Australia holds on for 5-run win over Sri Lanka

10 February 2012, 8:02 am

Australia won its second consecutive tri-series cricket match with a tense five-run win over Sri Lanka at the WACA Ground on Friday. Sri Lanka, chasing 232 for victory, looked out of the match after slumping to 180-9 in the 45th over. But a 46-run partnership between vice captain Angelo Mathews (64 runs off 76 balls ) and tailender Dhammika Prasad (15 not out off 11) lifted Sri Lanka to within...... Read More »

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