AUSTRALIA 5-450 dec and 0-27 (Cowan 16, Warner 8) leading SRI LANKA 336 (Dilshan 147, Mathews 75, Siddle 5-54) by 141 runs at Bellerive Oval, Hobart. Stumps, day three.
IF AUSTRALIA emerges from Hobart with its first Test win of the summer, it will be a reward for doing the little things – rotating the strike with the bat, stymieing scoring with the ball – better than Sri Lanka.
Peter Siddle’s effort with the ball on day three was, in claiming 5-54, even more influential than Mike Hussey’s unbeaten century a day earlier. In addition to their headline wickets and runs, it was the way the Australians set their example with those little things that was equally deserving of praise. (By Jesse Hogan)
Source: Sydney Morning Herald
