Summary

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  • Australia win by five wickets to pick up first victory

  • They chase 210 with 14.4 overs to spare

  • Australia were 24-2 after Madushanka traps Warner & Smith lbw in fourth over

  • Inglis adds 58, Marsh 52 & Labuschagne 40

  • Sri Lanka slip from 125-0 and 157-1 to 209 all out

  • Leg-spinner Zampa improves from poor first spell to take 4-42

  • Australia's chase of 210 was delayed by rain and over safety concerns for players and spectators due to sand storm and high winds

  • Part of stadium branding and temporary structures came down during SL innings but no injuries, say ICC

Live Reporting

Mike Peter, Ffion Wynne and Stephan Shemilt

  1. Aus 4-0

    Target 210

    Bosh. Take that. Marsh hammers the first ball of the innings from Lahiru Kumara over mid-off for four.

  2. Right, action. Mitchell Marsh and David Warner are heading to the middle. 210 to win for the Aussies.

    Kusal Mendis gives his Sri Lanka team some instructionsGetty Images

  3. I'm hearing that the covers are coming off. That DLS might have to wait...

  4. Would anyone be against that?

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    Duckworth Lewis sets Australia 385 to win off 28 overs because, well, Australia

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  6. Our team in Lucknow is suggesting there might have been some lightning swirling around.

  7. I was expecting a backlash to my favoured meal deal, but there seems to be widespread support. Restores your faith, really.

  8. It doesn't look to be raining too heavily. There are sheets covering the square and run-ups, with the groundstaff all out there ready for the word to take them off.

  9. How's Stat?!

    Andy Zaltzman
    Cricket statistician on Test Match Special

    This was only the third time in men's WCs that a team has reached 100 without loss, before losing all 10 for under 100, and the first time it has happened to the team batting 1st.

    Eng v WI, 129-0 to 194 all out, 1979 final

    Zim v SL, 116-0 to 188, 2011

    SL v Aus, 125-0 to 209, 2023

  10. rain stops play

    Rain stops play

    Uh-oh. Covers coming on. How tragic it would be for the Aussies to suffer a washout.

    Covers come on at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow during the Australia-Sri Lanka World Cup gameGetty Images

  11. Sorry, I seem to have gone slightly off-task there.

    Australia need 210 to beat Sri Lanka and get their World Cup train out of the station. If Sri Lanka don't defend this, they are very close to going out.

  12. Honestly, the state of the meal deal that some people choose. Cheese sandwich, bottle of water and carrot sticks. I'm not even sure that's a saving. It's definitely not a meal.

  13. Toast wouldn't be my final meal, though. That would have to be a meal deal. Chicken Triple, Orange Lucozade (other meal deal drinks are available) and some spicy crisps.

  14. Incidentally, if I was told I could only eat one kind of food for the rest of my life, toast would be right up there. Incredibly versatile.

  15. Why would you do that, Jared? Waste of a good brew. And toast.

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    Jared Maobe: Sri Lanka has collapsed faster than a tower of bread that has been sprinkled with hot tea.

  17. Tim Peach
    Test Match Special producer

    Night has fallen in Lucknow, but before the sun dipped below the horizon I took this photo of the intricate detailing on the exterior of the stadium, which opened in 2017.

    The outside of the stadium in LucknowBBC Sport

  18. This gives you an idea of the damage caused by the sand storm that we saw towards the end of the Sri Lanka innings.

    Steve Smith and Glenn Maxwell were among the Australia fielders that had to cover their faces to stop the sand getting in their eyes.

    A section of the awning falls from the roof during the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup India 2023 between Australia and Sri Lanka at BRSABVE Cricket StadiumGetty Images
    Stands in Lucknow with sheeting removed as a result of a sandstormGetty Images
    Steve Smith and Glenn Maxwell hide their faces from a sand stormGetty Images

  19. Carlos Brathwaite
    Ex-West Indies all-rounder on BBC Test Match Special

    Sri Lanka haven't got enough.

    340 wasn't enough against Pakistan, and with their bowling line-up that is weakened by so many injuries as it is, 210 won't be anywhere near it.

    Early wickets will give them a chance, and they can put up a fight, but it's a huge task.

  20. How's stat?!

    Phil Long
    BBC Test Match Special statistician

    It was a disaster as far as Sri Lanka are concerned.

    They were 125-0 and 157-1 - their last nine wickets falling for 52 runs.