Australia fell to a wise victory over Sri Lanka in the second test in Gali, to conclude the 2-0 chain and send the opening at Dimment Karunaratne in retirement with a defeat.
Othman Jawaga (27no), Marinus Labushhani (26no) and Tavis Heid (20), took tourists to the goal of Al -Nasr of 75 in 17.4 sums on the fourth morning – and to a first series in Sri Lanka since 2011 – with Labushhani cut the victory with an individual through The square leg off the karunaratne outside the non -free part.
Sri Lanka was rejected earlier for 231 in her second roles after adding 20 runs to 211-8.
Nathan Leon (4-84) – now got 553 of the test for Australia – and Pau Webster (2-6) on two last scalp, removal of Kusal Mindis (50) and Tailnder Lahiru Kumara (9), respectively.
Karunaratne was out to Matthew Conneman (4-63) for a period of 14 the day before in the final test roles, after achieving 36 in the first day when the hundred and last began in this way.
The mixture ends its testing career with 7222, the fourth in the Sri Lanka list ever behind Kumar Sanjakara, Mahla Jayaardeen and Angelo Matthews.
The end of the Karunararatne match was above the rotation in the first time that he was wandering in a test for nearly three years
The Gali test was also a milestone for Steve Smith in Australia, which was conveyed by the fourth century in five games to 36 years, with the level with Joe Root in England and retired India Rahul David.
Smith took him the five in the match to 200 in the tests, as it achieved the former Australian record of 196 set by Ricky Poning.
Australia – which won the first test in the same place through roles and 242 runs – will now play Sri Lanka in the ODI series from two games before participating in the ICC Champions Cup in Pakistan and the United Arab Emirates, live on Sky Sports from February 19 to March 9 .
Lanka was not eligible to get the Champions Cup after the completion of the ninth sides of the 2023 World Cup in India.
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