Sri Lanka v Australia, Colombo

Sri Lanka 355/9 & 347/8

Australia 379/10 & 160/10

Sri Lanka won by 163 runs

Australia v Sri Lanka 2016 · 3rd Test Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo 13–17 Aug 2016

How hard each side found the batting

Uneven — Australia had it far tougher than Sri Lanka.

Sri Lanka

1.11× +11%

Australia

0.91× -9%

harder to scoretypicaleasier

The lead

Sri Lanka's margin flattered them — conditions did some of the work.

Who won it · by value

Runs, and what they were worth in these conditions

DM de Silva Sri Lanka

194 +290

LD Chandimal Sri Lanka

175 +260

SE Marsh Australia

153 +201

JK Silva Sri Lanka

115 +186

Steve Smith Australia

127 +162

Best bowling

Top match figures

HMRKB Herath7/64

HMRKB Herath6/81

MA Starc5/63

NM Lyon4/123

Top score

132

LD Chandimal · Sri Lanka

Biggest stand

246

2nd wkt · Australia

Worst collapse

3–5

3 wkts for 5 · Sri Lanka

Match facts

TossSri Lanka, bat

ResultSri Lanka won by 163 runs

Length5 days

Sri Lanka

355 /9 (141.2 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
JK Silva	c Steve Smith b MA Starc	0	15	0	0	0.00
FDM Karunaratne	b MA Starc	7	34	0	0	20.59
MDKJ Perera	c Steve Smith b NM Lyon	16	32	3	0	50.00
BKG Mendis	c Steve Smith b MA Starc	1	12	0	0	8.33
AD Mathews	c MA Starc b NM Lyon	1	4	0	0	25.00
LD Chandimal	c PM Nevill b MA Starc	132	356	13	1	37.08
DM de Silva	c SE Marsh b NM Lyon	129	280	18	0	46.07
MDK Perera	c NM Lyon b JM Holland	16	25	3	0	64.00
HMRKB Herath*	not out	33	71	3	0	46.48
RAS Lakmal	c MR Marsh b MA Starc	5	11	0	0	45.45
PADLR Sandakan*	not out	4	8	1	0	50.00

Extras 11 (b 4, lb 7)

Total 355/9 (141.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
MA Starc	25.1	12	63	5	2.50
JR Hazlewood	18.0	4	52	0	2.89
NM Lyon	50.1	11	110	3	2.19
JM Holland	37.0	8	69	1	1.86
MR Marsh	10.0	1	45	0	4.50
Steve Smith	1.0	0	5	0	5.00

Fall of wickets

1-2 (JK Silva, 4.4)·2-21 (MDKJ Perera, 11.6)·3-23 (FDM Karunaratne, 14.1)·4-24 (AD Mathews, 15.1)·5-26 (BKG Mendis, 16.2)·6-237 (DM de Silva, 103.2)·7-267 (MDK Perera, 109.6)·8-348 (LD Chandimal, 139.2)·9-355 (RAS Lakmal, 141.1)

Australia

379 /10 (125.1 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
David Warner	c MDKJ Perera b DM de Silva	11	9	1	1	122.22
SE Marsh	b RAS Lakmal	130	281	19	0	46.26
Steve Smith	st MDKJ Perera b HMRKB Herath	119	218	10	1	54.59
AC Voges	lbw b HMRKB Herath	22	63	2	0	34.92
MC Henriques	st MDKJ Perera b HMRKB Herath	4	13	0	0	30.77
MR Marsh	c BKG Mendis b HMRKB Herath	53	92	9	0	57.61
PM Nevill	lbw b MDK Perera	14	34	1	0	41.18
MA Starc*	not out	9	19	0	0	47.37
NM Lyon	c BKG Mendis b MDK Perera	3	9	0	0	33.33
JR Hazlewood	b HMRKB Herath	0	6	0	0	0.00
JM Holland	c AD Mathews b HMRKB Herath	1	7	0	0	14.29

Extras 13 (b 4, lb 9)

Total 379/10 (125.1 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
MDK Perera	44.0	4	129	2	2.93
DM de Silva	7.0	0	27	1	3.86
HMRKB Herath	38.1	12	81	6	2.12
PADLR Sandakan	19.0	0	70	0	3.68
RAS Lakmal	13.0	0	54	1	4.15
AD Mathews	4.0	1	5	0	1.25

Fall of wickets

1-21 (David Warner, 3.6)·2-267 (SE Marsh, 82.5)·3-275 (Steve Smith, 85.2)·4-283 (MC Henriques, 89.1)·5-316 (AC Voges, 103.5)·6-353 (PM Nevill, 114.6)·7-367 (MR Marsh, 119.5)·8-376 (NM Lyon, 122.2)·9-377 (JR Hazlewood, 123.5)·10-379 (JM Holland, 125.1)

Sri Lanka

347 /8 (99.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
MDK Perera	lbw b MA Starc	8	4	2	0	200.00
JK Silva	c Steve Smith b JM Holland	115	269	10	0	42.75
FDM Karunaratne	st PM Nevill b NM Lyon	22	42	3	0	52.38
MDKJ Perera	c PM Nevill b JM Holland	24	25	5	0	96.00
BKG Mendis	lbw b MA Starc	18	14	1	2	128.57
AD Mathews	c Steve Smith b NM Lyon	26	43	2	0	60.47
LD Chandimal	lbw b NM Lyon	43	98	4	0	43.88
DM de Silva*	not out	65	74	10	0	87.84
HMRKB Herath	c Steve Smith b NM Lyon	5	11	1	0	45.45
RAS Lakmal*	not out	4	18	1	0	22.22

Extras 17 (b 8, lb 3, w 1, nb 5)

Total 347/8 (99.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
MA Starc	19.3	4	72	2	3.69
NM Lyon	37.0	7	123	4	3.32
JM Holland	20.0	4	72	2	3.60
JR Hazlewood	14.0	2	33	0	2.36
Steve Smith	2.0	0	13	0	6.50
MR Marsh	3.0	1	3	0	1.00
MC Henriques	2.0	0	9	0	4.50
AC Voges	2.0	0	11	0	5.50

Fall of wickets

1-8 (MDK Perera, 0.4)·2-44 (FDM Karunaratne, 13.3)·3-69 (MDKJ Perera, 20.5)·4-98 (BKG Mendis, 27.2)·5-156 (AD Mathews, 45.5)·6-246 (LD Chandimal, 79.3)·7-276 (JK Silva, 86.5)·8-297 (HMRKB Herath, 91.1)

Australia

160 /10 (44.1 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
SE Marsh	c BKG Mendis b MDK Perera	23	66	1	0	34.85
David Warner	b MDK Perera	68	94	6	1	72.34
Steve Smith	b HMRKB Herath	8	14	1	0	57.14
AC Voges	lbw b HMRKB Herath	1	2	0	0	50.00
MC Henriques	run out (AD Mathews)	4	15	0	0	26.67
MR Marsh	c MDKJ Perera b HMRKB Herath	9	4	2	0	225.00
MA Starc	c MDKJ Perera b HMRKB Herath	23	34	2	1	67.65
PM Nevill	c AD Mathews b HMRKB Herath	2	10	0	0	20.00
NM Lyon	lbw b HMRKB Herath	12	12	1	0	100.00
JR Hazlewood	st MDKJ Perera b HMRKB Herath	0	9	0	0	0.00
JM Holland*	not out	0	5	0	0	0.00

Extras 10 (b 4, lb 6)

Total 160/10 (44.1 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
HMRKB Herath	18.1	4	64	7	3.52
MDK Perera	22.0	3	71	2	3.23
DM de Silva	4.0	0	15	0	3.75

Fall of wickets

1-77 (SE Marsh, 21.4)·2-100 (Steve Smith, 26.1)·3-102 (AC Voges, 26.6)·4-114 (David Warner, 29.6)·5-115 (MC Henriques, 31.6)·6-123 (MR Marsh, 32.3)·7-140 (PM Nevill, 38.3)·8-157 (MA Starc, 40.6)·9-159 (JR Hazlewood, 42.6)·10-160 (NM Lyon, 44.1)