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The 2nd last day ended with Sri Lanka trailing by 328 runs from Australia with their second-innings score of 65-2.
Australian skipper, Michael Clarke led his men to 2nd innings score of 278-9 and to set a difficult target of 393 runs for the visitors entering into the final day of the opening test match.
Kumar Sangakkara (18) and Mahela Jayawardene (5) remain unbeaten at stumps.The highest successful target chasing in 10 of the last played Tests at Hobart was that of Australia’s 369-6 against Pakistan in 1999. While, Sri Lanka has never grabbed any victory in Australia and has never get succeeded in chasing more than 352.
Clarke had retired due to right hamstring injury. Home bowlers will be strongly supported by the Bellerive Oval pich entering into the final day, who have already shown much movement. Shane Watson entrapped Dilshanat mere 11 by making him to play outside edge to get caught by Matthew Wade behind the stumps.
It was 47-2 when Mitchell Starc beat Karunaratne with a perfect Yorker, the way he bowled Dilshan in the first innings.
Afterwards, experienced Sangakkara and Jayawardene scored at a slow pace before the day’s close.
Australian batting lineup made a couple of crucial partnerships to set this target. Openers David Warner and Ed Cowan resumed their overnight score of 27-0 and took it to 132-0 before Warner became Sri Lanka spinner Rangana Herath’s one of five victims, at 68.
Cowan departed for 56 soon after with the run rate dropping as three middle-order wickets fell for 35 runs after lunch.
Clarke and Mike Hussey partnered an aggressive 57 runs with Clarke making 57 before retiring hurt.
Hussey scored 31 getting short of partners at the other end.
Herath made impressive figures of 5-96 and crossed England’s Graeme Swann as test cricket’s leading wicket taker for 2012. Sri Lanka now need to play out of their skins if they want to egister their initial victory from 11 attempts on Australian soil. The West Indies is the only team to chase the highest successful run chase against Australia with 417-8 at St. John’s in 2003.
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