Australian plans well executed - Ponting

Sri Lanka need to win at least one and possibly both of their remaining Super Six matches against India and Kenya to have any chance of reaching the World Cup semi-finals.

Australia are already there after beating them by 96 runs at Centurion, and Sri Lanka's captain Sanath Jayasuriya was injured while batting.

"I was hit twice, the first one on the thumb and then I got hit on the arm later in the same over," explained Jayasuriya. "It's painful but we will have to wait and see about the next game.

"When you're chasing such a big total it's important that one or two of your batsmen get big scores and we weren't helped by me having to retire hurt and then losing some early wickets but Aravinda played well."

Sri Lanka's coach Dav Whatmore was less than impressed by the team's performance, stressing the need to bounce straight back if they are to overcome India in their next match.

"We weren't very clever today," Whatmore said. "It's another test for our boys because India are not a bad side and we need to get points sooner rather than later - it's a big test of our character."

Australian captain Ricky Ponting was made man of the match for his 114, and insisted that Jayasuriya's injury would have no effect on their bowling strategy in the rest of the tournament.

"You never want to see anyone get seriously hurt and hopefully he hasn't been seriously injured, but it's a World Cup and we're trying to bowl where their batsmen are least likely to score," Ponting said.

"If that happens to be at the body then it will be at the body. We're not going to go out there and bowl him full wide ones because he's going to smack us over cover or point every time - that's a weakness in his game and we've picked up on that of late and we've been able to execute that pretty well.

"It was a pretty good day for us. I thought they got a few more runs than I would have liked at the end, but that happens in those sort of games - they had nothing to lose at the end of the game and Aravinda got stuck into us a little bit.

"The batting was very good and the bowling with the new ball was excellent, we had them under pressure right from the word go and we executed our plans particularly well."