Australia v Sri Lanka 2nd Test Day 3 – Sri Lanka need 499 runs to win

Sri Lanka need 499 runs to win at the close of play on Day 3 of the 2nd Test against Australia at the Manuka Oval, Canberra.

Match Summary

Australia 534-4 dec (Joe Burns 180, Travis Head 161, Kurtis Patterson 114*; Vishwa Fernando 3-126) and 196-3 (Usman Khawaja 101*, Travis Head 59*)

Sri Lanka 215-9 (Dimuth Karunaratne 59; Mitchell Starc 5-54, Nathan Lyon 2-70) and 17-0

At the Close – Sri Lanka need 499 runs to win with 10 wickets remaining

Scorecard

Series Stats

Lahiru Thirimanne and Dimuth Karunaratne take Sri Lanka to 17/0, a deficit of 499, by stumps on Day 3 in Canberra.#AUSvSL SCORECARD ??https://t.co/6kWcomxmyJ pic.twitter.com/UyKLbZw4dW

— ICC (@ICC) 3 February 2019

Sri Lanka added a further 92 runs to their overnight 1^st innings total of 123-3. Dimuth Karunaratne top scored with 59 and Mitchell Starc 5-54 and Nathan Lyon 2-70 were the main wicket takers for Australia.

Australia then decided to bat again, rather than enforcing the follow on, scoring 196-3 before declaring and setting Sri Lanka a total of 516 to win. Usman Khawaja 101* and Travis Head 59* put on an unbeaten partnership of 159 for the 4^th wicket, in just over 32 overs.

At the Close of Play, Sri Lanka needed 499 runs to win with 10 wickets remaining, wuth their score on 17-0.

Australia - Joe Burns, Marcus Harris, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Kurtis Patterson, Travis Head, Tim Paine(c)(wk), Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Jhye Richardson, Nathan Lyon

Sri Lanka - Lahiru Thirimanne, Dimuth Karunaratne, Dinesh Chandimal(c), Kusal Mendis, Dhananjaya de Silva, Kusal Perera, Niroshan Dickwella(wk), Dilruwan Perera, Chamika Karunaratne, Kasun Rajitha, Vishwa Fernando

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