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Sri Lanka thrash Australia to win 3-0
Sri Lanka clinched their first series whitewash over a major cricketing nation on Wednesday after they won the third and final Test against Australia by 163 runs, with spinner Rangana Herath taking seven wickets for 64 runs.
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Set a formidable target of 324 in their second innings at Colombo’s Sinhalese Sports Club (SSC), the world number one Test side collapsed in the afternoon session on the fifth day and were all out for 160.Â
It was the third time in a row that the Australians had lost all of their Tests in away series against teams from the sub-continent.Â
Openers David Warner and Shaun Marsh gave Australia some hope of a consolation win with a brisk start in the morning session but once their partnership was broken, the visitors suffered a rapid collapse.Â
Herath, who had claimed six wickets in the first innings, then ran through the Australian middle and lower order as the visitors’ batsmen had no answer to his left-arm spin.
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