Australia crush Sri Lanka in second Test to complete rare series sweep
- Sri Lanka 257 and 231; Australia 414 and 75-1 in four days
- Spinners Lyon and Kuhnemann take seven wickets each
Australia have capped off a brilliant summer with a nine-wicket defeat of Sri Lanka that confirms their first clean sweep of a subcontinent Test series in almost 20 years.
Chasing just 75 runs in sunny Galle on Sunday, Australia (75-1) secured victory in the second Test and two-match series when Marnus Labuschagne (26 not out) hit the winning run to square leg just before lunch on day four.
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