Sri Lanka piled up a total of 286 for 9 when they batted first after losing the toss on a pitch which was forecast to be batting friendly. In reply Australia could only make 208 runs all out in the 43rd over.
Lasith Malinga was the entertainer throughout the Sri Lankan reply with the ball and provided the breakthrough for Sri Lanka when his perfect lengthened delivery touched the face of Shane Watson's bat and went to the hands of Mahela Jayawardena.
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