Sri Lanka chasing 232 to clinch Tri-series

Adelaide, Australia: Sri Lanka’s bowlers backed up Mahela Jayawardene’s decision to send Australia into bat by dismissing the home team for a modest 231 in the deciding match of the tri-series on Thursday. Rangana Herath and allrounder Farveez Maharoof each took three wickets to help bowl out the Australians, missing injured skipper Michael Clarke, in 49.2 overs. [caption id=“attachment_238338” align=“alignleft” width=“380” caption=“Sri Lanka’s Farveez Maharoof bowls against Australia. AP”] [/caption] Sri Lanka, which won by eight wickets when chasing a higher total here on Tuesday, in a strong position to beat Australia for the fifth time in six matches. Matthew Wade (49) and David Warner (48) were the top scorers in Australia’s sputtering innings. AP