Sri Lanka rewrites history books after beating Australia

. . .-100 . . . . . div , , p . , . , Coming into this ODI series particularly after an emphatic show in the T20Is contests, many expected Australia to roll over Sri Lanka. However, the opposite was true as the hosts proved a hard nut to crack and produced quality displays one after another. Resultantly, the Islanders sit comfortably after pocketing an unassailable 3-1 in the 5-match series. In the fourth ODI game which was played in Colombo, Australia won the toss and decided to bowl first since the pitch eased up under lights in the last game. It wouldnrsquot be wrong to say that the yellow jersey bowled extremely well and countered most of the batters. However, Charith Asalanka continued to make his mark in international cricket as he mustered a memorable 110 and got support from Dhananjaya de Silvarsquos 60 to help Sri Lanka get a fighting total of 258 runs on a track which was set to assist spinners.nbsp Once again, it was Australiarsquos trial by spin as the Islanders bowled a record 43 overs by spinners. While opening batter David Warner fell one short of what would have been a stunning century, other batters couldnrsquot really hang around him and kept losing wickets after regular intervals. The match eventually became a nail-biter as Matthew Kuhnman smashed 14 off the first 5 balls of the final over, needing a total of 18 runs in the final over. However, the last ball was caught at cover helping Sri Lanka to barely escape a defeat and give the crisis hit country a reason to celebrate.nbsp