Sri Lanka vs Australia: SL elect to bat

Sri Lanka 6/0 (1.2 ov)

Australia

Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat
ICC Cricket World Cup - 20th Match, Group A
ODI no. 3119 | 2010/11 season
Played at R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
5 March 2011 - day/night (50-over match)

Colombo: Kumar Sangakkara won the toss and elected to bat first in Australia in a crucial group match at the Premadasa Stadium here.

Sri Lankan captain said: "We play three counters. We left from Kulasekara. No impact on his record over the years. He is a champion, but it's just for this game. We must go out and create a good general."

Ponting said: "We must do a good job with the new ball we are going from one side I hope there will be some reverse swing, as the game goes on Looks pretty dry this surface ...."

Sri Lanka: WU Tharanga, TM Dilshan, Kumar Sangakkara (captain a week), Mahela Jayawardene, TT Samaraweera, LPC Silva, Angelo Mathews, HMRKB Herath, SL Malinga, M Muralitharan, BAW Mendis

Australia: Shane Watson, BJ Haddin (WK), Ricky Ponting (captain), Michael Clarke, David Hussey, Cameron White, Steven Smith, Mitchell Johnson, JJ Krejza, Brett Lee, Shaun Tait