Sri Lanka has comprehensively beaten Australia by six wickets in the third ODI in Colombo, with the home side completing a record chase with ease against the tourists.
The Australian team insist they didn't err by going without a frontline leg-spinner after weathering a six-wicket defeat by a record-breaking Sri Lanka stand in Colombo.3rd T20I - Sri Lanka wins by 4 wkts3rd ODI - Sri Lanka wins by 6 wktsAustralia looked in the box seat after Travis Head helped them to 6-291 on a slow wicket, before the hosts were barely troubled completing their pursuit, with nine balls to spare, on Sunday.
That helped Sri Lanka to their biggest-ever chase against Australia, as they went 2-1 up in the five-match series with back-to-back wins over the tourists for the first time in 20 years. Matthew Kuhnemann and Glenn Maxwell were left as Australia's chief spinners, with Cameron Green preferred as a pace-bowling all-rounder ahead of Swepson.
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