Pursuing 338 to win, Sri Lanka began the run pursue well yet a breakdown in the center request implied Australia won their fourth round of the gathering stages and went over the standings.
A 115-run opening stand between Dimuth Karunaratne and Kusal Perera gave the Lankans precisely the sort of stage they required.
Perara was tidied up by Starc and Lahiru Thirimanne got a tolerable begin however fell when he edged one to Alex Carey of Jason Behrendorff.
Ostensibly the executioner blow was struck when Karunaratne went for a cut shot off Richardson however just discovered Glenn Maxwell at point, the expulsion setting off a center request breakdown.
From 186-3, Sri Lanka lost 7 wickets for 61 runs and were packaged out for 247.
Angelo Mathews, Milinda Siriwardana and Thisara Perera withdrew efficiently. Kusal Mendis additionally fell before long, holing out to David Warner off Starc.
Isuru Udana and Lasith Malinga were both represented by Richardson and Pat Cummins – who had expelled Mathews by getting him to edge one to Carey – disposed of Nuwan Pradeep in comparable design to end the match.
Prior, Australia chief Finch equalled his most noteworthy ODi score of 153 as he fueled the guarding champions to 334-7.
Finch took the fizzling Sri Lanka assault separated with an astonishing showcase that included 15 fours and 5 sixes.
It was his fourteenth ODI century and the second of his World Cup vocation. The 32-year-old's 132-ball thump took him level with his past best score of 153 against Pakistan in March.
Finch was well-upheld by Steve Smith's 73 from 59 balls and the pair put on 173 keeps running for the third wicket to set Sri Lanka a considerable aggregate.
Together with opening accomplice Warner, Finch took the assault to the Sri Lankans subsequent to being placed in to bat and the pair passed fifty for the opening wicket for the fourth time in five amusements at the World Cup.
Warner was the primary Australian to die when he was bowled by Dhananjaya de Silva for 26. De Silva struck again when Usman Khawaja (10) played a free shot straight down the throat of Udana at profound square leg.
That carried Smith to the wrinkle and in spite of a couple of boos from the group, he proceeded with his great demonstrating the bat and his formed nearness liberated Finch to risk everything.
Finch ventured on the gas to take 20 runs, including two sixes, off De Silva's eighth over and he raised his hundred with a six off Siriwardana.
Sri Lanka had no solution to his severe ambush and when he withdrew, gotten by Karunaratne off Udana, he had placed Australia in an instructing position.
Glenn Maxwell's brisk flame 46* guaranteed Australia serenely moved beyond the 300-run mark notwithstanding a late breakdown activated by Udana's twofold come up short on his own bowling towards the finish of the innings.
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