Steered by Alex Carey, Australia overcame a bad start and a challenging pitch to beat Sri Lanka by four wickets in the final ODI
Chasing 161 on a Colombo wicket offering extravagant turn and some bounce, Carey , played a patient and important innings, sweeping well, as Australia reached their target with 10.3 overs to spare on Friday. Sri Lanka had clinched the five-match series in the fourth game, but the loss narrowed the final score to 3-2.
Australia went 94 balls without a boundary before Glenn Maxwell broke the drought with fours in successive overs. However, Maxwell was cleaned up by a superb turning delivery from Wellalage to leave Australia at 121-6 after 32 overs. Carey and Cameron Green steered Australia to victory with a breezy partnership, the latter ending the game with a six.
Australian captain Aaron Finch was caught for a duck in the second over after gloving an attempted sweep off spinner Maheesh Theekshana to slip. David Warner, who struck two boundaries in the first over, fell for 10 to a brilliant diving catch at mid-off from Danushka Gunathilaka. Debutant Josh Inglis, who came in for the injured Travis Head, hit one sublime boundary before being caught at leg slip off a Theekshana ball that turned and bounced.
They slumped to 62-7, but eighth- and ninth-wicket partnerships of 23 and 58, respectively, ensured they avoided the ignominy of not reaching three figures.
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