Sri Lanka clinched the T20 Series against Aussies after last ball win

Jayawardene and Perera guided Sri Lanka beat Australia by 2 runs (D/L Method) in the 2nd Twenty 20 Internationals at MCG on Monday. This win leads Sri Lanka sweeps the T20 series 2-0.

Australia won the toss put Sri Lanka into bat first, Sri Lanka scored 161 runs for the loss of four wickets in their 20 overs. Mahela Jayawardene smashed 61 runs from 45 ball included with 5 fours and 2 sixes. Thisara Perera made unbeaten 25 from 24 balls. 

In the chasing Australia failed to made a good start. After 10 overs rain interpreted the match for some minutes so the target revised by DL Method. Aussies 59 from 30 balls. Finally Australia ended their innings with 119 for 5 in 15 overs. Shaun Marsh was the top scorer with unbeaten 47 runs and skipper Bailey made 45 runs. Kulasekara, Mendis, Perera take one wicket each. Thisara Perera named for the Man of the Match award.

Mathews sets up Sri Lanka win over Australia at Sydney

Sri Lanka won the 1st Twenty20   International against Aussies  by five wickets at Sydney on Saturday Night. following Australia made  137 for 3 in their 20 overs, Sri Lanka replied among 139 for 5 in 18.5 overs.

David Warner had before put Australia in a fine position with a sparkling knock of 90 not out.The  Sri Lankan batsmen were forever in control of the run chase and they reached the target when Thisara Perera blasted Ben Laughlin for two successive sixes. Sri Lanka lead the two match series 1-0. David Warner named for the Man of the Award for his best knock.

The both  teams will meet again in the 2nd  and final match in Melbourne on Monday.

Australia beat Sri Lanka in the Final ODI and Square the Series 2-2

Australia have came back after  the absense  of skipper  Michael Clarke and averted ruin by level  the one day series against Sri Lanka at 2-2 with a hard 32 runs  win  at Bellerive.

The unbeaten hundred  from Phil Hughes and three wickets each from Xavier Doherty and Moises Henriques have guide  the Australia  side to a fighting win after they were behind 2-1 in the series.

Phillip  Hughes smashed  138 from 154 balls, his career best  ODI score, to secure Australia's 5 for 247 and set up a scary run chase for Sri Lanka. Doherty (3 for 21) then dismissed  three of the Sri Lankan’s  top four and Henriques (3 for 32) made vital breakthroughs to pull Australia off the canvas.

Sri Lanka  were 1 for 57 when Mahela Jayawardene, in his final  match as skipper, was caught for 38 from 39.  Doherty strike again in his next over when he had Lahiru Thirimanne (1 off  10) caught in the deep at 2-62. When Henriques had Tillakaratne Dilshan (19 off  48) caught behind it was 3-71 and Xavier Doherty bowled Dinesh Chandimal (6 off  10) for 4-77.

A important  79 runs  partnerships  between Angelo Mathews (67 off  79) and Jeevan Mendis (26 off 40) for the 6th  wicket .Finally Sri Lanka bowled out for 215 runs in 48.3 overs.  Phillip Hughes got Man of the Match award and Nuwan Kulasekara named for the Player of the Series.

Sydney One Dayer washed out due to rain

Rain washed Sri Lanka of the possibility to win their one day international series with Australia on Sunday, after two umpiring howlers and one more top order collapse restricted the Aussies  to just 9 for 222 at the Sydney.

Sri Lanka  2-1 lead  in the five match  series, Sri Lanka reached 0 for 14, with openers Tillakaratne Dilshan with unbeaten 9 runs  and captain Mahela Jayawardene on 4  successfully negotiating the first 3.2 overs in reply before rain . Rain stopped falling nearly an hour before the match was called off ,  the outfield measured too wet for play.

This  will go down as a missed opportunity for the Sri Lanka, who will now head to Hobart for Wednesday's fifth and final match  seeking successive  ODI series wins, after their victory over New Zealand at home in November last year.

Australia's innings was built seriously around top scoring opener David Warner (60) and some lusty lower order hitting from No.9 Mitchell Starc with unbeaten 52. Nuwan Kulasekara take 3 for 30 and Lasith Malinga also claimed 2 for 33 runs. Rangana Herath (2 for 37) and Thisara Perera (2 for 64) were the other wicket takers.

Kulasekara, Mallinga stars as Sri Lanka beat Australia by four wickets

Sri Lanka gain  four wicket victory after right arm fast bowler  Nuwan Kulasekara collapse Australia with a excellent  display of swing bowling in the 3rd  one day international in Brisbane on Friday.

Australia's top and middle order batsmen capitulated before Kulasekara's inswing while Lasith Malinga (3 for 22) polished off the tail to bowl out the Australia  for 74 in 26.4 overs. This  win, though not as convincing as it should have been, puts Sri Lanka 2-1 lead  in the five match series. Sydney hosts the 4th  one day on Sunday.

For Australia, only Mitchell Starc unbeaten 22  and Xavier Doherty (15) managed double digits, adding 34 runs for the final  wicket to take the home side past their lowest ODI total ever. Mitchell Johnson (3 for 11) blew away their top order, while Starc claimed a two  as Sri Lanka lost six wickets before scrambling over the line in 20 overs.

Kushal Perera was unbeaten on 22 runs, while Tillakaratne Dishan also contributed as many runs. After Kulasekara had showing Australia's lower order, Malinga ran through the tail, dismissed  Johnson, Wade and Clint McKay. Nuwan Kulasekara named for the Man of the Award.

Sri Lanka crush Australia by eight wickets in 2nd ODI

Lahiru Thirimanne smashed his maiden one day International century helped Sri Lanka levelled the five match one day series against Australia with  eight wickets win on Sunday.

Sri Lanka put the hosts in to bat after rain delayed the start at the Adelaide Oval and the bowlers utilized  on cloud cover and moisture in the pitch to restrict Australia to 170 all out.

In the Sri Lanka reply started poorly when Upal Thuranga was caught behind off Clint McKay for 0 but Thirimanne made unbeaten 102  and Tillakaratne Dilshan (51) dug in to guide Sri Lanka reach 172 for 2 with almost 10 overs remaining.

The series is level at 1-1 after two of the five matches, with the teams next match in Brisbane on Friday.

Phillip Hughes stars as Australia thrash Sri Lanka in the 1st ODI

Phil Hughes was  the first Australian to score a hundred on his one day international debut as he powered the side to a 107 run win over Sri Lanka at MCG on Friday.

Phillip Hughes made  112 runs  and stand in captain George Bailey scored  89 runs before David Hussey smashed unbeaten  60  off 34 balls to post  a good total into a commanding 305 for 5 in 50 overs  on a flat Melbourne  wicket.

Dinesh Chandimal reserved Sri Lanka in contention with a aggressive 73 runs  but four wickets from Clint McKay and some excellent fielding, including three run outs, restricted the Sri Lanka  to 198 runs  in reply. Victory finished a three match losing streak against Sri Lanka at the MCG.

Australia  won the test series 3 0, lead the five match  series 1-0 with the 2nd  game on Sunday in  Adelaide. Opener Aaron Finch and number three Usman Khawaja managed just 16 and three respectively after Australia won the toss but Phillip Hughes put on 140 for the 3rd  wicket alongside George Bailey at the rate of a run a ball. Hughes named for the Man of the Match award for maiden Cenutury.

Michael Hussey completed his Test Career with Aussies Sweep series

Michael  Hussey curved out of Test cricket as he leads Australia to a five wicket win  over Sri Lanka, giving the Aussies  side a clean sweep of the three match series.

Left-hander Hussey, playing in his 79th and last  Test after announcing his international retirement, got his team over the line after the loss of five wickets on a nervous fourth day at the Sydney Cricket Ground. Michael Hussey  steadying hand as Australia made hard work of running down 141 runs for victory on a turning pitch.

At the close Hussey was not out  on 27, while Mitchell Johnson hit the winning run to end on one not out. Rangana Herath had earlier threatened to bowl the Sri Lankans to their first-ever Test victory in Australia at the 13th attempt. He finished with 3 for 47.

Young Australian fast bowler Jackson Bird was won the  named man of the match with seven wickets and skipper Michael Clarke was picked as man of the series. Sri Lanka captain  Mahela Jayawardene had his best match of the series with scores of 72 and 60 but rued his side's failure to put the Australians under pressure.

Sri Lanka  were all out for 278 runs  in their 2nd  innings earlier in the day as Dinesh Chandimal  extended the resistance, batting with the tail in a  unbeaten knock of 62 off 106 balls with 11 fours.

Chandimal shared in a aggressive 41 runs last wicket stand with Nuwan Pradeep off 74 balls to give the tourists some vital extra runs and make things uncomfortable for the Australian batsmen on a turning pitch.

Australia on edge of win over Sri Lanka in the 3rd Test

Australia are on the margin of a 3-0 series sweep after restrict  Sri Lanka to 225 for 7  with a small lead of 87 runs  at end  of play on a dramatic 3rd  day of the third test.

Australia   conquered the morning courtesy of a dazzling unbeaten century from Matthew Wade before declaring at 432 for 9 with a 1st  innings lead of 138 runs  just before lunch. The visitors  fight  back in the 2nd  session on the back of a hundred runs partnership between Dimuth Karunaratne (85) and skipper Mahela Jayawardene (60) to quickly raise the prospect of a first ever Sri Lanka test win in Australia.

Karunaratne knock down short of his first   test hundred  soon after tea with his country still six runs in arrears, however, and Sri Lanka then crushed  to lose six wickets for just 93 runs. At stumps, Dinesh Chandimal (22) and Rangana Herath (9) were at the crease in front of a big  task to make bigger the lead and make Australia's chase anything more than a formality.

Lahiru Thirimanne (7), Thilan Samaraweera (0), Angelo Mathews (16), Jayawardene and Dhammika Prasad (15) then followed to leave the Sri Lanka  floundering. Samaraweera's wicket expected the biggest cheer of the day as Mike Hussey, playing in his final test before retirement, took the catch in the deep off the bowling of Nathan Lyon.

Mathew Wade had gain  plenty of cheers in the 1st  session with a knock of 102 runs  as bright as the pink shirts and hats being worn by much of the crowd in support of former Australia fast bowler Glenn McGrath's breast cancer charity. Wade  resumed Day on 47 with Australia just 48 runs ahead of Sri Lanka's 1st  innings tally of 294 and he reached his third test half century in the second over.

Aussies got 48 runs lead on Day 2 of the 3rd Test

Australian blow the possibility to take an flatten grab on the third Test against Sri Lanka and instead scrabbled to a 48 runs  1st  innings lead after reaching 342 for 6  at the end  of the 2nd  day's play on Friday.

Phil Hughes and David Warner got the hosts  off at a canter on a magnificent morning with half centuries in a partnership of 130 runs  as Australia looked to build a big total in their offer to sweep the series 3-0.

Two run outs, including one for Mike Hussey in his last  Test, and a couple of soft dismissals, however, left Sri Lanka bowling at Matthew Wade, who had survived a good few scare to reach 47 runs, and Peter Siddle not out 16  when stumps were drawn.

Australia skipper Michael Clarke also scored  50 but will probably remember the day more for having given the call for the unsafe single that saw Michael Hussey dismissed for 25 by Dimuth Karunaratne's direct hit. Sri Lanka, who scored  294 runs  in their 1st  innings, showed considerably more fight than they had in the innings and 201 run crush in Melbourne last week and they were only a couple of dropped catches from being right back in the match.

Aussies bowl Sri Lanka out on first day in SCG

Australia's four branched pace attack overcame spirited fighting from Lahiru Thirimanne and Mahela Jayawardene before Bowled  Sri Lanka for 294 runs to bring an end to the opening day of the 3rd  Test on Thursday.

Both Thirimanne, who made  a career best 91 runs  just three days after joining the squad as an emergency replacement, and skipper Jayawardene, who scored 72 runs  in his penultimate innings as captain, exposed to make a sunny day in Sydney their own.

 Australia skipper Michael Clarke's choice on winning the toss to send his pacemen out to bowl first was all but vindicated and the hosts will have finished the day convinced they can wrap up the series 3-0.

Jackson Bird, the least knowledgeable of the pace quartet, took 4 for 41, Mitchell Starc 3 for 71 and Peter Siddle claimed  a brace with spinner Nathan Lyon pitching in to end Thirimanne's knock just shy of his 1st  Test century.

Thirimanne reached his 2nd  Test half century with a cover drive off Mitchell Johnson for three runs and, punishing any loose deliveries, cracked 13 fours and a six in his 151-ball knock.

The 26-year-old, who take four wickets in an inspiring Test debut in Melbourne last week, also removed tailender  Rangana Herath (5) before closing the Sri Lanka innings with his fourth victim.

Michael Hussey, playing in his last Test before retirement, got a huge cheer when bowled two overs before tea but he was unable to snare what would have been a popular wicket to add to his three catches in the field.

Aussies clinch the series with huge innings win

Furious bowling from a revitalised Mitchell Johnson powered Australia to triumph by an innings and 201 runs against Sri Lanka in a Boxing Day Test that ended finished three days at the MCG.

Mitchell Johnson - who was left unbeaten eight short of his  second Test Hundred earlier in the day when Australia were bowled out for 460 in reply to Sri Lanka's 1st innings 156 runs - captured two for 16, injured two top-order batsmen and affected a run-out as the Sri Lanke  were skittled for 103.

Sri Lanka have lost seven wickets midway through day three's 2nd  session but, with Prasanna Jayawardene and Chanaka Welagedara unable to bat, and Kumar Sangakkara retiring hurt on 27 runs, the Australians were home and dry. The trouncing meant Australia retained the Warne-Muralitharan Trophy, with the third fixture in Sydney to start next Thursday. Johnson take 4 for 63 - including his 200th wicket  in Sri Lanka's first innings before boosting his status as a lower-order batsman with an unbeaten 92 in Australia's reply.

Light showers delayed the start of play by 15 minutes before Australia added 20 runs for the loss of Nathan Lyon, caught at short mid-wicket for one, and Jackson Bird, comprehensively bowled by Shaminda Eranga for a duck. Eranga take 3 for 109  and Dhammika Prasad got 3 for 106 runs were the leading bowlers for Sri Lanka.

Sri Lanka  could not have started the rearguard action any worse as Mitchell Johnson and debutant Bird (2 for 29) removed their flaky top order. visitors severely slumped to 13 runs for four midway through the 1st session.

Mitchell Johnson began the rot with the run-out of Dimuth Karunaratne for one  in the first over and removed Tillakaratne Dilshan for duck in very  the next ball when Ed Cowan pouched a catch at square leg. Bird made matters worse for the besieged tourists when he bowled Skipper  Mahela Jayawardene for a duck and trapped Thilan Samaraweera lbw for one just before lunch.

Only Kumar  Sangakkara scored 27 runs and Angelo Mathews made 35  provided any resistance and, when the former retired hurt after copping a blow to the index finger from a Mitchell Johnson bouncer, the match was in its death throes. After Johnson bowled Mathews, Peter Siddle wrapped up Australia's win by gain Shaminda Eranga for a duck.

Mitchell Johnson claimed  man-of-the-match honours ahead of Australia Skipper Michael Clarke who scored 106 runs on day two.

Australia right on Top in the Day 2 against Sri Lanka

2nd Test, Australia Vs Sri Lanka, MCG

Australia dominated dealings on Day 2 in Melbourne and finished the day at 440 for 8, leading visitors by 284 runs. The best part of the day was a marvelous century by the Australian Captain, Michael Clarke completes  his 5th Test Hundred of the year. Clarke was well supported by Shane Watson and fast Bowler Mitchell Johnson. 

Australia resume Day 2 on their overnight score of 150 for 3 from 39 overs. Michael Clarke and Shane Watson were guarded at the start and showed solid defense. Sri Lanka struggled  an early setback when their lead fast bowler Chanaka Welegedara left the field in the 7th over of the day with a hamstring injury. Australia were soon in the lead and the pair brought up a vital half-century stand. Their confidence grow as they stay  more time at the crease. The boundaries became more regular and both the batsmen finished  well reached half-centuries and put together a splendid century stand for the 4th wicket. 

Australia  dominated the 1st session and went into Lunch at 238 for 3, leading the visitors by 82. Michael Clarke was not out on 56 while Shane Watson was there at the crease on 60. The pair had added 88 runs in 30 overs in the morning session. The 4th wicket partnership was worth 121. Sri Lanka went wicketless in the morning session. Skipper Michael Clarke, during the course of his innings, surpassed Ricky Ponting's record of maximum runs in Tests by an Australian in a calendar year – 1545 runs. 

Sri Lanka were suffering as a result of injuries and dropped catches. Michael Clarke completed a fantastic century of his 5th of the year,  He raised his bat to a standing ovation - it was his first century  at the MCG. The pair accelerated and had put up 194 runs before Shaminda Eranga finally got the first get through of the day - inducing an upper drive off a wide-ish delivery and getting rid of Clarke, caught at 3rd slip by Jayawardene - who must have been a relived man after dropping Watson earlier in the innings. The Australian skipper departed for a brilliant 106 runs. Dhammika Prasad made it a double blow when he had Shane Watson caught at deep square leg trying to attempt a hook. The batsman joined his skipper after making 83. Australia struggled  a third blow when Matthew Wade for 1, trying to attempt a similar shot to Watson, was caught by Eranga at deep fine leg. The hosts had lost 3 wickets for just 4 runs! Michael Hussey and Mitchell Johnson tried to calm the storm and played out a few quiet overs. Australia went into Tea at 332 for 6 with a lead of 176 runs. 

Michael Hussey and Johnson batted with carefulness but did not let go of an opportunity to score. They kept on getting the occasional boundary. The pair did not want to give the visitors even a semblance of a chance to make a comeback into the match. They defied the bowlers and put on a stubborn half century partnership. The lead was now over 200. Tillakaratne Dilshan ended the partnership getting rid of Hussey for 34 runs.  Mitchell Johnson now started to play a few more shots and got some boundaries. Peter Siddle was playing the role of the ideal foil keeping an end intact. The pair helped the hosts to cross the 400 runs . Sri Lanka were frustrated, They just did not have the firepower in the bowling to polish of the Australian lower order. Mitchell Johnson completed his 7th Test fifty and together with Siddle took the Australian team to 440 for 8 at stumps on Day 2. Mitchell Johnson on a splendid 73 runs. Australia lead Sri Lanka by 284 runs. They had scored 290 runs in the day in 90 overs losing just 5 wickets. Jayawardene needs a wonder on Day 3 to change this match around.