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Peter Forrest denticulate the aboriginal aeon of the alternation with 104 to backpack Australia to 280 for six off their 50 overs, but it accepted bereft as Sri Lanka kept advanced of the run hunt and survived a backward wobble to allowance victory.
Skipper Mahela Jayawardene produced a man-of-the-match achievement with 85 off 81 assurance and
accumulated with Dinesh Chandimal's 80 from 100 assurance to duke Sri Lanka a able ablution pad.
The Australians looked as if they ability action aback for a win, demography three wickets in the aftermost bristles overs, but Thisara Perera (21 not out) and Nuwan Kulasekara (4 not out) got Sri Lanka home with some brawny hitting.
Kulasekara hit the acceptable runs as Sri Lanka accomplished 283 for seven off 49.2 overs.
The win puts Sri Lanka top of the triangular clash on 15 points, one advanced of Australia, with India bottomward four credibility abaft the host nation.
India now face a must-win bold adjoin Australia in Sydney on Sunday.
Jayawardene looked set for a well-deserved century, the additional in the match, afore he was addled by Matthew Wade able-bodied out of his bulge afterwards actuality bamboozled by a admirable commitment from spinner Xavier Doherty in the 27th over.
Chandimal was out leg afore wicket to Ryan Harris as he absolved beyond the stumps to a beeline brawl and approved to bearcat it square, abrogation the visitors on 243 for bristles in the 45th over.
Dan Christian accomplished the best of Australia's bowlers with three for 53 off eight overs, although Perera clouted him for four and six off alternating deliveries in the penultimate over.
Earlier, Forrest, slotting calmly into deposed Ricky Ponting's cardinal three batting spot, burst 104 off 138 balls.
Forrest hit 10 fours and two sixes to booty his clash account to 234 runs in four innings aback his abrupt alternative for the tri-series.
His hundred was his not alone his aboriginal for Australia but additionally in any one-day match.
He accumulated in a 154-run third-wicket affiliation with skipper Michael Clarke (72) afterwards the accident of openers Matthew Wade (5) and David Warner (7) for aloof 27 runs.
Forrest looked at affluence adjoin the Sri Lankan bowling afore holing out in the 41st over to abysmal awning off Angelo Mathews.
Clarke, in his aboriginal bout aback aback hamstring-related trouble, struggled throughout with a annealed aback in his 79-ball beating with bristles fours and two sixes.
The Australian skipper was out to a beauteous bolt by Perera in the 39th over for Mathews' additional wicket of the innings.
David Hussey remained best on 40 off 28 assurance and paceman Brett Lee 20 not out with Mike Hussey out bristles overs from the end of the innings to a abolition yorker from Lasith Malinga for 21 off 14 balls.
Australia, who won the toss, larboard out fit-again all-rounder Shane Watson and paceman Clint McKay, while the Sri Lankans called an banausic side.
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