Steve Smith takes another blinding slips catch, but it is only a brief bright spot as a second-string Australia side is dominated by Sri Lanka's captain in the first ODI.

Australia take on Sri Lanka in the 1st ODI to be played at the R.Premadasa Stadium, Colombo on Wednesday, February 12. This a 2-match ODI series, with Steve Smith leading the Aussies in place of the injured Pat Cummins.

Sri Lanka 's cricket team pulled off a stunning 49-run victory over Australia in the first ODI match in Colombo. The win was primarily due to the phenomenal performance of captain Charith Asalanka, who scored a brilliant century.

Sri Lanka have named a squad largely unchanged from the one that toured New Zealand in January this year for the two ODIs against Australia at home later this week. The one change is that seam-bowling allrounder Chamindu Wickramasinghe is out as the squad has been trimmed from 17 for that New Zealand series to 16.

Sri Lanka defeated Australia by 49 runs to win the first ODI of the series at R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo. Australia's new-look ODI team started well but as the game progressed, Sri Lanka scripted a comeback and got the job done.

Charith Asalanka smashed 127 off 126 balls to drag hosts Sri Lanka to a respectable 214 all out in 46 overs in the first ODI against Australia on Wednesday.

Sri Lanka captain Charith Asalanka has won the toss and elected to bat in the first match of the two-match one-day international series against Australia.

After sweeping the test series in Sri Lanka, an injury-depleted Australia will look to carry the momentum into ODI matches against the South Asians and build confidence ahead of the Champions Trophy.