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- Updated: July 30, 2016
Lunch Australia 203 and 141 for 7 (Nevill 1*, Herath 4-49) need another 127 runs to beat Sri Lanka 117 and 353Live scorecard and ball-by-ball details
Rangana Herath delivered Sri Lanka to the brink of a historic Test victory over Australia, striking three times in a shortened session on the fifth day in Pallekele. Herath got rid of Adam Voges and Mitchell Marsh but most importantly he ended the fighting innings of Steven Smith, who had become the only Australian to pass fifty in this Test and for most of the session loomed as Sri Lanka’s major obstacle.
The loss of Smith shortly before lunch left Australia in desperate trouble, which only worsened when Lakshan Sandakan chipped in with the dismissal of Mitchell Starc in the final over before the break. The players walked off with Peter Nevill the not-out batsman on 1 and Australia were 141 for 7, needing …
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