Eventually, Marsh and Labuschagne left, but Josh Inglis passed fifty before Glenn Maxwell and Marcus Stoinis arrived to finish the innings.

In the second innings, Sri Lanka also started well as Dilshan Madushanka removed David Warner and Steven Smith within one over.

Marnus Labuschagne dropped anchor in the middle-order as Mitchell Marsh struck 52 at just over a run a ball. Cummins bowled Perera after he put on 32 with Kusal Mendis. Sri Lanka lost all ten wickets for 84 runs following a mighty collapse.

Only Charith Asalanka, the last batter to fall, reached double figures outside the openers. Sri Lanka had such a great start!

After winning the toss and choosing to bat, Pathum Nissanka and Kusal Perera put on 125 for the first wicket before Nissanka was caught in the deep by Pat Cummins. The fielding efforts of Glenn Maxwell and David Warner really made the difference for Australia today. After Sri Lanka’s opening partnership, their energy and high standards allowed them to turn things around.

As Australia advances in this tournament, those two days will be looked back on as turning points. Australia captain Pat Cummins: “Yes, I’m happier today!”

The team didn’t say much before the game, but after two losses, we wanted to get back to where we know we can be.”

After their openers started well, we were staring down the barrel of a big score, but we stuck together, all our bowlers did the job, and we finished with 209 points.