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Test Match Special

World Cup Daily: Australia beat Sri Lanka for first win

Test Match Special

BBC

News, Sports, Sports News, Cricket

4.42.3K Ratings

🗓️ 16 October 2023

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Simon Mann has reaction to Australia’s first win at the World Cup. Catch interviews with Australia’s Adam Zampa and former international Aaron Finch. Plus the thoughts of Carlos Brathwaite and Geoff Lemon. And hear from Ashes-winner Steven Finn and BBC Sport’s Matt Henry on England’s defeat to Afghanistan and how they can bounce back. 01:10 Australia beat Sri Lanka 03:15 Adam Zampa interview 10:15 Were Sri Lanka too tame? 14:50 Aaron Finch on Australia’s performance 19:20 England post-mortem 30:15 Where does it rank among other World Cup upsets?

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hello, Gary Lednika here with Alan Shira and Mike Riches to say the match of the day top 10 podcast is back

0:07.4

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0:14.8

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0:22.0

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0:27.4

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0:46.2

If a grad now he pulls the run and took the captain and nibbles head away through third man. He grabs a stun

0:51.5

The captain has scored the winning run for Sri Lanka who have won the World Cup for the first time in their history

0:59.6

Hello, I'm Simon Mann in Lucknow and this is the World Cup daily podcast

1:04.0

Australia have finally got their tournament up and running. Alan Gay in once again to Stoin is this time it's smashed down the ground

1:11.4

It's gone away for six way over long on and Australia wrap up this victory by five wickets a beach Sri Lanka

1:20.3

They've now lost their opening three matches of this cricket World Cup on this episode

1:25.0

You'll hear the thoughts of Carlos Brathway Jeff Lemmon Aaron Finch and play of the match Adam Zamper

1:30.6

Will also hold a post-mortem into England's defeat to Afghanistan

1:35.9

The TMS podcast on BBC sounds

1:40.0

So Australia have won

1:42.7

Their first game at this World Cup at the third attempt again. They really had to win today

1:47.4

They beat in Sri Lanka by five wickets with 14.4 overs to spare some consistent scoring

1:54.4

After they bolt Sri Lanka out for 209 for 43.30 Sri Lanka at one stage there were 125 for no wicket

2:01.2

And then the collapse comes in taking a couple of wickets and Zamper getting in on the action

2:07.2

A run out as well and stark also picking up a couple of wickets

2:11.2

So an efficient job done by Australia

2:13.6

Ultimately 209 all out Sri Lanka and then Australia after a delay

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