Defeating Sri Lanka by an innings and 201 runs in the second Test match, Australia has ensured their Test series victory with one
game left at hand.
Sri Lanka was bowled out for 103
before tea on the third day at the MCG. Neither of their batsmen could make any
strong protest against the Australian bowlers. They needed 304 runs more to
overhaul their first-innings deficit.
Injury was the main reason
for tourists’ bad performance against Australia. Kumar Sangakkara, who was the top run scorer in
the first-innings, was unable to continue his batting after breaking his hand.
Other two players, who could not bat due to injury, were Prasanna Jayawardene
and Chanaka Welegedara.
Mitchell Johnson showed
his all-rounder skill with both the bat and ball. With the bat, he scored unbeaten
92 and with the ball, he took two wickets for 16. He was supported by debutant
Jackson Bird who also took 2-29. This opening bowling pair caused the great
damage in Sri
Lanka’s
batting line up.
Australia resumed the third day with 440-8 and their
first-innings ended in 460. Skipper Clarke scored 106 from 187 balls including 14
boundaries. David Warner was the third highest run scorer who played an aggressive
innings of 46-ball 62.
The final and third match
between Australia and Sri Lanka will be played on January 3.
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