Chasing 306 to win the series opener at the MCG on Friday, the tourists were in the contest at 111 for two after 25 overs. <img alt="Graham Ford" src="http://images.mid-day.com/2013/jan/Graham.jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 508px;" /> Graham Ford during a practice session. Pic/Getty Images Tillakaratne Dilshan (51) and Dinesh Chandimal (73) were starting to get on top before the former was run out thanks to Usman Khawaja&rsquo;s direct hit. The three run outs came in the space of just 26 deliveries as Sri Lanka lost three for 17, and they were eventually bowled out for just 198. &ldquo;There&rsquo;s been a bit of discussion already,&rdquo; Ford said in the lead-up to Sunday&rsquo;s match. &ldquo;We have chatted and there was some good fielding which contributed to some of them but you just can&rsquo;t &mdash; when you are chasing a score like that &mdash; you just can&rsquo;t have the guts of your batting taken out through run outs.u00a0&ldquo;The pleasing thing is that quite a number of our batsmen look in good form and played really nicely but to give away three wickets to run outs makes the job almost impossible.&rdquo; Ford felt his side bowled too many &ldquo;easy boundary balls&rdquo; in the 107-run defeat but believes they will bounce back well on Sunday. &ldquo;The next game is really, really important,&rdquo; he said.u00a0&ldquo;You want to get on the scoresheet. We want to get out and play some good cricket and show that we are a good team. We know we have to be good and we know we are up against a good team.&rdquo;u00a0&ldquo;(But) we&rsquo;ve got to find ways of making sure we are nicely productive against the other bowlers as well.&rdquo;

Sri Lanka coach Graham Ford says his side are determined to rectify their poor running between the wickets in Sunday's second one-day international against Australia at the Adelaide Oval.

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