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Live Streaming: Sri Lanka v Australia 1st T20 2013 Live Streaming
Australia has won the toss and elected to bat first in Saturday's Twenty20 international against Sri Lanka at ANZ Stadium in Sydney.
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Australian captain George Bailey is putting faith in his explosive batting line-up to put up a big total in front of an crowd of 45,000 on Australia Day.
Heavy-hitters David Warner and Aaron Finch will open for Australia, with in-form West Australian Shaun Marsh to come in at No.3.
Queenslander Ben Cutting was presented with his first T20I cap, after making his ODI debut in Adelaide this summer.
Australia and Sri Lanka split the ODI series 2-2, with Saturday the first of two T20I between the two nations.
Sri Lanka are the No.1 team in T20 cricket, with Australia desperate to improve on their lowly ranking of 7th.
Angelo Mathews is getting a taste of captaincy for Sri Lanka, leading the side instead of Mahela Jawayardene.
Mathews is expected to be announced Test and ODI captain for the Sri Lankans after this summer has finished.
Australia: David Warner, Aaron Finch, Shaun Marsh, George Bailey (capt), Adam Voges, Matthew Wade, Glenn Maxwell, Ben Cutting, Mitchell Starc, Xavier Doherty, Ben Laughlin, James Faulkner (12th)
Sri Lanka: Kusal Janith Perera, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Dinesh Chandimal, Mahela Jayawardene, Angeo Mathews (capt), Lahiru Thirimanne, Jeevan Mendis, Thisara Perera, Nuwan Kulasekara, Ajantha Mendis, Lasith Malinga, Upul Tharanga (12th man)



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