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Australia to chase 268 for victory

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End of innings Sri Lanka 117 and 353 (Mendis 176, Starc 4-84) lead Australia 203 by 267 runs
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He was outstanding on day three, but Kusal Mendis added only seven to his overnight total on day four © Associated Press

Australia will need to chase down 268 to win the first Test in Pallekele after Sri Lanka’s tail frustrated them with a series of handy partnerships on the fourth day. The third-day hero Kusal Mendis fell for 176 during a severely rain-curtailed opening session but Australia were unable to run quickly through the rest of the order, with Rangana Herath (35) leading an important lower-order display.

Only 45 balls were delivered in the first session as rain delayed the start and also forced an early lunch. Having almost single-handedly dragged Sri Lanka back into the match, Mendis added only seven to his overnight total before he edged Mitchell Starc behind. Australia also had Herath lbw in the first session, until Herath’s review showed Josh Hazlewood’s delivery had pitched outside leg.

Herath and Dilruwan Perera added 24 for the eighth wicket and Nuwan Pradeep later joined Herath for a 30-run tenth-wicket stand that gave Sri Lanka’s bowlers some extra breathing space. Perera was trapped lbw to Hazlewood for 12 and asked for a review, and while replays suggested the ball was sliding in the leg-side direction, enough was clipping leg stump to uphold the umpire’s call.

Lakshan Sandakan fell in somewhat comical fashion when he backed away against Starc, who followed him with a shortish delivery that lobbed off the midriff and somehow trickled onto the stumps. Sandakan was bewildered by the outcome, which was quite simply that he was bowled for 9.

Australia’s bowlers struggled to finish off the innings, though, as Herath and Pradeep fought gamely and frustrated the bowlers into wide lines. Eventually on 35 Herath fell to a brilliant catch from a man who was not even in Australia’s XI: 12th man Moises Henriques at cover hurled himself to his left to pull off a remarkable take that gave Hazlewood his second wicket.

© ESPN Sports Media Ltd.

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