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- Updated: July 27, 2016
End of innings Australia 203 (Voges 47, Herath 4-49, Sandakan 4-58) lead Sri Lanka 117 by 86 runsLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details
Australia’s tail wagged enough to push their lead close to triple figures, but Sri Lanka’s spinners Rangana Herath and Lakshan Sandakan kept their side in the match on the second day in Pallekele. Australia were bowled out half an hour before tea for 203, giving them a first-innings lead of 86, with Sandakan claiming the final three wickets to finish with 4 for 58 on debut.
Herath collected 4 for 49 and did his work in the top and middle order as Australia’s batsmen struggled to find momentum. Adam Voges top scored with 47 but the failure of any of the batsmen to go on from their starts prevented Australia from running away with the game. Much will depend on whether their bowlers can replicate their lines of the first innings and keep Sri Lanka under pressure.
Australia had gone to lunch at 146 for 6 and after the resumption lost their last four wickets for 57 runs. Voges was the only Australian batsman to fall to pace on the second day, edging low to gully off Nuwan Pradeep, who worked hard for his 2 for 36 as the only frontline fast bowler in the attack. The rest of the wickets were …
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