Australia vs Sri Lanka: 2nd Test, Day 3 cricket live scores, blog

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Sri Lanka need 499 runs to win

0/6 (3.0)	*Starc	O: 6.0	Thirimanne*	8 (20)
0/1 (1.0)	Lyon	RR:2.43	Karunaratne	8 (16)

Second Innings: Australia	3/196 d.	RR: 3.57	O: 47.0
First Innings: Sri Lanka	215 all out	RR: 2.71	O: 68.3
First Innings: Australia	5/534 d.	RR: 3.47	O: 132.0

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First Innings: Australia	5/534 d.	RR: 3.47	O: 132.0

Batsmen	R	B	4s	6s	SR
M.S. Harris c. Karunaratne b. Fernando	11	18	1	0	61.11
J.A. Burns b. Rajitha	180	260	27	0	69.23
U.T. Khawaja c. Mendis b. Fernando	0	3	0	0	0.00
M. Labuschagne c. Dickwella b. Karunaratne	6	11	1	0	54.55
T.M. Head lbw. Fernando	161	204	21	1	78.92
K.R. Patterson not out	114	192	14	1	59.38
T.D. Paine*+ not out	45	114	3	0	39.47
P.J. Cummins
M.A. Starc
J.A. Richardson
N.M. Lyon
Extras (b 0, lb 3, w 4, nb 10)	17
Total	534

Bowlers	O	M	R	W	Ec
C.A.K. Rajitha	28.0	5	103	1	3.68
M.V.T. Fernando	30.0	3	126	3	4.20
C. Karunaratne	22.0	0	130	1	5.91
M.D.K. Perera	32.0	4	112	0	3.50
D.M. de Silva	20.0	2	60	0	3.00

First Innings: Sri Lanka	215 all out	RR: 2.71	O: 68.3

Batsmen	R	B	4s	6s	SR
F.D.M. Karunaratne c. Patterson b. Starc	59	95	7	0	62.11
H.D.R.L. Thirimanne c. Khawaja b. Lyon	41	105	5	0	39.05
L.D. Chandimal* c. Paine b. Starc	15	28	2	0	53.57
B.K.G. Mendis b. Cummins	6	4	1	0	150.00
M.D.K.J. Perera retired hurt	29	57	5	0	50.88
D.M. de Silva hit wicket b. Starc	25	63	2	0	39.68
D.P.D.N. Dickwella+ lbw. Labuschagne	25	22	2	0	113.64
C. Karunaratne c. Starc b. Lyon	0	5	0	0	0.00
M.D.K. Perera c. Paine b. Starc	10	25	2	0	40.00
C.A.K. Rajitha not out	0	5	0	0	0.00
M.V.T. Fernando b. Starc	0	2	0	0	0.00
Extras (b 1, lb 4, w 0, nb 0)	5
Total	215

Bowlers	O	M	R	W	Ec
M.A. Starc	13.3	2	54	5	4.00
J.A. Richardson	15.0	4	49	0	3.27
P.J. Cummins	14.0	3	32	1	2.29
N.M. Lyon	24.0	6	70	2	2.92
M. Labuschagne	2.0	1	5	1	2.50

Second Innings: Australia	3/196 d.	RR: 3.57	O: 47.0

Batsmen	R	B	4s	6s	SR
M.S. Harris c. Mendis b. Rajitha	14	13	2	0	107.69
J.A. Burns c. Mendis b. Fernando	9	21	1	0	42.86
U.T. Khawaja not out	101	136	14	0	74.26
M. Labuschagne c. Dickwella b. Rajitha	4	23	0	0	17.39
T.M. Head not out	59	95	8	0	62.11
K.R. Patterson
T.D. Paine*+
P.J. Cummins
M.A. Starc
J.A. Richardson
N.M. Lyon
Extras (b 0, lb 0, w 3, nb 6)	9
Total	196

Bowlers	O	M	R	W	Ec
M.V.T. Fernando	11.0	1	43	1	3.91
C.A.K. Rajitha	13.0	2	64	2	4.92
M.D.K. Perera	15.0	3	52	0	3.47
C. Karunaratne	4.0	1	18	0	4.50
D.M. de Silva	4.0	0	19	0	4.75

Second Innings: Sri Lanka	0/17	RR: 2.43	O: 6.0

Batsmen	R	B	4s	6s	SR
F.D.M. Karunaratne not out	8	16	2	0	50.00
H.D.R.L. Thirimanne not out	8	20	1	0	40.00
L.D. Chandimal*
B.K.G. Mendis
D.M. de Silva
M.D.K.J. Perera
D.P.D.N. Dickwella+
M.D.K. Perera
C. Karunaratne
C.A.K. Rajitha
M.V.T. Fernando
Extras (b 0, lb 1, w 0, nb 0)	1
Total	17

Bowlers	O	M	R	Ec
M.A. Starc	3.0	1	6	2.00
J.A. Richardson	2.0	0	9	4.50
N.M. Lyon	1.0	0	1	1.00

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Day 3 of the second Test between Australia and Sri Lanka will tell us a lot about the direction of the match, with the tourists in a serious spot of bother. Join The Roar for live scores and coverage from 10:30am (AEDT).

The tourists find themselves in all sorts at the moment.

Having bowled well during the first overs of Day 1, it’s about the only thing they have had to cheer about, with the pitch flattening out and Australia lumping on 534 before finally declaring, with Joe Burns, Travis Head and Kurtis Patterson all hitting centuries.

It looked like Sri Lanka were going to go alright in reply on a pitch where wickets were hard to come by, but after opener Dimuth Karunaratne was hit on the head in a sickening incident, they lost 3 for 30 with key figures Dinesh Chandimal and Kusal Mendis departing quickly.

They finished the day on 3 for 123, although it could be 4 if Karunaratne doesn’t come back out to bat, leaving them still 411 runs adrift.

Given the way Nathan Lyon started to have things happening yesterday afternoon, we are probably going to see the spinners have a more pronounced role in this match over the final couple of days.

Lyon will be the key for Australia if they are to run through and take the remaining 17 wickets required to win the match, and with rain forecast on both Day 4 and 5, they won’t want to spend much time mucking around.

The quicks will be also dangerous as the cracks open up, while the new ball, if they can get it right, should give them a little bit of swing and movement through the air to work with.

Today is going to be a warm one though, so Australia won’t want to spend the whole 90 overs in the field.

Sri Lanka’s first goal has to be to get to the follow on target, but even that is still over 200 runs away.

They need the men in now – Kusal Perera and Dhananjaya De Silva – to go big and score plenty of runs, then followed up by Niroshan Dickwella and a wagging tail.

The key for the tourists though will be Karunaratne batting again, who looked good in making 46 yesterday, however, you can almost be certain he will be tested out with the short ball once more if he returns.

The Aussies, should they get the option, probably won’t enforce the follow on, but with rain to come and a brittle Sri Lankan batting order, if they can spark a collapse early on and have them all out within the next hundred or so runs, the temptation will be enormous for Tim Paine.

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Game information

Dates: Friday February 1 – Tuesday February 5
First ball: 10:30am (AEDT)
Expected finish time: 5:30pm (AEDT)
Venue: Manuka Oval, Canberra
TV: Live, Fox Sports, Channel 7
Online: Live, Foxtel app, Foxtel now, Kayo Sports
Umpires: Richard Illingworth, Michael Gough

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