Perera puts Sri Lanka three wickets from triumph

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Lunch Australia 106 and 133 for 7 (Nevill 7*, Starc 4*, Perera 5-46) need another 280 runs to beat Sri Lanka 281 and 237Live scorecard and ball-by-ball details

Sri Lanka’s charge towards a series victory continued on the third morning in Galle, where Australia continued to struggle against the spinners. Sri Lanka made four breakthroughs in the session and at lunch were three wickets from claiming the Warne-Muralitharan Trophy. At the break, Australia were 133 for 7, with Peter Nevill on 7 and Mitchell Starc on 4. Not that it was particularly relevant, but they were still 280 runs adrift from the target.

Australia had added 108 runs in the session but the wickets were what mattered, and Dilruwan …

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