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Man of the bout McKay claimed bristles wickets for 28 off 9.5 overs to go with his 28 off 32 assurance in Australia's innings as he accepted the acceptable aberration over the World Cup finalists.
Australia looked as admitting their absolute would not be abundant aback they were absolved for 231 with three assurance larboard of their 50 overs.
But aggressive bowling by McKay, backed up by adept paceman Brett Lee's three wickets, awkward the home ancillary beyond the line.
The Australians arch to the West Indies on Friday buoyed by their victory, which came on top of a 4-0 assault of India in the Test alternation to complete an backbreaking all-embracing division at home.
McKay helped accomplishment Australia afterward a middle-batting collapse that broke hopes of a big absolute afterwards Sri Lankan skipper Mahela Jayawardene had won the bung and beatific the home ancillary into bat.
The Victorian paceman, bond it up with ambiguous slower deliveries out of the aback of his hand, snared his best one-day abstracts in a match-winning performance.
McKay bowled Jayawardene for 15 and trapped the alarming Dinesh Chandimal leg afore wicket for five, afore claiming the wickets of Chamara Kapugedera, Rangana Herath and aftermost man Lasith Malinga.
A fired-up Lee snared the antecedent two victims -- man-of-the-series Tillakaratne Dilshan (eight) and the accomplished Kumar Sangakkara (19 off nine balls) afore afterwards demography the key wicket of big-hitting Nuwan Kulasekara for 15.
Upul Tharanga, batting at cardinal six, hit a airy 71 off 122 assurance afore he was bent abaft off amateur captain Watson in the 46th over.
Watson took over the captaincy afterwards Michael Clarke was disqualified out with an afflicted larboard hamstring, which will additionally see him absence Australia's ODI alternation adjoin the West Indies abutting week.
Earlier, aperture batsman Matthew Wade top denticulate for Australia with 49 off 74 deliveries and batting accomplice David Warner hit 48 off 45.
The home ancillary got abroad to a airy alpha with Wade and Warner scoring 75 off the aperture 14 overs, but their advance adjourned as Sri Lanka's bowlers and fielders, accompanying with Jayawardene's artistic captaincy, reeled in the Australians' run-rate.
They were 115 for one in the 21st over but fell abroad accident bristles wickets in the abutting 12 overs.
Farveez Maharoof claimed three for 40 off 10 overs, while left-arm spinner Herath best up three for 36 from his 10 overs as able-bodied as demography a ablaze aerobatics bolt to abolish Watson for 19.
Australia won the aperture final in Brisbane by 15 runs with Sri Lanka demography the alternation into a decider afterwards an eight-wicket win in Adelaide on Tuesday.
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