Resolute Sri Lankan batting and bad weather frustrated Australia's bid for a series-clinching win as the second Test ended in a draw in Pallekele on Monday.

Just 35.3 overs were bowled on the final d

Debutant Shaun Marsh and Michael Hussey hit unbeaten half-centuries to put Australia on top in the second cricket Test against Sri Lanka in Pallekele on Friday.

Michael Clarke will look to put his first Test series as Australia's captain beyond Sri Lanka's reach when the second match opens in Pallekele on Thursday.

Ricky Ponting became the first cricketer to play in 100 Test wins after Australia defeated Sri Lanka by 125 runs in the first Test in Galle on Saturday.

The former skipper, 36, was already Test crick

Australia captain Michael Clarke has urged his team to raise their game in the remaining two one-day internationals against Sri Lanka to clinch the five-match series.

Mitchell Johnson marked his 100th one-day international with a maiden six-wicket haul as Australia restricted Sri Lanka to 191 in the opening match of their five-game series on Wednesday.

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Australia open their campaign in Sri Lanka with two Twenty20 internationals on Saturday and Monday which could set the tone for the rest of the tour.

Sri Lanka's President Mahinda Rajapakse promised on Friday to promote economic development at all costs to make up for opportunities lost during the country's separatist war.

The threat of disease loomed Saturday over the million-plus victims of floods in Sri Lanka that have left more than 30 people dead and devastated farmland in the island's rice bowl.