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

Best performances - Batsmen

LD Chandimal
LD Chandimal
132(356) 13x4 - 1x6
Control %83%
  • Productive Shot
  • flick
  • 30 runs
  • 2x4 - 0x6
10 30 17 12 18 7 17 21
SE Marsh
SE Marsh
130(281) 19x4 - 0x6
Control %81%
  • Productive Shot
  • flick
  • 39 runs
  • 7x4 - 0x6
16 10 21 9 33 18 5 18

Best performances - Bowlers

HMRKB Herath
HMRKB Herath
O18.1
M3
R64
W7
Eco3.52
RHB
OFFLEG
2W
3W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
2W
HMRKB Herath
HMRKB Herath
O38.1
M11
R81
W6
Eco2.12
RHB
OFFLEG
2W1W
1W1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W

Partnerships

  • SL - 1st
  • AUS - 1st
  • SL - 2nd
  • AUS - 2nd

Sri Lanka - 1st - Innings

2
JK Silva0 (15)
FDM Karunaratne2 (13)
19
FDM Karunaratne3 (12)
MDKJ Perera16 (32)
2
FDM Karunaratne2 (9)
BKG Mendis0 (4)
1
AD Mathews1 (4)
BKG Mendis0 (2)
2
LD Chandimal1 (1)
BKG Mendis1 (6)
211
LD Chandimal73 (243)
DM de Silva129 (280)
30
MDK Perera16 (25)
LD Chandimal14 (15)
73*
HMRKB Herath33 (71)
LD Chandimal39 (91)
8
RAS Lakmal2 (8)
LD Chandimal5 (6)
7
RAS Lakmal3 (3)
PADLR Sandakan4 (8)

Australia - 1st - Innings

21
SE Marsh6 (15)
DA Warner11 (9)
246
SE Marsh124 (266)
SPD Smith116 (207)
8
AC Voges4 (4)
SPD Smith3 (11)
8
AC Voges4 (10)
MC Henriques4 (13)
33
AC Voges14 (49)
MR Marsh17 (39)
37
PM Nevill14 (34)
MR Marsh23 (33)
14
MR Marsh13 (20)
MA Starc1 (9)
9
NM Lyon3 (9)
MA Starc6 (6)
1
JR Hazlewood0 (6)
MA Starc1 (3)
2
JM Holland1 (7)
MA Starc1 (1)

Sri Lanka - 2nd - Innings

8
MDK Perera8 (4)
FDM Karunaratne0 (0)
36
JK Silva14 (35)
FDM Karunaratne22 (42)
25
JK Silva1 (19)
MDKJ Perera24 (25)
29
JK Silva11 (25)
BKG Mendis18 (14)
58
JK Silva31 (68)
AD Mathews26 (43)
90
JK Silva46 (104)
LD Chandimal43 (98)
30
JK Silva12 (18)
DM de Silva17 (26)
21
HMRKB Herath5 (11)
DM de Silva12 (15)
50*
RAS Lakmal4 (18)
DM de Silva36 (33)

Australia - 2nd - Innings

77
SE Marsh23 (66)
DA Warner44 (64)
23
DA Warner15 (13)
SPD Smith8 (14)
2
AC Voges1 (2)
DA Warner1 (3)
12
MC Henriques4 (4)
DA Warner8 (14)
1
MC Henriques0 (11)
MR Marsh1 (1)
8
PM Nevill0 (0)
MR Marsh8 (3)
17
PM Nevill2 (10)
MA Starc15 (26)
17
NM Lyon9 (7)
MA Starc8 (8)
2
NM Lyon2 (3)
JR Hazlewood0 (9)
1
JM Holland0 (5)
NM Lyon1 (2)

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.