Mendis, Perera and Mathews fifties drive SL Not for the first time on the tour, Mitchell Starc was a source of distress for Sri Lanka. He cleaned up Danushka Gunathilaka in the third over Associated Press Tillakaratne Dilshan exposed his leg stump inadvertently and allowed a Nathan Lyon delivery to bowl him off his thigh pad Associated Press Sri Lanka, however, fought back through Kusal Mendis, who struck a run-a-ball 69 AFP Dinesh Chandimal kept Mendis company for 21 overs and they added 125 for the third wicket Associated Press The stand was broken when Chandimal perished attempting to play against the turn and was trapped lbw by Adam Zampa AFP Zampa struck two more times, removing Mendis and Dhananjaya de Silva to help Australia regain control Associated Press But Kusal Perera provided the innings with a late thrust during his half-century Associated Press He was supported by Angelo Mathews who scored 57 off 60 balls. They added 103 for the sixth wicket in 94 balls Associated Press Sri Lanka's hopes of a strong finish were thwarted by James Faulkner's hat-trick. They were bowled out for 288 with seven deliveries remaining AFP
Thisara Perera struck first ball, shaping on away from David Warner who nicked to the wicketkeeper Associated Press Aaron Finch inside-edged a slog to his stumps in the bowler's next over as Australia were reduced to 16 for 2 Associated Press Steven Smith tried to get the innings back on track, but gave a simple catch to mid-on. When he fell, he had scored 30 out of his team's total of 41 Associated Press George Bailey struggled to get going and plonked around for 46 balls for his 27 Associated Press When Moises Henriques was stumped off Seekkuge Prasanna, Australia were struggling at 118 for 5 AFP Wade, however, held firm and struck a gritty half-century. He added 64 for the sixth wicket with Travis Head before sweeping a full toss to the hands of deep mid wicket Associated Press Sri Lanka, however, surged closer to a win as Wade and Head fell in successive overs, the latter dismissed by Mathews AFP Amila Aponso quickly wrapped up Australia's last two wickets to finish with returns of 4 for 18 in only his second ODI, sealing Sri Lanka's 82-run win AFP
