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The Sri Lankans showed that they never give up without a fight as they beat Australia comprehensively in the third ODI of the series by a margin of 78 runs and fought their way back.
Australian skipper, Michael Clarke, did not hold himself back and acknowledged the show put up by his opposition. Clarke admitted that the Lankans were the better of the two teams and were rightful winners, as they outplayed http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746
in every department.
Paying tribute to the Lankan team, Clarke said, “We were outplayed tonight. Sri Lanka played really well with bat and ball, we did well to restrict them after that start but they deserved to win.”
Lankans got off to a flier thanks to the opening stand of 139 runs between http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DE-Bollinger-c1348, looked down and out, as Lankan batsmen started to dictate
the proceedings of the match.
Sri Lanka was cruising along at one stage with 220 runs on board from 38 overs and had nine wickets in hand, but Australian bounced back to restrict the Lankans to 286 from 50 overs.
Bollinger was Australia's star performer of the day; the left-arm pacer was the one who troubled Lankan batsmen through bowling in the right areas.
Bollinger finished the match with figures of 4 for 42, and was praised by the Australian skipper for his performance.
Clarke said, “Dougie (Doug Bollinger) did a good job with the ball, there were some plays and misses, but they outplayed us in the end.”
The Aussies received early setbacks when they started their innings, as their star all-rounder, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/BJ-Haddin-c1170 did not shine as well and could add
another 5 runs to the team's tally.
One by one, all Australian batsmen were dislodged, as the visitors could manage a mere 208 runs in their reply.
Before the match, the Kangaroos required one win from three matches to clinch the series. However, they are still the favourites to win it, though the odds are now reduced as they need to win one from the two games left.
The fourth game of the series will be played at R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo on Saturday, August 20, and the Aussie skipper wants his side to show a better performance in the clash.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Clarke-c51120 said, “We have work to do, improvement needed for the next game.”
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