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Thursday, March 8, 2012

Australia wins the CB series with victory at nerve shaking final

Australia wins the declaring 3rd final against Sri Lanka with CJ McKay taking 5 wickets.
 Australia batted first and got the good start with MS Wade and David Warner getting 75 runs 1st wicket partnership and 40 runs 2nd wicket partnership between Wade and Watson, but then Australian inning crumbled and wickets started falling down. With Herath and Maharoof sharing 3-3 wickets, Australia collapsed at 231.

Sri Lanka did not get the good start as previous matches and wickets continuously fell down . Tharanga tried for his best to save the  match but with the lack of support gave up at the latter time and Sri Lankan inning collapsed in front of CJ McKay and Brett Lee at 215 runs giving 16 runs victory to the host. The Kangoroos won the CB series 2-1 at of the finals.

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