(Reuters) – Australia beat Sri Lanka by nine wickets inside four days of the second test to complete a 2-0 series sweep in Galle on Sunday.
Replying to Sri Lanka’s first innings score of 257, Australia made 414 riding hundreds by skipper Steve Smith and Alex Carey to take charge of the contest.
Australia bowled out Sri Lanka for 231 in the hosts’ second innings and then chased down the target of 75 losing the lone wicket of opener Travis Head.
(Reporting by Amlan Chakraborty in New Delhi; editing by Saad Sayeed)
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