13/08Result
3rd Test, Australia tour of Sri Lanka at Colombo, Aug 13-17 2016
Sri Lanka won by 163 runs
Player of the Match
Rangana Herath
Rangana HerathSri Lanka
13/08Result
3rd Test, Australia tour of Sri Lanka at Colombo, Aug 13-17 2016
Sri Lanka won by 163 runs
Player of the Match
Rangana Herath
Rangana HerathSri Lanka

2.37 pm The Australians converge around Starc, clapping him on and patting him on the back, thankful for his presence for without him they would rarely have picked wickets in this series. Colombo, much like Galle, did not give anything to the fast bowlers but Starc just didn't care. His pace through the air kept him in play all through his 25.1 overs. Starc is the first fast bowler to take three five-fors in a Test series in Sri Lanka

But for all his efforts, Australia are staring at a massive deficit - 355. Their batsmen better have found a way to handle the hosts' three spinners. Not least because they are going one short having dropped Burns and Khawaja

141.1
W
Starc to Lakmal, OUT, five for Starc, three of them back-to-back! Runs in from around the stumps, squares the batsman up, it's short of a length, pins him to the crease. Gets the outside edge and Marsh dives forward in the gully to take it

RAS Lakmal c MR Marsh b Starc 5 (22m 11b 0x4 0x6) SR: 45.45

END OF OVER:
141 | 7 Runs | SL: 355/8

  • Lakshan Sandakan4 (8b)
  • Suranga Lakmal5 (10b)
  • Mitchell Marsh10-1-45-0
  • Mitchell Starc25-11-63-4
140.6
4
MR Marsh to Sandakan, FOUR, moves over the wicket for a fuller ball and Sandakan whips it to the midwicket boundary like he were batting on a hundred

bountyhunter91: "If you were to award MoM purely based on these two centuries by Chandimal and de Silva, to whom would you award it?" I would like to shirk that responsibility, please

140.5
0
MR Marsh to Sandakan, no run, shortish on off stump, Sandakan looks for a flat-batted punch and gets an inside edge
140.4
0
MR Marsh to Sandakan, no run, back of a length on middle and leg, he gets outside the line and nudges it to leg gully.

Uwaisul Karnain: "No 'No balls' have been delivered in this test series so far by either side. Unbelievable disciplines!" That is startling. Think Marsh may have been told that was two bouncers for the over

140.3
0
MR Marsh to Sandakan, no run, big grunt as he tests the middle of the deck again, wanders harmlessly down leg
140.2
1
MR Marsh to Lakmal, 1 run, another short one from around the stumps, Lakmal takes his eyes off it as he pulls and manages to find a safe spot at deep square leg

Brydon Coverdale tweets: Chandimal faced 356 balls that innings. Not a single Australian has faced that many in this entire series. Voges (260) the best. #SLvAUS

140.1
2
MR Marsh to Lakmal, 2 runs, banged in, the ball wanders wide outside off, Lakmal drags it with a pull to deep midwicket. Sri Lanka get their 350!

END OF OVER:
140 | (wicket maiden) | SL: 348/8

  • Lakshan Sandakan0 (4b)
  • Suranga Lakmal2 (8b)
  • Mitchell Starc25-11-63-4
  • Josh Hazlewood18-4-52-0
139.6
0
Starc to Sandakan, no run, full, wide, and pacy. Goes through Sandakan before he could reach it
139.5
0
Starc to Sandakan, no run, shortish in length, but the line is down leg, Sandakan looks for a flick and fails to connect
139.4
0
Starc to Sandakan, no run, another one dug in on middle and leg, Sandakan fends it away past short leg. Ungainly, but good enough
139.3
0
Starc to Sandakan, no run, that was expected, Sandakan flashes a big old grin after looking around for where the bouncer had gone after it had hit him. Right at the body, from over the stumps, too quick for him to take evasive action

Lakshan Sandakan walks out as the last Sri Lanka batsman, unless they want to bring Herath back

139.2
W
Starc to Chandimal, OUT, got 'im! Reverse swing does Chandimal after a stellar innings. Props for Starc too, running in and bowling as quick and as full as he possibly could. It's outside off, tempting the drive. Chandimal flashes at it, the ball straightens down the line, takes the edge and settles in Nevill's gloves. Good, sharp catch moving to his right

LD Chandimal c †Nevill b Starc 132 (474m 356b 13x4 1x6) SR: 37.07

Praneeth: "Any updates on Herath? Will he come back to bat again? Will he be able to bowl?" Sri Lanka took him off as a precautionary move, I would assume. So that he would be able to bowl

139.1
0
Starc to Chandimal, no run, looks for the base of off stump at 141 kph, Chandimal drives into the covers

ali cheema: "Where is Starc? Is he even fielding? Or Smith wants him fresh to open batting with him?" After he bowls this over, perhaps. Around the stumps

END OF OVER:
139 | 2 Runs | SL: 348/7

  • Suranga Lakmal2 (8b)
  • Dinesh Chandimal132 (354b)
  • Josh Hazlewood18-4-52-0
  • Mitchell Marsh9-1-38-0

Sean Tacker: "Is the pitch spinning or not ?" Yes, it is. But not alarmingly.

138.6
0
Hazlewood to Lakmal, no run, back of a length on off stump, defended
138.5
0
Hazlewood to Lakmal, no run, banged in short, but a distance wide of off stump, Lakmal is happy to watch it go by
138.4
0
Hazlewood to Lakmal, no run, they've not been able to get any movement, now it appears to be too much. Oh the irony! A lbw appeal after Hazlewood traps Lakmal on the crease, his flick looking more awful the more you see it. But it would have gone down leg easily
138.3
0
Hazlewood to Lakmal, no run, tails in on off stump, Lakmal blocks
138.2
1
Hazlewood to Chandimal, 1 run, keeps leg side of a good length ball and slashes it through cover
138.1
1
Hazlewood to Lakmal, 1 run, they are trying to intimidate the tailender with short balls, but there is hardly any pace in the pitch. So much that Lakmal can stand tall and whip-pull the ball past leg gully

END OF OVER:
138 | 6 Runs | SL: 346/7

  • Dinesh Chandimal131 (353b)
  • Suranga Lakmal1 (3b)
  • Mitchell Marsh9-1-38-0
  • Josh Hazlewood17-4-50-0
137.6
0
MR Marsh to Chandimal, no run, good length ball on middle, stays down a touch, defended.
137.5
4
MR Marsh to Chandimal, FOUR, rip-roaring flick off the pads! Marsh makes the ball tail, but Chandimal watches it carefully and then his hands come down on it with such power. The whip of the wrists sends the ball too wide for fine leg to even more
137.4
1
MR Marsh to Lakmal, 1 run, ah, short leg was almost in business. Marsh digs it in again, Lakmal blunts it to the right of Shaun Marsh. His little brother's frustrations boil over
137.3
0
MR Marsh to Lakmal, no run, short ball angled across the right-hander on middle and off, Lakmal ducks. Lovely line from the allrounder

Two slips, gully and leg gully with Marsh going around the stumps

Match Coverage

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Hat-trick of whitewashes

3

Consecutive Test series for Australia in Asia where have been whitewashed - 4-0 by India 2012-13, 2-0 by Pakistan 2014-15 and 3-0 by Sri Lanka 2016.

One each

6

No. of 10-wicket hauls for Herath in Tests - each one has come against different teams, including Aus. Only Muralitharan has taken such hauls against more teams (9).

Middle order collapse

22

Runs added by Australia's No. 3, 4, 5 & 6 combined in this innings - their lowest in a Test inns vs SL. Previous lowest: 25 in Kandy 2004-05.

Herath's highest

23

Previous most wickets by Herath in a Test series - against Pakistan in 2014 (in 2 matches). Mitchell Marsh was his 24th wicket of this series.

Solid start at last

56

Aggregate of the 11 opening partnerships of this series, before this inns. Warner-Marsh have added more than that in this last opening stand of the series.

Out of Australia's hands?

307

Highest successful chase by Australia in Tests in Asia, against B'desh in Fatullah in 2006. The highest successful chase at SSC by any visiting team is 131.

The first

0

No. of SL players who scored a century and fifty in the same Test batting at No. 7 or lower, before this. Dhananjaya de Silva becomes the first SL player to do so.

Sixth-wicket show

298

Previous most runs by a team's sixth-wicket in a Test vs Australia, by India at Wankhede 1986-87. Sri Lanka's 6th wicket has added over 300 runs in this match.

Resistance from bottom

8

No. of 50+ partnerships for wickets 5 and lower in this series for Sri Lanka - joint-most for them in any series. Their first 4 wickets have had only 2 50+ stands.

Silva finds form

18

Runs scored by Kaushal Silva in the first 5 inns of this series. He opened in all those inns, but came at No. 3 in this inns and has made a fifty.

Starc's series

23

Previous most wickets by a visiting fast bowler in a Test series in Sri Lanka, by Richard Hadlee in 1983-84. Starc dismissed Mendis as his 24th wkt of this series.

Decent start at last

12

Average score at which Sri Lanka lost their second-wicket in this series, before this second inns. Their second wicket fell at 44 in this inns.