ADELAIDE: Sri Lanka took the tri one-day finals series into a decider with an eight-wicket thrashing of Australia in the second final at the Adelaide Oval on Tuesday.
Australia won the toss and scored 271 for six off 50 overs, but were easily reeled in by the Sri Lankans, who scored 274 for two off 44.2 overs.
Skipper Michael Clarke hit 117 and opening batsman David Warner 100 in Australia's innings but it was no where near enough as openers Tillakaratne Dilshan and captain Mahela Jayawardene came out blazing for Sri Lanka.
The pair had put on an opening stand of 179 runs by the 28th over with Dilshan hitting 106 off 119 balls and Jayawardene scoring 80 off 76 balls.
Their wickets were the only ones to fall as Sri Lanka coasted to victory with 34 balls remaining to set up a Thursday decider at the same stadium.
Kumar Sangakkara hit the winning runs to remain 51 not out with Dinesh Chandimal on 17.
Match scores: Australia 271 for 6 (50 overs); Sri Lanka 274 for 2 (44.2 overs).
