Sri Lanka thrash Australia by 174 runs in second men’s cricket ODI – as it happened

- Updates from the ODI at R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo
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Dot balls = pressure = wickets. Nissanka charges Hardie, misses a wild mow across the line and is bowled to end a difficult innings of 6 from 20 balls. Excellent bowling from Hardie, who has been nagging away just full of a good length.
Nissanka looks suspiciously at the bottom of his bat as he walks off, which suggests he wouldn’t be great at Cluedo.
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