Australia vs Sri Lanka – 2nd Test – Australia wrap up series – Live Cricket Score and Update
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758 on the third day of the second Test to secure the series by an overwhelming innings and 201-run margin, at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, on December 28, 2012.
Mitchell Johnson was named Player of the Match for starring with both, bat and ball, scoring an unbeaten 92 and taking six scalps in the match. The Lankans were thoroughly outplayed during the contest and will anxiously wait to discover the extent of the injuries suffered by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/UWMBCA-Welegedara-c2735.
The tourists’ indecisiveness was baffling after a resolute performance at Hobart, but one can take nothing away from the Aussie bowlers, who wrapped things up just under two sessions of the play on the third day.
The morning began with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Jackson-Munro-Bird-c65187 were accounted by the Lankan pacers in the first half-an-hour, leaving Johnson stranded at 92 and Australia, with an imposing lead of 304.
Nonetheless, it did not deter the left-armer from giving his all when he returned to the pitch to take the new ball. The rout started as early as the third ball after http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Frank-Dimuth-Madushanka-Karunaratne-c57388, who failed to get back in the crease following a suicidal attempt at a second-run.
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Sangakkara and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AD-Mathews-c913 added some sanity to the proceedings but tragedy soon struck after play resumed for the second session. On 27, the former failed to keep out a rising delivery from Johnson and upon examination, had to leave the field.
That instigated another collapse – Mathews dragging a pull shot onto his stump to hand Johnson his second victim, before Dhammika Prasad was holed out off Lyon. With Jayawardene and Welegedara not able to take the field, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ranaweera-Mudiyanselage-Shaminda-Eranga-c83939 as the Lankans were dismissed on 103 in 24.2 overs, further handing the series to the hosts.
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