"Outside noise doesn't bother us a lot" - Pat Cummins after the win

Australia have registered a comfortable win over Sri Lanka in the 14th match of the ongoing ICC Cricket World Cup 2023. Sri Lanka won the toss and opted to bat first. Pathum Nissanka (61) and Kusal Perera (78) got off to a flying start. However, the Aussies bounced back and soon the wickets started falling in between and they restricted the opponents to 209 as well.

While chasing, Australia lost David Warner quickly along with Steven Smith who got out for a duck. However, Mitchell Marsh and Josh Inglis scored the fifties and contributions from others helped them register their first win in the tournament as well.

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Who said what after the match?

Pat Cummins: “Nothing said much on the back of two losses. The energy on the field was great. They started very well. We bowled decently. We stayed at it. The bowlers hit the deck hard. I think high 300 was par on that. There is a lot of people watching this. Outside noise doesn’t bother us a lot. All parts of the game came together today. We would want to keep it up.”

Kusal Mendis: “Nissanka and Perera batted well. After that we struggled and got a low score. 290 or 300 would have been a good score. We couldn’t rotate the strike much. Last two games we batted really well. Today the batters struggled. I have confidence in my batting unit. I think Madushanka bowled really well. He gave us two early wickets. We can field better. I hope Matheesha can recover quickly.”

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Adam Zampa, who won the Player of the Match, said: “To be honest, I wasn’t feeling great because I had a bit of a back spasm. Was playing through it the last couple of days. Today I felt better, bowled better today. (On coming out the attack at the end) I think it was the captain’s decision to get the off spinner against the lefties, and my back was also pretty sore. (On his performances so far) Personally, not at my best and last game particularly felt I could have been doing better. My job in this team is to take wickets in the middle order.

Didn’t quite do that last game and put the pressure on the death bowlers. Today, I’ve been feeling better, but nice to come out on the winning side today. Took a while to get into the game, just got to keep that wicket taking attitude going, doesn’t matter if I leak some runs. (On the plans forward) I wish winning was that easy, we’ve got a big one against Pakistan in Bangalore next up. That’s going to be a tough one.”