Australia and Sri Lanka will play the 14th match of the Cricket World Cup. Both teams currently sit in the bottom half of the tournament's 10-team standings. No team has ever won a game in two attempts.

Australia and Sri Lanka will meet in the 14th match of the 2023 Cricket World Cup on Monday afternoon at the BRSABV Ekana Cricket Stadium. Both teams come into this game still looking for their first win of the tournament after losing their first two games. Australia were beaten by hosts India and South Africa while Sri Lanka lost to Pakistan and Sri Lanka. Read on as we preview this game. The day-night group phase duel begins at 2:00 p.m. local time in Lucknow.

Australia is not used to losing the first two matches of the Cricket World Cup and we expect a big response from their team for this game. Sri Lanka are also low on confidence but we expect Australia to do well and beat Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka were unstoppable in this format until a few weeks ago, but now they lack confidence and are making a habit of being outplayed. However, Australia have also been soundly beaten in their games, so Sri Lanka must expect the tide to turn.

Match Preview

Australia will take on Sri Lanka in the 14th match of the ICC Cricket World Cup at the Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow on October 16. Australia simply hasn't been quite as strong as Australia so far in the World Cup, losing both games and being eliminated in the second-last position. Sri Lanka, on the other hand, wasn't too different either with two defeats. They are in seventh place in the ranking.

Australia played in their last game against South Africa where Australia won the toss and elected to bowl. South Africa got off to a great start, amassing 108 runs for their opening stand. The run-fest didn't stop after that and it continued to pile up for each wicket. With the help of a brilliant century from Quinton de Kock, they reached a good total of 311 runs. Australia didn't start their chase well and kept losing wickets one after the other. They lacked partnerships to take them further and lost the game by a huge margin of 134 runs.

Sri Lanka faced Pakistan in their final match, with Sri Lanka winning the toss and electing to bat. They lost an early wicket but had two century stands for the second and third wickets respectively, which brought them back into the game and gave them the lead. They set a huge target of 345 after which Pakistan lost two wickets early and looked to be in trouble as the pair of Shafique and Rizwan added 176 runs. Thanks to the fantastic finish, Pakistan went for an overall record and won the game by six wickets.

Pitch Report

Weather Report

We can expect much higher humidity in the second half of this game in Lucknow, with the temperature expected to be above 30 degrees for the first three hours of the game.

Toss Prediction

Head to Head

Match Prediction

Both teams would have expected to have at least one win in the tournament so far and it will be interesting to see if the team's lack of confidence leads to an exciting game. Australia are the kind of team that can suddenly go from consecutive defeats to victory very quickly. We expect the Australian team to be extremely focused in this game and eliminate some of the casual players from the last game. We expect Sri Lanka to be ahead at times but that Australia will win this game.

Australia to beat Sri Lanka.

Venue Details

Betting Tips

An opposing attack featuring Cummins and Starc could prove too hot for Sri Lanka, who are considered underdogs at 3.75. The Aussies are offered as 1.30 favorites.

Probable Playing XI

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Sri Lanka

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Australia Key Players

David Warner – The left-handed opener has been in excellent form of late but struggled to score a 27-ball 13 against South Africa. Regardless of the game situation.

Marnus Labuschagne – The top-order right-handed batsman was not initially selected by Australia for the tournament. However, he was the only Australian to score 30 goals in the final game, top scoring with 46 points.

Josh Hazlewood – The right-arm fast medium bowler is a very consistent performer in this format and has taken seven wickets in his last four ODI games in India.

Mitchell Starc - The experienced left-arm opening bowler added a few more wickets to his ODI tally with the dismissals of the dangerous David Miller and Marco Jansen on Thursday.

Sri Lanka Key Players

Kusal Mendis - There is no doubt about who Sri Lanka's in-form batsman is and the keeper-batsman has scored scores of 76 and 122 so far in the tournament. He could definitely take on the captaincy role in this game too.

Dunith Wellalage – The team management had high hopes for the left-arm spinner in this competition and so far in the season he has picked up just one wicket and conceded 143 runs in two games.

Maheesh Theekshana – The right-arm spinner is one of the taller, slower bowlers in the tournament and we can expect him to take turns and leaps in this game.