Sri Lanka"s Off Spinner Rangana Herath has taken 13 wickets in the match as Sri Lanks beat Australia by 163 runs in the third and final Test Cricket Match which concluded at the SSC Cricket Grounds in Colombo short while ago.By chasing 324 runs for victory Australians were all out for 160 runs in the second innings.
With this win Sri Lanka beat Australians in the three match Murali-Warne Test Series as 3-0 and it is the first time in country's Test Cricket history that a Sri Lankan Team whitewashed the world number one Australian Cricket team in a test match series.
Off Spinner Rangana Herath has been named as Man of the Series. Herath has taken 6 wickets 81 runs in the Australia's first innings and 7 wickets for 64 runs in the second innings.
The important feature of this test match series was although Sri Lankan Cricket Team beat Australians in all three matches in this series before the series Sri Lanka recorded only a single win against Australia during last 33 years.
Scores Sri Lanka First Innings-355 all out and Second innings 347/8 declared.Australia-First Innings
379 all out and Second Innings 160 all out.
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