The cricket governing body of Australia, Cricket Australia has planned to travel to Sri Lanka to contest 5 ODI matches bilateral series with Sri Lanka from 14 June to 24 June 2022. Australia visited Sri Lanka in 2016 for 5 ODI series where Australia defeated Sri Lanka very badly with a margin of 4-1. Now, Australia is again coming back to play the 5 ODI series with Sri Lanka after 6 years. All 5 ODI matches will be held at Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy, and R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo. Pallekele will host 2 and Premadasa is decided for 3 ODI matches.
SL vs Aus ODI series 2022 will begin with the first match which will be played on 14 June at Pallekele and 2nd on 16 June at the same stadium, then both the teams will move to Colombo for the remaining three matches which will be conducted on 19, 21, and 24 June at R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo. Australia will visit Sri Lanka under the captaincy of Aaron Finch whereas Dimuth Karunaratne will hold the command of the Sri Lanka squad. Currently, Australia is at the 3rd position in the ICC ODI team ranking and Sri Lanka holds the 8th position in the list. On the other hand, Aaron Finch has been in great form for the last 18 months continuously and his pairing with David Warner as an opening combination is often deadly for the opposition if any one of them stays longer on the pitch.
In one-day internationals, Australia and Sri Lanka have met 98 times. Australia has won 61 of these 98 games, while Sri Lanka has won 33 of them, with 4 matches finished in a draw. In One Day International, Australia has participated in 958 ODI matches in which they won 581 matches and faced defeat in 334 matches, 9 matches were tied and 34 matches had no result. Overall, the winning percentage of Australia in ODI is 63.36. On the other hand, Sri Lanka has appeared in 870 matches in which they have succeeded in 395 matches and lost 432 ODI matches, they have played 5 tied matches and their 38 matches ended without any outcome. The winning percentage of Sri Lanka is 47.77 which is very low than Australia.
Sri Lanka successfully won the first ODI series against Australia at home in 1982 and then in 2010, they won the first ODI series against Australia in Australia (Away from home). Last time, Australia dominated Sri Lanka throughout the entire series. Let's see what Sri Lanka will do to beat Australia in the upcoming Sri Lanka vs Australia ODI series 2022.