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SRI LANKA 132 (38.4 OVERS)
- Mahela Jayawardene53 (102)
- Kumar Sangakkara31 (56)
- Xavier Doherty4/28 (10)
- Brett Lee4/15 (6.4)
AUSTRALIA 133/5 (28 OVERS)
- Michael Clarke*38 (60)
- Shaun Marsh70 (80)
- Lasith Malinga2/18 (7)
- Seekkuge Prasanna3/32 (6)
Commentator: Abhishek Purohit
END OF OVER:28 | 10 Runs | AUS: 133/5 | RR: 4.75
- Michael Clarke38 (60b)
- Brad Haddin5 (6b)
- Lasith Malinga7-2-18-2
- Seekkuge Prasanna6-1-32-3
This is Abhishek Purohit signing off. Join us for the final ODI on Monday at 2.30 pm local time. Cheers
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Clarke: "Great performance with the ball, Marsh won the game pretty much on his own, he played the two T20s, was training really hard, faced a lot of spin in the hands, and deserved his chance. Doherty was fantastic, Lee took four as well. Another game for Australia [coming up], and we would like to finish 4-1."
Xavier Doherty is the Man of the Match. Doherty: "Obviously coming from Australia, was looking forward to bowl in these conditions, was nice to get some wickets today after getting a bit of tap in the previous game. Just [looking] to focus more on one-day cricket, so far so good."
Dilshan: "We cannot get out for 130, we bowled well, cannot ask bowlers to defend 130 against a strong batting line-up. I think Prasanna has a good future for Sri Lankan cricket. Clarke batted really well."
Kumar Sangakkara gets a memento for playing 300 ODIs
Australia have back-to-back series wins in Sri Lanka, they won here in 2003-04 as well. It was a pretty safe chase till Marsh's dismissal led to two more wickets in the same over from debutant Prasanna. Sri Lanka's thin batting line-up caved in cheaply after Sangakkara fell, and there was no getting back from that.
Ahmed: "I assume this is the first time that 2 brothers got out to the same bowler in same match in same over with some score on board & scoring same number of runs."
ryan: "ah D.Hussey's failure taken in isolation is nothing, but really has he played a substantial innings yet for australia? More tothe point he looks out of depth, bring on Ferguson!"
Punter Fan: "What the???? Well I did tell you Haddin would be coming in - only 10 runs - can we make it?" Malinga is back, Sri Lanka need five wickets, Australia ten runs, slip in place
Match Coverage
All Match NewsBatsmen lacked application - Atapattu
Sri Lanka's batting coach Marvan Atapattu has blamed a lack of application from the Sri Lanka batsmen for the team's poor performance in the ongoing ODI series against Australia
Marsh learning to read Mendis from the hand
Shaun Marsh's innings of 70 in the fourth ODI, during which he saw off Ajantha Mendis, could have earned him a spot in the Test side
CA decisions a minor distraction, says Clarke
Michael Clarke, the Australia captain, has admitted the decisions taken by CA on the basis of the Argus review released on Friday were a minor distraction in the lead-up to the fourth ODI
All-round Australia take series with big win
Thanks to some fine bowling from Xavier Doherty and Brett Lee, a calm innings from Shaun Marsh, and a couple of brain explosions from Sri Lanka's batsmen, Australia secured the series with a match in hand, courtesy a five-wicket win in the fourth ODI
And the band played on
... while the Titanic sank. If only Clarke had won the toss, things would have been so much better for this Lanka fan