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Sri Lanka vs Australia: George Bailey stars as Australia take 2-1 series lead

Tillakaratne Dilshan is accorded guard of honour as he walks out to bat in his final ODI. He made 42. (Photo: AP)

Tillakaratne Dilshan is accorded guard of honour as he walks out to bat in his final ODI. He made 42. (Photo: AP)

Half-centurion George Bailey starred in Australia’s tense run chase as the visitors edged past Sri Lanka by two wickets in the third one-day international and took a 2-1 lead in the five-match series here on Sunday.

Australia chased down 227 in 46 overs to deny Sri Lankan batsman Tillakaratne Dilshan a winning farewell in his final ODI.

Bowlers set up the win for the visitors after restricting Sri Lanka to 226 all out in 49.2 overs. Dinesh Chandimal top-scored with 102.

Earlier, Chandimal held Sri Lanka’s innings together, scoring his fourth one-day international century.

Coming in to bat when Sri Lanka were 23/2, Chandimal hit seven boundaries in his 130-ball innings of 102 before being out as the last batsman with four deliveries still remaining in the innings.

Australian leg spinner Adam Zampa was the pick of the bowlers, taking three wickets while fast bowlers John Hastings, Mitchell Starc and James Faulkner took two wickets each. Scores: Sri Lanka 226 in 49.2 overs (D. Chandimal 102, T. Dilshan 42, A. Zampa 3/38, J. Hastings 2/41) lost to Australia 227/8 in 46 overs (G. Bailey 70, M. Wade 42, A. Mathews 2/30, A. Aponso 2/44)

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