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Australia, 211 2 (Ponting 90 *, Clarke 58 *) beat Sri Lanka 208 (Sangakkara 52, Bollinger 3-35) 8 wickets
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Tillakaratne Dilshan may need to be sent to Australia the next time. We must do something to shake his team from his sleep, after another professional performance in Australia, this time led by Doug Bollinger and Ricky Ponting on the ball with the bat a comfortable eight wicket win Hambantota. Australians lead the series 2-0, no later than Tuesday, may be 3-0, and the entire bar dead rubbers.
In Pallekele Wednesday, Dilshan won the toss and elected to bat, and his men rolled out for a below par total that the attack could not defend themselves. The place has changed, but the result was exactly the same this time, and once again chose to bat and the Order of Sri Lanka once again failed to build a goal that would worry me next to Michael Clarke. Australia were set 209 for victory, and came with 11.4 overs remaining.
The dashboard will indicate that Ponting finished unbeaten on 90 and yes it was an innings well: it was quiet, change bowlers "rarely bothered him, and waited for the bad balls to the side. But rarely has been pressured by a deaf Sri Lanka. flotation their shirts in windy conditions was oppressive as living as Sri Lankan players received.
Lasith Malinga has added a little spark in the attack on his return from a back injury, and when Shane Watson was dismissed with excellent inswinging Yorker strains, was briefly a buzz around the Earth. But the stand of 94 runs Watson and Ponting had compiled meant that Sri Lanka needed to cause a collapse to have any hope, and it was not.
Ponting and Michael Clarke (58 not out) and Ajantha Mendis Malinga to tackle well, and was not concerned about the other bowlers. Just as they did on Wednesday and sent the men a half-century, without too much drama. Of course, when you are chasing 209 to beat a good surface, there should be no reason for headache.
In addition, the early loss of an out-of-form Brad Haddin, who cuts off the back of the second Nuwa Kulasekara and was very taken with Kumar Sangakkara stumps, Australia had cruise control. Watson was the unusual out of the blocks slowly, but gradually found his touch, and pull it out you're a bad Rangana Herath was a classic Watson.
Ponting led safely sailors and a jump shot away from rank Kulasekara for six and Clarke, even cleared the line a few times in a beautiful exhibition. But just as he was in the first game, the victory of Australia was created by bowlers and captain Clarke impressive and aggressive.
Only 52 and later bloom by Kulasekara Sangakkara Sri Lanka gave no hope, and face their problems in view of the match to beat. In the first game, too many men threw away wickets, perhaps Twenty20 mode, Hambantota, but they're collected. Sri Lankan batsmen tried to persevere but forgot the score process works.
Too many handles, floating along the four levels below, which can be maintained only if the wickets are in hand to launch an attack late. Instead, the doors of the hand, as Bollinger and his colleagues kept up the pressure and continued to make inroads. The only half-century partnership was a 63 run stand between Sangakkara and Angelo Mathews, who did their best to rebuild after the side slipped to 77 for the fourth
But when Sangakkara (52) attempted to lift the pace with a task of offspin midwicket David Hussey, all I could manage was one of the mistakes that were caught at the border length. Earlier, Sangakkara had cleared the rope down the floor of Xavier Doherty, but it was the border for the first time in 16 overs Sri Lanka, and told the story.
After Sangakkara party tried Mathews (35) to take responsibility, but was captured in-depth coverage of Bollinger, who finished with 3-35 years and showed impressive intelligence and speed and jumping. He had already represented Dinsesh Chandimal with a stunning 1-2, a well-directed bouncer had Chandimal in all sorts of problems when he tried to take it down, and the next delivery was a ball of right angles through the mixer, code product which resulted in a peak behind.
As was the case Wednesday, it was left to Kulasekara to give some ideas behind what he did with an entertaining 32 from 30 balls before he became the last man dismissed in the top 50. Too much was left in the queue after the rejection early high for men. Sri Lanka needed a total area of 250, but things started to go wrong when the stand opening 37 between Dilshan and Upul term Tharanga completed.
The windy conditions meant that it was important that Clarke has chosen the right end for his bowlers, and the first breakthrough came when Brett Lee switched ends, and mix with the wind maintains its inswinger. In his first over of the spell, Lee got to travel to Dilshan, who was looking for an expansive drive but played the wrong line and was bowled in the 24th
Mitchell Johnson got rid of the other opener Tharanga, who tried to shake off the road, but the gloves behind the bouncer, the ball is not increased as much as you expected. It 'been subjected to an innings Tharanga, who made 13 30 deliveries, and Mahel Jayawardene (17 off 30) was also not in a hurry, before falling from a high shear sweep Xavier Doherty. Slower bouncer share Jeevan Mendis, who tried to hook and was caught off the bowling of Lee.
Overall it was a disappointing batting effort from Sri Lanka. To bat first in consecutive games and being laid off twice is a sign not only of good bowling from Australia, set a poor Sri Lankan thought. Dilshan need to find a way to lift his team before Tuesday, or this series could be over before the teams even come to Colombo.
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