Australia
confirmed their place in the finals of the Commonwealth Bank Series
finals after they recorded a 24-run Duckworth-Lewis system victory
against Sri Lanka at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
The Sri Lankans, who must now win their final two games of the
competition to stand any chance of joining the Australians in the
best-of-three finals series, had looked on course to claim a rare
victory against the Australians when they restricted the hosts to 184
for seven.
Sri Lanka had lost eight of their previous nine one-day internationals
against Australia, including last year’s World Cup final, and their
hopes of chasing down the modest target were immediately undermined by
paceman Stuart Clark who struck twice to leave them at three for two.
 

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