Australia 199 for 5 (Warner 106, Bailey 44, Dilruwan 3-51)
Srilanka 195 (Gunathilaka 39, Starc 3-40)
Australia won by five wickets
Fifth time in the series Srilanka batted first and a vaguely familiar match played out as Australia ran down the hosts’ 195 in the 43rd over, zipping up the series 4-1. Mitchell Starc was denied his customary early wicket this time, but Srilanka’s middle-order collapse happened anyway, as it often has in the past two weeks. Australia’s top order then delivered another consummate performance on a spinning track; the margin of victory was five wickets, but it seemed even more comfortable than that.
