Australia took a consolation win in the fifth one-day international against Sri Lanka, but the victory had a surprising effect on the home crowd.
Sri Lanka’s spinners kept striking at regular intervals on a spin-friendly wicket but knew they were playing catchup in defending a low total.
After winning the toss and choosing to bat first, the hosts were out for 160 in 43.1 overs. It could have been a lot worse for Sri Lanka without the ninth-wicket partnership betweenThe pair came together on 8-85 and Sri Lanka was in danger of being bowled out for its lowest total against Australia and the lowest total at the venue . However, Karunaratne and Madushan helped the team to rebuild and gave the capacity crowd something to cheer.
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