David Warner warmed up for a meeting with England with his first half-century in six months as Australia brushed aside Sri Lanka by seven wickets and moved level on points with Eoin Morgan’s side at the top of group one. The winners will be almost home and hosed as far as reaching the semi-finals goes.
Warner has had a rough time of late, struggling when the Indian Premier League resumed and scoring only one run in the warm-ups for this tournament. He made 14 in Australia’s opening game against South Africa but remained defiant, insisting he would soon be back. He was as good as his word.
After a stroke of luck, in the form of a bad drop by the wicketkeeper Kusal Perera on
