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Australia's Glenn Maxwell says his baggy green has seen better days but he expects to make the Test team for the Sri Lanka series thanks to his subcontinent playing experience. Maxwell, who has played just seven Tests in his decade-long career, hit a match-winning 80 in the opening one-day international -- though the tourists went down to Sri Lanka 3-2 in the five-match series.
Fans of the Sri Lankan cricket team showed their gratitude towards the visiting Australian team during the 5th and final ODI at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo on Friday. As the fans came out with banners of "Thank You Australia", veteran Aussie batter David Warner acknowledged the gesture made by the local fans, and also congratulated Sri Lanka on winning their first home ODI series against Australia after 30 years. Taking to Instagram, Warner shared a heartwarming post for the local fans.
Dimuth Karunaratne will lead Sri Lanka's 18-man squad for the two-match Test series against Australia, which starts next week in Galle, the island nation's cricket board said Saturday. The first Test starts on June 29 and the second will be from July 8, with both played next to the southern city's picturesque fort.
Wicketkeeper-batsman Alex Carey's unbeaten 45 and inspired bowling helped Australia to a four-wicket consolation win over Sri Lanka in the fifth one-day international on Friday.
Sri Lankan cricket fans showed their gratitude towards the visiting Australian cricket team during the 5th and final ODI between the two teams. The fans, who have been thronging the stadiums during the limited overs series, came out with banners of "Thank You Australia". Sri Lanka is battling an economic crisis of gigantic proportions and the cricket series has managed to bring about some smiles on the faces of the people in this cricket crazy island nation.
Sri Lanka vs Australia, 5th ODI Live Updates:Sri Lanka won the toss and opted to bat Australia square off in the 5th ODI in Colombo on Friday, with the hosts having already secured the series. After losing the opening match, Sri Lanka won the next three games on the trot to take an unassailable 3-1 lead coming into the final match. Sri Lanka will look to finish the series strong, while Australia will be playing for pride. Sri Lanka made three changes for the final ODI, with Dinesh Chandimal, Danushka Gunathilaka and debutant Pramod Madushan coming in for Niroshan Dickwella, Dhananjaya de Silva and Wanindu Hasaranga. For Australia, the injured Travis Head has been replaced by Josh Inglis. (LIVE SCORECARD)
Travis Head will miss Australia's last one-day international against Sri Lanka while Steve Smith is also doubtful, skipper Aaron Finch said Thursday on the eve of the dead-rubber match. Head hurt his hamstring on Tuesday when Sri Lanka took an unassailable 3-1 lead in the five-match series in Colombo, adding to a long list of injuries for the visitors. Smith missed the game with a quad problem and Australia were also without Marcus Stoinis, Kane Richardson, Mitchell Starc and Ashton Agar.
Sri Lanka on Tuesday defeated Australia by four runs in the fourth ODI between the sides to gain an unassailable lead of 3-1 in the five-match series. The match at Colombo's R Premadasa stadium offered a neck-and-neck fight as there was hardly anything that could have separated the two sides. While it was Sri Lanka's Charith Asalanka's 110 that hogged the limelight in the first innings of the game, David Warner stole the show in the second with his 99-run knock.