Australia edged closer to sealing a series victory over Sri Lanka as Matthew Kuhnemann and Nathan Lyon took seven wickets each on day three in Galle. (More Cricket News)
Angelo Mathews (76) and Kusal Mendis (48 not out) had breathed life into the second Test with a 70-run partnership, but Beau Webster's late wicket put the tourists on the brink.
Alex Carey and Steve Smith's바카라 웹사이트magnificent partnership of 259 ended less than 20 minutes into the day's play, with the latter bowled out by바카라 웹사이트Prabath Jayasuriya (5-151).바카라 웹사이트
Australia's lower order could only add 84 runs바카라 웹사이트to their overnight total, with바카라 웹사이트Webster (31) top scoring for the tourists as they built up a lead of 157 runs over Sri Lanka.바카라 웹사이트
However, the hosts slumped to 39-3 by the 14th over, with Pathum Nissanka (eight), Dimuth Karunaratne (14) and Dinesh Chandimal (12) falling in the opening exchanges.바카라 웹사이트
Chandimal was bowled out by바카라 웹사이트Lyon, who claimed his 550th Test wicket, with the spinner following that up with the important dismissals of바카라 웹사이트Mathews and바카라 웹사이트Kamindu Mendis (14).바카라 웹사이트
Jayasuriya fell on the final ball of the session, handing Sri Lanka a lead of 54 runs with two wickets remaining, with Australia on course to seal the series on day four.바카라 웹사이트
Data Debrief: Australia's bowlers do the damage
Australia know that only a monumental effort from Sri Lanka can halt their chances of a 2-0 series victory, with their bowlers starring on day three in Galle.바카라 웹사이트
Lyon has now taken 550 Test wickets for Australia, only behind바카라 웹사이트Glenn McGrath (563) and Shane Warne (708) on the all-time list for the Aussies, while he ranks seventh among bowlers to have taken the most wickets in the format.바카라 웹사이트
But the foundations were laid by Carey and Smith's partnership. In바카라 웹사이트another batting record for Australia in this series, it was the highest fourth-wicket partnership by a visiting pair in Sri Lanka in Tests, bettering the 258-stand between Michael Hussey and Shaun Marsh in Pallekele in 2011.
Carey also overtook his highest first-class score of 143 in style with a firm sweep that rocketed to the boundary, moving past바카라 웹사이트Adam Gilchrist's 144 as the highest score by an Australian wicketkeeper in Asia.
