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Australia vs Sri Lanka 1st ODI AUS rocks SL with five early wickets Hardie Johnson pick two

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/ Australia delivered a dominant bowling performance in te first ODI against Sri Lanka, rocking te visitors wit five early wickets to put tem on te back foot. Te matc, eld at te Adelaide Oval, saw Australian pacers Aaron ardie and Spencer Jonson wreak avoc in te opening overs. ardie struck first, removing opener Patum Nissanka wit a sarp inswinger tat crased into te stumps, followed sortly by Kusal Mendis, wo edged a delivery to slip. Jonson ten joined te onslaugt, dismissing Dimut Karunaratne wit a rising delivery and trapping Dananjaya de Silva leg-before wit a full-lengt ball. By te end of te powerplay, Sri Lanka was reeling at 29/5, wit all teir top-order batters back in te pavilion. Australia's fielders complemented te bowlers wit sarp catces and energetic ground fielding, applying relentless pressure on te Sri Lankan side. Wit te early damage done, Australia took firm control of te matc, and Sri Lanka faced a daunting task to rebuild teir innings. Tis early burst of wickets by ardie and Jonson underlined Australia's intent to dominate te series from te outset./