20th Match, Group A -
Sri Lanka v Australia
R Premadasa Stadium,
Colombo
Sat Mar 5
09:00 GMT | 14:30 local15:00 BDT
Kumar Sangakkara
Kumar Sangakkara combines the role of articulate leader and safe wicketkeeper to that of being the motor in Sri Lanka's middle-order. He is among the few players around whose batting retains its elegance while meeting the ever-increasing run-rates demanded by the limited-overs game. He has hovered around the top of the Test batting rankings for several years now, but is yet to reach the same heights
in one-day cricket. Taking over the captaincy in 2009 from Mahela Jayawardene, he led Sri Lanka to a near-perfect 2010 in the one-dayers, winning every series they entered except the Asia Cup.
Ricky Ponting
Ricky Ponting has scored four centuries and six fifties in World Cups at an average of 48.03, which is significantly higher than his overall average of 42.75 A veteran of four World Cups, he starts the 2011 event second on the overall run-list behind Sachin Tendulkar. He began in 1996 as a No.3, scoring a century against West Indies and 45 in the final loss in a small collection. Three years later he increased his tally (359) and his average (39.33), but the closest he went to a defining innings was 69 as Steve Waugh's junior partner in the great escape against South Africa at Leeds. That all changed in 2003 when he capped the tournament with a brutal century in the final. Four years later he dominated again, registering 539 runs at 67.37 on the way to another title. Unbelievably, his worst result at the tournament is runner-up in 1996.
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