Srilanka have upper hand in few aspects: 1. They have Murali -> better and more experiance spinner than Hogg 2. They have more bowling variety and options in their squad Both have even contest in many aspects: 1. Captains - both look great and batting well. 2. Openers - Hayden and Jayasurya - both can be equally brutal and capable 3. Clarke - Sangakara 4. Tait -Malinga fast and dangerous 5. Vaas-Bracken - economical good opening bowlers 6. I think fielding is even too Australia have upper hand in few aspects: 1. There is no match in SL team for the 4th bowler - McGrath and his experiance! 2. The middle order of australian batting lineup look better that features Symonds, Hussey and Watson 3. After beating every teams compresensively they have the confidence and more hunger for the cup than SL - Situation to have a Hat trick of word cup victory comes rarely. 4. They have bowled out evey team where as Tait, McGrath, Bracken(?) have never taken field with the a bat! Overall! 1. Can Srilankan batting lineup post a 250+ score batting first or restrict australia within 250 if they field first? 2. I will say the match is between australian batting vs Srilankan bowling - the one who wins in this section of competition - wins the world cup. 3. We have seen srilankan batting many times and they dont have the power to go past 250 with the australian attack. 250 would be a very good score to defend with the attack they have. Key players: Murali, Jayasurya, Jaywardane, Hayden, Ponting, McGrath