Sri Lanka had been changing their side every match and Australia had already sent several men home, but like a well-heeled theatre troupe, the players that remained delivered the same performance they seemed to have given many times already this series
Plays of the day from the second T20I between Sri Lanka and Australia in Colombo
The ball still spun, and the sell-out crowds bayed for Sri Lanka, but Australia have comfortably won the limited-overs series playing "scrappy cricket", captain David Warner said
Tillakaratne Dilshan could not make an impact with the bat in his farewell game, but he has anointed Sri Lanka's highest-scorer in the match, Dhananjaya de Silva, as a possible successor
Graham Ford, the Sri Lanka head coach, hopes his bowlers can execute better under pressure during the second T20I against Australia in Colombo
A captain's fantasy and an occasional nightmare, Sri Lanka's retiring hero was defined by the blazes he started, and if they spread quickly enough, that defined the games he played
Fresh from a demonstration of their firepower in the first T20I, Australia will look for more of the same, even as Sri Lanka seek to give Tillakaratne Dilshan a triumphant send-off
