LONDON: Defending champions Australia, who have won three of their last four matches, will try to speed up their campaign to reach the semi-finals of the World Cup against Sri Lanka, who have failed to perform so far.

According to sources, Australia has so far defeated Afghanistan, West Indies and Pakistan, but in the meantime they also suffered defeats against India. He now faces Sri Lanka, who made a comeback after a hard-fought victory over Afghanistan, but his matches against Pakistan and Bangladesh were rain-wundering.

With this, the rain has wreaked havoc in the World Cup so far and the four-match series has failed to yield results. The good news for Australia is that there is not much chance of rain at the Oval and it will not have much impact on the match. There is a possibility of cloudy weather which can also help fast bowlers on a pitch conducive to batting. David Warner's good form in the top order has strengthened Australia. The left-handed batsman had scored 107 runs in the last match against Pakistan in addition to two half-centuries.

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