Expect more from Australia's batsmen, promises Warne

Australia lost the series opener to England by seven runs in Brisbane on Sunday, collapsing to 48 for five while chasing a rain-reduced 153 runs off 36 overs.

Ricky Ponting, Damien Martyn and Greg Blewett - no longer in the Test team and anxious to figure in the World Cup in England in May - were knocked over cheaply by England's fired-up bowlers.

The rescue mission was left to Michael Bevan, whose unbeaten 56 was not enough.

Warne, captaining the side in place of an injured Steve Waugh, marshalled his players skilfully in the field to restrict England to 178 for eight but it all fell apart within 12 overs.

``In Brisbane I thought we bowled and fielded as good as I can remember but we didn't bat well,'' Warne said Tuesday.

``We've had a couple of meetings and talked about it a fair bit. I'm sure there'll be a different attitude in this game.

``Complacency's one thing we did talk about. We were 1-40 off seven overs and should have cruised home.''

With Waugh still out with a torn hamstring Bevan may be promoted to number four in the batting order where he hit 530 runs at 88.33 in 10 one-dayers in India and Sharjah early last year.

``Bevo's the best finisher in the game,'' said Warne.

``I'm a bit flexible but I'd like Bevo to finish our innings and generally get 60 off 60 balls or more. He's the difference between getting 180 and 220.''

Lefthander Darren Lehmann Tuesday declared himself recovered from a hamstring strain.

Sri Lanka also lost to England in Brisbane on Monday, managing only 207 for seven from their 50 overs.

The World Cup champions are also looking for more runs, but from the lower order rather than the top.

``Our bottom half hasn't been making the type of runs they are capable of and that is something we are working on,'' said manager Ranjith Fernando.

``Hopefully by the end of the tour they will produce something which would gives us totals of around 230 or 240, which is the sort of totals we are looking for on these pitches.''

Teams:

Australia (from): Mark Waugh, Adam Gilchrist, Ricky Ponting, Damien Martyn, Greg Blewett, Darren Lehmann, Michael Bevan, Brendon Julian, Adam Dale, Damien Fleming, Shane Warne (captain), Glenn McGrath, Brad Young.

Sri Lanka (likely): Sanath Jayasuriya, Romesh Kaluwitharana, Marvan Atapattu, Hashan Tillakaratne, Arjuna Ranatunga (captain), Roshan Mahanama, Upul Chandana, Chaminda Vaas, Pramodya Wickremasinghe, Muttiah Muralitharan, Nuwan Zoysa.