Cricket: Sri Lanka win toss and bowl in third ODI final

Mar 08, 2012 |

Adelaide (Australia)

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Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bowl in the third and deciding tri-series one-day international final against Australia at the Adelaide Oval on Thursday.

Australia won the opening match in the best-of-three finals by 15 runs in Brisbane before Sri Lanka romped to an eight-wicket victory in Adelaide on Tuesday.

Australia were forced to make two changes with skipper Michael Clarke (hamstring) and paceman James Pattinson (buttock strain) unavailable and replaced by batsman Peter Forrest and spinner Nathan Lyon.

Lyon will be making his ODI debut at his home Adelaide ground, giving Australia a twin-spin attack with Xavier Doherty.

Chamara Kapugedera and Farveez Maharoof kept their places in an unchanged Sri Lankan team after Angelo Mathews remained unavailable through injury.

Teams:
Australia - David Warner, Matthew Wade, Shane Watson (capt), Peter Forrest, Mike Hussey, David Hussey, Dan Christian, Brett Lee, Xavier Doherty, Clint McKay, Nathan Lyon.

Sri Lanka - Tillakaratne Dilshan, Mahela Jayawardene (capt), Kumar Sangakkara, Dinesh Chandimal, Lahiru Thirimanne, Upul Tharanga, Chamara Kapugedera, Farveez Maharoof, Nuwan Kulasekara, Lasith Malinga, Rangana Herath.

Umpires: Asad Rauf (PAK) and Bruce Oxenford (AUS)

TV umpire: Simon Fry (AUS)

Match referee: Chris Broad (ENG)

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