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Australia 192-3 (Watson 69, Clarke 53 *, Ponting 53) beat Sri Lanka 191 (Randiv 41, Johnson 6-31) by seven wickets
Mitchell Johnson produced the best figures fourth in Australia set a historic day for his team en route to seven wicket victory over Sri Lanka in Pallekele. After losing the Twenty20, Australia has found a new spark with the arrival of Clarke on 50 captain Michael, attacking in the area and then helped guide the team to local Ricky Ponting Shane Watson after the hunt began.
The first ten overs of the match seemed to be an extension of the T20, which opens the Sri Lanka gave their side a good start with a 54 run stand. After the first wicket fell but the rest of the day belonged to Australia. Most surprising, given all the talk in the rise in the game, was the aggressive pace bowling, which sets the tone for the game.
Such was the hope that the spin is the dominant force that Johnson was the sixth bowler Clarke lost again after the shock. He struck with his third delivery, and ran through the middle order to finish with 6 to 31 of his best figures superimposed limited and the effort behind only Glenn McGrath, Andy Bichel and Gary Gilmour of Australia.
191 Sri Lanka was one under par total of a lot of good, but against the return of Ajantha Mendis, who deceived the Australians in the T20 Second, the success of the hunt was far from a done deal. And while none of the batsmen completely comfortable against Mendis, usually found a way to survive, and much better than it was two days ago.
Watson, the method was simply to use his strength. He hit six sixes innings brutal, twice clearing the border against Mendis and Suraj Randiv out twice, and he was at his best against the men when he was slow in front of the foot is the height of the ball. It was a life of 46 when the next ball over six out of time, cut Mendis at the point where indifferent Suranga Lakmal dropped the sitter.
Perhaps Lakmal was still thinking over the past, that he had leaked 12 runs from Watson, who was relentless in his draw when the seamers have failed. Watson eventually went to 69 81 in Australia at that time was cut in a top blown Randiv. Despite his 51-ball blitz, Watson does not always take the bait, even though he had a picture of moderation with respect to partners opening speech, Brad Haddin, who has managed 12 on 18 balls.
Mendis Haddin is more difficult to read a newspaper Sinhalese. He played in the balls and offbreaks turned out, biting his bat forward with hope, a little more. It was only a matter of time before Mendis had his man, and the window came when Haddin not choose a service that is turned toward the door and shattered. It can be difficult for a tour Haddin unless you find a way to handle Mendis.
Fortunately for Haddin, players have a goal GetTable. And the addition of Ponting and Clarke gave the order to mean a little starch. Combined for a 101 run partnership, both reaching half centuries, and demonstrate that their experience could be a key factor in the series, despite their efforts in this game came without much pressure.
Ponting fell just before the victory was sealed when he played 53 Randiv was sweeping, but Clarke remained until the end. It was a quiet round of Clarke, who finished unbeaten on 53, gathered his men and country.Upul Tharanga and Dilshan, who was returning home after serving his three-month suspension for failing a drug test, putting a good opening partnership, but it ended when Tharanga (34) was bowled attempting to cut Xavier Doherty. A big difference has been left off the side, trying to play against Tharanga spin, and the plan was successful.
Part-time spinner David Hussey, hit shortly after Dilshan, 29, threw his wicket away lofting mid-off. This was the first gate is an expensive spell in Sri Lanka, where they lost three wickets 13 runs. Mahel Jayawardene flashed a wide, and Johnson was caught low in the country, Haddin, Johnson has broken before Sangakkara (16) with fullish slower ball was driven a short deck.
And when Clarke threw his left arm to grab Dinesh Chandimal 12 off the bowling alley, Doug Bollinger, Sri Lanka were 101 5 Fast Yorker Johnson shook the strains and Jeevan Mendis 2, Angelo Mathews, before the freezing of the brain and has been caught at mid-off, Johnson will try to send across the border.
Nuwan Kulasekara Randiv and rebuilt with a 60 run partnership for the eighth wicket, but was fifth wicket Randiv Johnson when he holed out to long-off. Later in the same course - the 39th sleeves - Johnson came around the fence and hit behind the strain of Ajantha Mendis to secure its first six-stop shooting in an ODI.
The fight back quickly fizzled when Kulasekara (34) shot at deep midwicket, where a power low by Michael Hussey gave his 350th Brett Lee A day international wicket. It was just another happy moment for the Australians on their best day of the trip, and one of the best days of Johnson's international career.
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