Sri Lanka vs Australia, 3rd Test at Colombo, , Aug 13 2016 - Match News

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3rd Test, Colombo (SSC), August 13 - 17, 2016, Australia tour of Sri Lanka

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Sri Lanka

355 & 347/8d

Australia

(T:324) 379 & 160

Sri Lanka won by 163 runs

Player Of The Match

Rangana Herath

, SL

33*, 6/81 & 7/64

Player Of The Series

Rangana Herath

, SL

119 runs • 28 wkts

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Day 5

Mendis' 176 was the series turnaround - Mathews

17-Aug-2016•Andrew Fidel Fernando in Colombo

Resuscitated Sri Lanka complete Test cricket's jigsaw

17-Aug-2016•Andrew Fidel Fernando in Colombo

'Outplayed in every facet of the game' - Smith

17-Aug-2016•Daniel Brettig in Colombo

Clueless Australia need a cultural shift

17-Aug-2016•Daniel Brettig in Colombo

The left-armers' high and Australia's low

17-Aug-2016•Bharath Seervi

Herath's seven-for helps SL create history

17-Aug-2016•ESPNcricinfo staff

Herath bowls Sri Lanka to historic whitewash

17-Aug-2016•The Report by Brydon Coverdale

Day 4

Silva fits into the Sri Lankan 'fight' template

16-Aug-2016•Andrew Fidel Fernando in Colombo

Lyon, Holland fail to seize narrative

16-Aug-2016•Daniel Brettig in Colombo

Nevill defends delayed stumping

16-Aug-2016•Daniel Brettig

Silva's long-awaited ton and the sixth-wicket high

16-Aug-2016•Bharath Seervi

Solid Silva consolidates Sri Lanka's lead

16-Aug-2016•ESPNcricinfo staff

Silva century gives Sri Lanka 288-run lead

16-Aug-2016•The Report by Brydon Coverdale

Day 3

Fireman Herath rescues Sri Lanka from the pits, again

15-Aug-2016•Andrew Fidel Fernando at SSC

Regeneration has begun quicker than I expected - Ford

15-Aug-2016•Andrew Fidel Fernando in Colombo

A case of squandered progress

15-Aug-2016•Daniel Brettig in Colombo

Marsh-Smith: 246 runs; others: 133 runs

15-Aug-2016•Bharath Seervi

Sri Lanka hit back after Shaun Marsh, Smith tons

15-Aug-2016

Honours even after Marsh, Smith hundreds

15-Aug-2016•The Report by Brydon Coverdale

Day 2

Chandimal contrives the old SSC experience

14-Aug-2016•Andrew Fidel Fernando in Colombo

Starc joins Lyon in criticising SSC footholes

14-Aug-2016•Daniel Brettig in Colombo

Shaun Marsh the Peter Siddle of 2016

14-Aug-2016•Daniel Brettig in Colombo

Smith, Shaun Marsh hit back after Chandimal ton

14-Aug-2016•ESPNcricinfo staff

Chandimal's resistance, Starc's consecutive five-fors

14-Aug-2016•Shiva Jayaraman

Australia counter strongly after Chandimal ton

14-Aug-2016•The Report by Brydon Coverdale

Day 1

Australia hapless before de Silva's insouciance

13-Aug-2016•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Sri Lanka, not pitches, won this series

13-Aug-2016•Daniel Brettig

De Silva joins Kaluwitharana and Moin

13-Aug-2016•Shiva Jayaraman

De Silva, Chandimal lead brilliant fightback

13-Aug-2016

De Silva and Chandimal lead Sri Lanka fightback

13-Aug-2016•The Report by Brydon Coverdale

Others

Sri Lanka v Australia, 2016

15-Apr-2017

Australia lose No. 1 Test ranking after 3-0 defeat in Sri Lanka

17-Aug-2016•ESPNcricinfo staff

It's going to be a turner again, Mathews warns Australia

12-Aug-2016•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Smith looks for evidence of Asian progress

12-Aug-2016•Daniel Brettig in Colombo

Sri Lanka target rare series whitewash

12-Aug-2016•The Preview by Brydon Coverdale