Sri Lanka beat Australia by 4 runs in a tense one-day worldwide that went right down to the ultimate ball in Colombo on Tuesday to take an unassailable 3-1 lead within the five-match collection.
Put into bat, Sri Lanka's prime order did not get going as they slumped to 34-3 however Charith Asalanka (110) and Dhananjaya de Silva (60) stitched collectively a 101-run partnership to offer the hosts a good complete of 258.
Asalanka got here in and smashed 10 fours and a six for his maiden ODI century earlier than Pat Cummins lastly dismissed him on the dying when the batsman was caught by skipper Aaron Finch as he tried to clear the deep midwicket boundary.
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In response, Sri Lanka made the right begin when Finch was dismissed for a duck however his opening companion David Warner seemed nicely set to attain his nineteenth ODI hundred earlier than he fell agonisingly quick.
Warner hit 12 fours earlier than he was stumped on 99 off the bowling of Dhananjaya de Silva because of lightning-quick work behind the stumps from Niroshan Dickwella.
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Australia's center order have been unable to capitalise on begins however quick bowler Cummins threatened to assist Australia stage the collection with a knock of 35 earlier than he was trapped leg earlier than wicket by Chamika Karunaratne within the penultimate over.
Needing 19 off the ultimate over, quantity 10 batsman Matthew Kuhnemann smashed three boundaries earlier than Dasun Shanaka stored his nerve on the ultimate ball to have him caught within the covers and see Sri Lanka over the road.
The ultimate ODI will even be performed in Colombo on Friday earlier than Australia play two checks in Galle beginning June 29.
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