Match factsSunday, August 28, 2016 Start time 1430 local (0900 GMT)Big
PictureThree days ago, there was no reason to expect that this third ODI would
be particularly headline-grabbing - at least, not beyond Dambulla hosting
day-night cricket for the first time in six years.
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Tillakaratne Dilshan announced his impending retirement, Steven Smith flew home
and handed Australias captaincy to David Warner, and, suddenly, there was more
than your average amount of interest in the match. It will also be an important
game in determining the outcome of the series - the winner will move 2-1 up with
two to play.But for Sri Lankan fans, the attention will all be on Dilshan, the
former captain, who is set to play his 330th and final one-day international. It
will not be Dilshans last international appearance, for he is due to play in the
T20s that follow this series, but it is the beginning of a farewell to a Sri
Lankan favourite, and one of the last remaining international cricketers who
made his debut in the 1990s.Much of the attention will also centre on Australias
stand-in captain. The decision to fly Smith home to rest ahead of a busy
upcoming schedule has been met with plenty of criticism. It does, though,
provide an opportunity to test the leadership credentials of Warner, who has
never captained Australia in any format. In fact, Warners only previous
captaincy experience has come in Twenty20, so this is new for him on more than
one level.Form guideAustralia: LWWWL (last five completed matches, most recent
first)Sri Lanka: WLLLLIn the spotlightAt 39, Tillakaratne Dilshan has certainly
been there and done that. And now, hes doing it for the last time - in ODI
cricket, at least. Barring a monumental knock of 158 or more in his final
innings (which would see him overtake Brian Lara), Dilshan will bow out as ODI
crickets 11th highest scorer of all time. His record against Australia might not
be the strongest - he has averaged 26.33 against them in 43 ODIs - but this is
one last chance to make a big score against the No.1 team in the world.David
Warner will become the 23rd man to captain Australia in ODIs, and while he has
never led a team in 50-over cricket, his record as a captain in Twenty20 cricket
makes for remarkable reading. Warner has led teams in 34 T20s for 19 wins, but
even more impressive is his personal figures as skipper: he averages 53.79 and
has five scores of 90 and above. His most recent captaincy experience came in
the 2016 IPL, where he led Sunrisers Hyderabad to the title and was second only
to Virat Kohli on the tournaments run charts. Australias powers that be will
hope Warner continues to lead by example - at least, in terms of his
run-making.Team newsSri Lanka have added 19-year-old right-arm pacer Lahiru
Kumara for the remainder of the series, in place of allrounder Milinda
Siriwardana. Like 18-year old batsman Avishka Fernando, who was named in the
squad at the start of the series, Kumara has played no senior cricket at all.
However, given their success in the previous match, there is every chance Sri
Lanka will go in with an unchanged side.Sri Lanka (possible) 1 Danushka
Gunathilaka, 2 Tillakaratne Dilshan, 3 Kusal Mendis, 4 Dinesh Chandimal (wk), 5
Angelo Mathews (capt), 6 Dhananjaya de Silva, 7 Kusal Perera, 8 Thisara Perera,
9 Seekkuge Prasanna, 10 Dilruwan Perera, 11 Amila Aponso.Smiths departure will
force at least one change to the top order, with either Shaun Marsh or Usman
Khawaja coming into the XI. The selectors might also be tempted to strengthen
the attack after Australias combined fifth bowler - Moises Henriques and Travis
Head - leaked runs at an alarming rate in the second game. Henriques has
struggled for form on this tour, and dropping him would allow Head - who has
one-day scores of 202 and 175 in the past year - to move into the
top-six.Australia (possible) 1 David Warner (capt), 2 Aaron Finch, 3 Shaun
Marsh/Usman Khawaja, 4 George Bailey, 5 Matthew Wade (wk), 6 Travis Head, 7
James Faulkner, 8 Mitchell Starc, 9 Adam Zampa, Josh Hazlewood, 11 Nathan
Lyon.Pitch and conditionsAlthough pace bowlers have a strong record of
wicket-taking in Dambulla, the Australians anticipate that the pitch will still
offer plenty for the spinners.Stats and triviaThis will be the first day-night
ODI in Dambulla since 2010, when the floodlights were deemed to be of inadequate
strength. They have now been upgradedAustralia have played only two matches - in
any format - in Dambulla. Both were ODIs played in 2004. They won one and lost
oneThe departure of Smith deprives Australia not only of their captain, but also
of the highest run-scorer in ODI cricket worldwide over the past yearQuotes I
think he deserves a break, whether or not it was during the series or before the
series. It is going to be very, very tough with the scheduling these days to
play all three forms and every single game possible.David Warner, Australias
stand-in captain, on Steven Smith flying home mid-series
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the starting lineup for two matches after allegations about his private life and
a decline in form, scored twice in the first half. Tomas Rosickys chip made it
3-0 before half time at Emirates Stadium, while defender Laurent Koscielny
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Monument Park. Mumbai 29 for 1 trail New Zealanders 324 for 7 dec (Latham 55,
Williamson 50) by 295 runs ScorecardSuccessful overseas batsmen in India have
often been successful by lofting the ball over the infield. Even in the days of
in-and-out fields, when Alastair Cook scored 562 runs including three hundreds
in 2012-13, the most runs by a visiting batsman in a four-Test series in India,
he relied on the lofted shots both for runs and also to get rid of the close-in
fielders. On their first day of play on the Indian tour, New Zealand batsmen
used the loft liberally to suggest it will be the shot they will go to often in
the Tests.Albeit on a non-threatening track against a non-threatening attack,
New Zealanders made their intent clear as everybody apart from Martin Guptill
got a hit in in their score of 324 for 7 declared. There was no hanging about
either as they gave Mumbai 13 overs to play before stumps, and took a wicket
during that period. The declaration gave them a good chance of having a proper
second innings.Two of the wickets were retirements to allow others a chance to
bat. Incidentally, the two who gave up their batting, Tom Latham and BJ Watling,
were the ones who batted at a more sedate pace. Apart from the two, and Henry
Nicholls, everybody struck at more than 70. Apart from Guptill, who scored 15,
everybody crossed 20, including fifties from Kane Williamson and Latham. Targets
in particular were the spinners, whose 49 overs were taken for 230 runs. Two of
these spinners were part-timers, and two others yet to make their first-class
debuts.Another heartening news for New Zealand will be that their lower order
and lower-middle order - crucial on raging turners - was among the runs. Watling
looked comfortable in his 21, Mitchell Santner and Mark Craig ran away to 45 and
33 not out, and Ish Sodhi scored a slightly streakier 29.Every batsman that
faced spin played the lofted shot early in the innings. That leaves out Guptill,
who got out even before spin came on, but he had started the day with a hooked
six in the first over of the match.
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its spearhead Shardul Thakur and with left-arm spinner Vishal Dabholkar -
average of 31 - as its best spinner was then punished. Williamson stepped out
repeatedly to loft Dabholkar over mid-on. He went back to taking singles once
the fielder was pushed to long-on, but went aerial again as soon as Dabholkar
called the fielder back up. Latham once swept Dabholkar for four from way
outside the off stump. The intent - on a friendly surface against friendly
bowlers - was clear.Balwinder Sandhu, with healthy swing but at a gentle pace,
was the only shining light for Mumbai. He got the wickets of Guptill and
Williamson in the first session with outswingers. As the day wore on, though,
Mumbai made more and more use of spinners. Ross Taylor made use of the cut shot
before lofting legspinner Parikshit Valsangkar into the sightscreen. Facing his
first over of spin, Nicholls came down the wicket to loft left-arm spinner Vijay
Gohil for two fours. Santner did the same to Gohil as soon as he came out to
bat. Craig reserved the same treatment for Dabholkar.New Zealand had just one
three-day warm-up game to get used to the conditions before going into the first
Test in Kanpur. As has become the norm world over, the hosts did them no favours
by giving them a pitch that looks nothing like the raging turners that teams
expect in India nowadays. Also they had a second-string Mumbai side to face with
their best players playing for India A in Australia. New Zealanders success with
their ploy of using their feet and the lofted shots needs to be seen in that
light, but one thing was clear: they showed enough signs they are not here to
play passive cricket, which South Africa, at times, might have been accused of
in Indias last home season.
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