Seething Sri Lankan officials insisted their gripes were "not sour grapes" after making a formal complaint to Cricket World Cup bosses about The Oval's pitch because they believe it will give Australia an unfair advantage in their group game on Saturday. Sri Lanka's previous two World Cup games were at Bristol's County Ground against Bangladesh and Pakistan but both were washed out without a ball being bowled. GETTY IMAGES Sri Lanka have complained about The Oval's pitch, the ground seen here housing thousands of Indian fans earlier in the tournament. GETTY IMAGES A Sri Lanka fan waiting for cricket which didn't come during Sri Lanka's last washed out game in Bristol. "We employ an independent pitch advisor to work with the host curators at all ICC events and the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup 2019 is no different," the statement read.

Source: Stuff June 14, 2019 20:29 UTC