Sri Lanka complete Test series whitewash over Australia

Sri Lanka complete Test series whitewash over Australia

COLOMBO:Sri Lanka secured their first arrangement whitewash over a noteworthy cricketing country Wednesday as they won the third and last Test against Australia by 163 keeps running, with spinner Rangana Herath taking 7-64. 

Set an impressive focus of 324 in their second innings at Colombo's Sinhalese Sports Club (SSC), the world number one Test side crumpled toward the evening session on the fifth day and were hard and fast for 160. 

It was the third time consecutively that the Australians had lost the majority of their Tests in away arrangement against groups from the sub-landmass. 

Openers David Warner and Shaun Marsh gave Australia some trust of an encouragement win with an energetic begin in the morning session however once their organization was broken, the guests endured a fast fall. 

off-spinner Dilruwan Perera struck just before lunch to send Marsh, who scored a century in the century in the primary innings in Colombo, back to the structure on 23. 

Herath soon assumed control from his kindred spinner to release Australian captain Steve Smith and senior batsman Adam Vogues in the same over. 

Warner, who had batted well for his 68 with six fours and a six, was Perera's second enormous strike. 

Herath, who had asserted six wickets in the primary innings, then went through the Australian center and lower request as the guests' batsmen had no solution for his left-arm turn. 

The 38-year-old took the last wicket of Nathan Lyon to trigger wild festivals in the Sri Lankan camp. Prior Sri Lanka, who continued on 312 for eight, announced their second innings on 347 for eight with overnight batsman Dhananjaya de Silva unbeaten on 65. 

Playing in simply his third Test, de Silva crushed 10 limits amid his 74-ball thump, in the wake of scoring a century in the primary innings. 

Kaushal Silva's abrasive 115 had huge impact in Sri Lanka enlisting their first arrangement clear against a noteworthy side subsequent to picking up Test status in 1981. 

Disobedient hundreds of years from Dinesh Chandimal and Dhananjaya de Silva guaranteed that the hosts get a fair first innings score of 355. 

Australian pace initiate Mitchell Starc remained the champion entertainer for the guests with his 24 wickets in the arrangement including three five-wicket pulls. 

Sri Lanka had just ever beaten Australia once before in a Test coordinate however they won the initial two challenges of the arrangement easily in Pallekele and Galle before wrapping up procedures in the capital. 

The groups now head into the constrained overs period of the visit with the first of the five one-day Internationals planned for August 21.