The first test match for sri lanka bowled out australia for 278 with star spinner Rangana Herath taking five wickets, send-off them with 393 runs to win at tea and sri lanka batting to stumps on 65 for two with a day to play KumarSangakkara's 18 came off 88 balls and skipper Mahela Jayawardene (5) took 25 balls to get off the mark in until close up of play.
The tourist will have to look up on Australia highest victorious run chase at the Bellerive Oval of 369 against Pakistan in 1999 and the Sri Lanka's most winning run chase was 352 to beat South Africa by one wicket in Colombo in 2006.
The Australia Captain Michael Clarke added to Australia rising injury woes when he tweaked his right hamstring and was compulsory to retire hurt on 57 after reeling off his fastest Test half-century and he slow down followed paceman Ben Hilfenhaus's side strain which has unacceptable him from bowling again in the Test, still although he did bat in the second innings.
The Australia bowling well in the key wicket of first-innings centurion Tillakaratne Dilshan cheaply for 11 in the 10th over and he turned around his team first innings with a knock of 147, was caught behind off Shane Watson's first delivery.
The tourist will have to look up on Australia highest victorious run chase at the Bellerive Oval of 369 against Pakistan in 1999 and the Sri Lanka's most winning run chase was 352 to beat South Africa by one wicket in Colombo in 2006.
The Australia Captain Michael Clarke added to Australia rising injury woes when he tweaked his right hamstring and was compulsory to retire hurt on 57 after reeling off his fastest Test half-century and he slow down followed paceman Ben Hilfenhaus's side strain which has unacceptable him from bowling again in the Test, still although he did bat in the second innings.
The Australia bowling well in the key wicket of first-innings centurion Tillakaratne Dilshan cheaply for 11 in the 10th over and he turned around his team first innings with a knock of 147, was caught behind off Shane Watson's first delivery.
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