A PRE-HOLI bash is scheduled to be held this weekend on Saturday, March 19 at the R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo between two quarter finalists from group 'A'.
Pakistan will take on defending champion Australia in the 40th match of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011.
Australia and Pakistan have met 85 times in one day internationals. Australia has won 52 matches and lost 29 matches. Four matches ended without result - including one tied match. In the Cricket World Cup they have played seven matches, and the record is neck to neck - in favour of Australia by 4-3.
The Ricky Ponting-led Aussies are performing like champions in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011. They are the only team who never lost a single match in the ongoing tournament.
The Australian team started their campaign with a 91-run victory against Zimbabwe and seven wickets victory against neighbour New Zealand.
In the third match, due to rain, the Australian winning streak was stopped by Sri Lanka. The match was washed away and both Australia and Sri Lanka shared one point each.
In their fourth match against Kenya, the Australian team won by 60 runs. On March 16 against Canada, the defending ICC Cricket World Cup champion won by seven wickets.
Pakistan, who was considered as an under dog before the commencement of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011, won four matches and lost one against New Zealand by 110 runs.
The Shahid Afridi-led Pakistan team has won three matches in a row against Kenya, Sri Lanka and Canada by 205 runs, 11 runs and 46 runs respectively.
In their fifth group league match, Pakistan beat Zimbabwe by seven wickets under the Duckworth–Lewis (D/L) method.
The Pakistan vs Australia match venue R. Premadasa Stadium is mainly known for good batting tracks. However, Muttiah Muralitharan has captured 69 wickets at this stadium. The toss will play an important role at this ground and the captain who will win the toss, is likely to bowl first.
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