Melbourne – Australia's bowlers battered Sri Lanka's batsmen to win the second Test by a humiliating innings and 201 runs before tea on day three and claim an unassailable 2-0 lead in their three-match series. Needing 305 runs to make Australia bat again, Sri Lanka surrendered at the Melbourne Cricket Ground after adding only 103 in their second innings, with a top order collapse and a raft of injuries leaving the tourists smarting ahead of Sydney's dead rubber Test next week. Sealing the series a match early was some consolation for Michael Clarke's team after they conceded a hard-fought series 1-0 against the top-ranked Test nation South Africa with a stinging defeat in the third and...
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