A full match highlights video of Australia vs Sri Lanka CB Series
clash played at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Friday.
Sri Lanka thrashed Australia by eight wickets to register their
first win in the tri-series.
Chasing 152 to win, Sri Lanka reached 152 for two in 24.1 overs,
registering an emphatic win with 16.5 overs to spare.
Skipper Mahela Jayawardene played a fine innings of 61 not out off
67 balls, which included five boundaries.
He added 74 runs for the first wicket with Tillakaratne Dilshan to
further strengthen his side's position in the match, after they bowled out
Australia for 158.
Dilshan looked in his elements cracking four boundaries and a six
for his 45 off 41 balls. He fell to Clint McKay.
Kumar Sangakkara, who came down to bat at No. 3, scored 30 runs
and meanwhile completed his 10,000-run in one-day cricket.
Earlier, Sri Lanka stifled Australia with a disciplined bowling
and fielding display as the home side were shot out for a modest 158 in a
rain-curtailed cricket triangular series match on Friday.
Electing to bat, the Australians failed to stitch any substantial
partnership in the face of tight bowling by the Sri Lankans at the SCG in the
match reduced to 41-overs-a-side after rain interrupted play at the end of the
26th over.
But for the 49-run stand between David Hussey (58) and number 10
Mitchell Starc (17 not out) for the ninth wicket, the highest stand in the
Australians innings, the total would have been much lower.
David Hussey and Starc batted sensibly for eight overs to give
some respectability to the Australian innings after their top-order came a
cropper to be reduced to 88 for six at the rain interruption.
Brief Scores: Australia 158 all-out in 40.5 overs (David Hussey
58; Farveez Maharoof 2 for 18, Thisara Perera 2 for 29) lost to Sri Lanka 152
for 2 in 24.1 overs (Mahela Jayawardene 61, Tillakaratne Dilshan 45, Kumar
Sangakkara 30; Clint McKay 1 for 23) by 8 wickets.
Man of the Match: Thisara Perera
Source: http://www.cricketcountry.com
