Australia captain Pat Cummins admitted Sunday the five-time champions have "got to start winning and start winning quick" to rescue their faltering World Cup campaign.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Australia have lost both their opening matches, by six wickets to hosts India and 134 runs to South Africa, their heaviest defeat at a World Cup.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Despite boasting the batting firepower of David Warner and Steve Smith, they have yet to post a total of 200.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
"We're obviously 0-2, so we've got to start winning and start winning quick," said Cummins ahead of Monday's clash against Sri Lanka in Lucknow.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
"Every game now becomes almost like a final. You've got to win just about all of them."<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The figures so far make for grim reading for Australia.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
None of their batsmen have made a half-century with Smith top-scoring with 46 against India and Marnus Labuschagne matching that modest mark in the rout by South Africa.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
They have also been hamstrung by their fielding performances.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Against India, Virat Kohli was dropped on 12 before he went on to make a match-winning 85.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Had the catch been taken, India, chasing just 200 to win, would have been teetering at 20-4.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
It got worse against South Africa where five chances went down.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Needing 312 to win, Australia slumped to 70-6 and were reduced to a damage limitation exercise in an effort to shore up their run rate.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
"No doubt we haven't been up to the standard that we like to hold," said Cummins.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
"We've been off the mark and been outplayed both games. It's not ideal at all. I think everyone was a little bit flat after the last game."<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Australia are second from bottom of the 10-team table, behind even the Netherlands and propped up only by Afghanistan.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
On Monday, they tackle fellow winless side Sri Lanka who have had no problems scoring runs -- 326 against South Africa and 344 in the game with Pakistan.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Unfortunately for the 1996 champions, they conceded a World Cup record 428 to the Proteas while Pakistan's pursuit to win by six wickets was the highest successful chase in tournament history.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Sri Lanka came out on top 3-2 in a five-match series with Australia on home soil in June last year.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
However, Australia eased to a comfortable 87-run win when they sides met at the 2019 World Cup at The Oval.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
"Looking back at 2019, India and South Africa were the two teams that we lost to in the round games there," added Cummins.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
"I think in the last year, they're kind of the two teams that we've had the most trouble against.<\/p>\r\n\r\n