Thursday 25 / April / 2024
Colombo: Sri Lanka beat Australia by 163 runs in the final Test on Wednesday to complete a 3-0 sweep in the three-match series.
Chasing 324 for victory, Australia were all out for 160 half-an-hour before the tea break, succumbing to their third successive defeat against the hosts.
David Warner top-scored for Australia with a fluent 68. Rangana Herath, with seven wickets for 64 runs, was the pick of the Sri Lankan bowlers, finishing with a 13-wicket match haul.
The teams face off in a five-match one-day series beginning on Sunday in Colombo.
Scoreboard
Sri Lanka 1st innings: 355 (D. Chandimal 132, D. de Silva 129; M. Starc 5/63)
Australia 1st innings: 379 (S. Marsh 130, S. Smith 119, M. Marsh 53; R. Herath 6/81)
Sri Lanka 2nd innings
D. Perera lbw Starc 8
D. Karunaratne st Nevill b Lyon 22
K. Silva c Smith b Holland 115
K. Perera c Nevill b Holland 24
K. Mendis lbw Starc 18
A. Mathews c Smith b Lyon 26
D. Chandimal lbw Lyon 43
D. de Silva (not out) 65
R. Herath c Smith b Lyon 5
S. Lakmal (not out) 4
Extras (b-8, lb-3, nb-5, w-1) 17
Total (8 wkts decl, 99.3 overs) 347
Fall of wickets: 1-8, 2-44, 3-69, 4-98, 5-156, 6-246, 7-276, 8-297.
Did not bat: L. Sandakan
Bowling: M. Starc 19.3-4-72-2 (nb-5); N. Lyon 37-7-123-4; J. Holland 20-4-72-2; J. Hazlewood 14-2-33-0 (w-1); S. Smith 2-0-13-0; M. Marsh 3-1-3-0; M. Henriques 2-0-9-0; A. Voges 2-0-11-0.
Australia 2nd innings
S. Marsh c K. Mendis b D. Perera 23
D. Warner b D. Perera 68
S. Smith b Herath 8
A. Voges lbw Herath 1
M. Henriques run out 4
M. Marsh c K. Perera b Herath 9
P. Nevill c Mathews b Herath 2
M. Starc c K. Perera b Herath 23
N. Lyon lbw Herath 12
J. Hazlewood st K. Perera b Herath 0
J. Holland (not out) 0
Extras (b-4, lb-6) 10
Total (all out, 44.1 overs) 160
Fall of wickets: 1-77, 2-100, 3-102, 4-114, 5-115, 6-123, 7-140, 8-157, 9-159.
Bowling: R. Herath 18.1-3-64-7; D. Perera 22-3-71-2; D. de Silva 4-0-15-0.
Umpires: Chris Gaffaney, Sundaram Ravi.
TV umpire: Richard Kettleborough.
Match referee: Chris Broad.
