe tour of Sri Lanka

SL 97/2 (16.4)

ZIM 96/10 (22.5)

SL won by 8 wickets (D/L method)

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2nd ODI • Jan 8 • Zimbabwe tour of Sri Lanka

SL 211/8 (49)

ZIM 208/10 (44.4)

SL won by 2 wickets

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Final • Sep 17 • Asia Cup

IND 51/0 (6.1)

SL 50/10 (15.2)

IND won by 10 wickets

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Round 2-Super 4s (A1 v B1) • Sep 14 • Asia Cup

PAK 252/7 (42)

SL 252/8 (42)

SL won by 2 wickets (D/L Method)

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Round 2-Super 4s(A2 v B1) • Sep 12 • Asia Cup

IND 213/10 (49.1)

SL 172/10 (41.3)

IND won by 41 runs

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Round 2-Super 4s (B1 v B2) • Sep 9 • Asia Cup

SL 257/9 (50)

BAN 236/10 (48.1)

SL won by 21 runs

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5th ODI • Jun 24 • Australia tour of Sri Lanka

SL 160/10 (43.1)

AUS 164/6 (39.3)

AUS won by 4 wickets

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Team Form (Last 5 Matches, Most recent first)

Team Form (Last 5 Matches)

AUS

Head To Head (Last 10 Matches)

3- 5

AUS

Team Comparison (Last 10 Matches)

Matches Played

Matches Won

221

Average Score

203

324/5

Highest Score

317/3

142/10

Lowest Score

87/2

Player of the Match Charith Asalanka

127(126)

AUS

Info

Sri Lanka

214/10 (46)

Batters

Pathum Nissanka

80.00

c Carey b Johnson

Avishka Fernando

25.00

c Smith b Hardie

Kusal Mendis

111.76

c Short b Hardie

Kamindu Mendis

62.50

c Fraser McGurk b Johnson

Charith Asalanka

(C)

127

126

100.79

c Fraser McGurk b Abbott

Janith Liyanage

37.93

c Smith b Abbott

Dunith Wellalage

88.24

c Smith b Short

Wanindu Hasaranga

50.00

b Ellis

Maheesh Theekshana

18.18

c Carey b Ellis

Eshan Malinga

3.85

Not out

Asitha Fernando

0.00

c Carey b Abbott

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 2, NB: 1, W: 4)

TOTAL

(46 Ov, RR: 4.65)

214/10

Bowlers

EXT

6.29

2.17

6.78

2.56

5.33

4.33

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Pathum Nissanka

c Carey b Johnson

1-4

0.5

Avishka Fernando

c Smith b Hardie

2-6

1.6

Kusal Mendis

c Short b Hardie

3-30

5.2

Kamindu Mendis

c Fraser McGurk b Johnson

4-31

6.2

Janith Liyanage

c Smith b Abbott

5-55

14.3

Dunith Wellalage

c Smith b Short

6-122

25.5

Wanindu Hasaranga

b Ellis

7-133

30.1

Maheesh Theekshana

c Carey b Ellis

8-135

32.2

Charith Asalanka

c Fraser McGurk b Abbott

9-214

45.3

Asitha Fernando

c Carey b Abbott

10-214

45.6

Australia

165/10 (33.5)

Batters

Matthew Short

0.00

lbw b Fernando

Jake Fraser McGurk

22.22

c & b Fernando

Cooper Connolly

18.75

lbw b Theekshana

Steven Smith

(C)

70.59

b Wellalage

Marnus Labuschagne

55.56

lbw b Theekshana

Alex Carey

107.89

c Nissanka b Asalanka

Aaron Hardie

86.49

lbw b Hasaranga

Sean Abbott

86.96

c & b Theekshana

Nathan Ellis

0.00

b Wellalage

Adam Zampa

68.97

Not out

Spencer Johnson *

0.00

lbw b Theekshana

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 5, NB: 0, W: 15)

TOTAL

(33.5 Ov, RR: 4.88)

165/10

Bowlers

EXT

Asitha Fernando

4.60

Eshan Malinga

3.00

Maheesh Theekshana

9.5

4.07

Dunith Wellalage

4.71

Wanindu Hasaranga

7.83

Charith Asalanka

2.50

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Matthew Short

lbw b Fernando

1-0

0.2

Jake Fraser McGurk

c & b Fernando

2-7

2.4

Cooper Connolly

lbw b Theekshana

3-18

5.3

Steven Smith

b Wellalage

4-31

9.1

Marnus Labuschagne

lbw b Theekshana

5-83

17.3

Alex Carey

c Nissanka b Asalanka

6-85

18.2

Sean Abbott

c & b Theekshana

7-126

25.6

Nathan Ellis

b Wellalage

8-127

26.4

Aaron Hardie

lbw b Hasaranga

9-145

30.6

Spencer Johnson

lbw b Theekshana

10-165

33.5

Match Info

Date & Time

12 Feb, 10:00 AM IST

Venue

R.Premadasa Stadium, Khettarama, Colombo

Match

1st ODI,

Sri Lanka vs Australia 2025

Schedule

Stats

Umpires

Chris Gaffaney (New Zealand), Prageeth Rambukwella (Sri Lanka), Adrian Holdstock (South Africa, TV)

Referee

Jeff Crowe (New Zealand)

Toss

Sri Lanka elected to bat

1 1 1 0 1 W

Over 31

Runs: 4

0 5wd 0 4 0 0 1

Over 32

Runs: 10

2 0 4 0 1 0

Over 33

Runs: 7

1wd 1wd 0 0 0 1 0

Over 34

Runs: 3

All Overs

Player of the Match Charith Asalanka

127(126)

Commentary

5:20 PM local time: That is it from this brilliant team performance by the Lankans in the second innings. They did not allow the Aussie batters to relax in their chase with wickets at regular intervals. Sri Lanka go 1-0 up in the two match ODI series with this win and would look to clinch the series. For now, I, Keshav, on behalf of my colleague Bidipto bid you goodbye. See you soon again.

Charith Asalanka (Sri Lankan captain) is the Player of the Match: I think so far this is the number one innings for me. I just wanted to take the innings deeper and deeper and I just wanted to see how things go on in this pitch once the ball gets older. Wellalage came and smacked some boundaries and that set platform for me. I got a bit relieved with that innings. Definitely we should have got (beyond 214). Honestly it was tricky pitch. We could have done a little better. It was a seaming track and we could have done better batting on that track. I batted more than 35-40 overs and I saw that it was a bit hard when the new ball comes. I just said to guys, "Come and get take wickets with the new ball" and they did that.

Steven Smith (Australian captain): I don't think the toss was not too important. The wicket stayed the same right through. Charith Asalanka's innings was the difference of course! Our bowlers did a really good job, but our batters did not. That happens. It was a tricky wicket to bat on, but we could have chased it down. We've got a big ICC event coming up, but we want to win these games too. So out focus now is on the next game.

Charith Asalanka has been adjudged the Player of the Match for his magnificent 127 runs off 126 runs and also bowling figures of 1/5 in 2 overs!

5:13 pm local time (5:13 pm IST): It's time now for the post-match presentation!

Dunith Wellalage: I am very happy! Australia is a great side. So, to be able to contribute with both bat and ball is special. When I went out to bat, coach Sanath Jayasuriya sir said to support out captain, Charith Asalanka as much as possible. The pace variations and of course, bowling wicket-to-wicket, were the key today. I do think that this is the best win of my career as a Sri Lankan cricketer.

4:59 PM local time: Sri Lanka win by 49 runs

Sri Lanka: 214 (46) | Australia: 165 (33.5)

Charith Asalanka: 127 (126) | Sean Abbott: 3/61 (9)
Alex Carey: 41 (38) | Maheesh Theekshana: 4/40 (9.5)

Sri Lanka has won the first of the two ODI games against Australia, following a whitewash in the two-match Test series. Following a fight in the first innings with a century, Charith Asalanka dismissed the dangerous-looking Alex Carey. It was then that they knew that more than half the job was done.

The hosts got an ideal start with the dismissals of both the openers—Matthew Short and Jake Fraser-McGurk—within the first three overs, courtesy of Asitha Fernando's tight bowling to not allow the two batters to open their arms. Skipper Charith Asalanka introduced Maheesh Theekshana in the sixth over, and the young left-handed batter Cooper Connolly had to trudge back into the hut after being caught plumb in front of the stumps.

Seasoned batters Steve Smith and Marnus Labuschagne had the task of steadying their side following this collapse early on. The two batters took some time to get settled in the middle, but in the last over of the powerplay, Smith got castled in an attempt to counterattack the new bowler Dunith Wellalage on the first delivery of the over.

Alex Carey and Labuschagne then fought back and added over 50 runs for the fifth wicket. Carey took on the bowlers and played a relatively aggressive knock. Hasaranga came on to bowl in the 15th over and got pelted for two boundaries and a maximum. This forced Asalanka to take the matter into his hands as he replaced Hasaranga.

Theekshana then broke the partnership with the dismissal of Labuschagne, and half the side was back into the hut. In the next over, Asalanka baited Carey with a tossed-up delivery around the off-stump, and there was the wicket of the aggressor.

Aaron Hardie and Sean Abbott formed a 40-odd run partnership, but it was a scratchy one against the tweakers. Some overs later, Abbott fell, and Nathan Ellis got dismissed in quick succession. Aaron Hardie added some runs but got pinned against Hasaranga to be the ninth wicket. That was the coffin in the nail for the Aussies.

Barring the first two wickets by Fernando to dismiss the openers, it was the spin web of Maheesh Theekshana, Dunith Wellalage, and Charith Asalanka that broke the spine of the Aussie batting and won the first game to go 1-0 up in the two-game ODI series.

There was a big shout for a LBW. However, the umpire wasn't convinced. Asalanka signalled for a review and its three reds on ball tracker. Sri Lanka win the game by 49 runs and go 1-0 in the two game ODI series.

33.5 Maheesh Theekshana to Spencer Johnson, HMMM! REVIEWED FOR LBW. Full on off-stump. Johnson pushed forward to defend and seemingly inside-edged it on to the pads. And the appeal did not get upheld either. Fair delivery, but, no bat involved! Ball Tracking comes into play, shows that it's pitching in line, the impact too is in line on the back pad and the wickets are hitting! So, the on-field decision gets overturned and Johnson is OUT! With that, Sri Lanka win the match!

Spencer Johnson lbw b Maheesh Theekshana 0 (2b, 0x4, 0x6)

33.4 Maheesh Theekshana to Adam Zampa, Oh! Length ball on off-stump. Zampa hoicks across the line and inside-edges it to fine-leg for a single.

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