I had my doubts if Australia is going to visit SriLanka or not due to unrest but it seems they are set to go for the bilateral series, this is good news as it could help SL's board with some sort of revenue in these tough times. Meanwhile BCCI also promised another bilateral series to SL in coming months.
@JSRAW I too was under the impression that they’ll pull out citing security reasons, but this is indeed welcome news for Srilanka as they’ll receive much needed money from the tourists.
Netherland V West Indies
The first ODI match between the Netherlands and the West Indies is being played today. I checked the scoreboard. Netherlands collection 69/1 in 13 overs. The run rate is good enough so far. Opener Vikramjit Singh returned to the dressing room after scoring 47 off 45 balls. Although West Indies is the favorite in this match. The Netherlands team consists of inexperienced players. However, if they are able to score more than 280, then maybe the Netherlands can fight well to win.
@CryptoBuds Netherlands have slowly and steadily reached 102 for the loss of one wicket in the 21st over, and I think that they can easily score 250 runs by the end of their innings, and that score is definitely defendable against West Indies provided they can pick one or two early wickets.