David Warner was lbw on 60 after a ball from Perera.
Dave Warner is furious after being incorrectly given out lbw. Picture: Phil Hillyard Source: The Daily Telegraph
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RE-LIVE the action as Australia is rocked by two umpire howlers against Sri Lanka, before the game is later abandoned to loud boos from the crowd in farcical scenes at the SCG.
9pm AEDT
GAME ABANDONED
After all that the umpires have decided to call this game off despite there being no rain for an hour. The outfield was still too wet.
Crowd boos and fair enough.
Farcical scenes at the SCG today with not only this decision, but two umpiring howlers during Australia's innings.
What it also means is that Australia cannot win this series now.
They trail 2-1 with only one game to play, so the best result for Australia is a drawn series after Wednesday's match in Hobart.
8.58pm AEDT
Michael Clarke, Mickey Arthur and the umpires all having a laugh out in the middle.
Don't know if the fans are laughing.
Hasn't rained for almost an hour.
8.46pm AEDT
Michael Clarke was just out in the middle and he admits the outfield is still a bit too wet, but the game should resume hopefully in the next 20 minutes or so.
When it does, the Duckworth-Lewis method will swing the match well in Sri Lanka's favour as they still had all 10 wickets in hand.
Looking at maybe 25 overs or so for Sri Lanka to get a revised total, which is yet to be determined.
Clarke was in good spirits talking to Channel 9, first praising Mitchell Starc's fine 50 in Australia's innings of 9/222 before jokingly adding, "If we can get out there and Mitchell Starc can take a six-fer, we'll win the game."
8.28pm AEDT
Small rope was being used to remove water from the surface, but umpire Paul Reiffel said it wasn't doing a good enough job.
Now they've called for the big rope with the hope we'll get back into it soon.
How long will this process take?
"Well, how long's a piece of rope?" Reiffel says.
8.22pm AEDT
All covers off. Umpires walking around the ground. Still no time decided for when play will resume.
8.10pm AEDT
Big cover is off. Still a light cover over the pitch.
Umpires to inspect again in 10 minutes.
8pm AEDT
RAIN HAS STOPPED, WORLD BEER SNAKE RECORD BROKEN
Looks like play is about to resume shortly. Rain has stopped and the umpires are out there.
Huge news during the delay: the world beer snake record was apparently broken, beating a 2007 mark at the WACA.
It stretched the length of the Victor Trumper stand.
Record-breaking beer snake at the SCG. Picture: Brett Costello Source: The Daily Telegraph
7.28pm AEDT
Still a bit of rain about and covers still on. Hopefully will pass shortly as there's nothing on the radar.
7.07pm AEDT
Covers still on.
6.51pm AEDT - SL 0/14 (3.2 overs)
RAIN DELAY
Rain is falling at the SCG and the Sri Lankan batsmen were given the option to leave the ground, and took it.
Mitchell Starc wasn't happy about it, clearly yelling, "Weak!" as the players began to leave the ground.
Looks as though we might have to call on our friends Duckworth and Lewis.
6.41pm AEDT - SL 0/3 (1.0 overs)
Clint McKay opens the bowling for Australia. Uneventful first over.
Mitchell Starc to operate from the other end. Let's see if he can get the ball to swing like the Sri Lankans did.
6.36pm AEDT
Sri Lanka's experienced openers Mahela Jayawardene and Tillakaratne Dilshan make their way to the middle.
Target: 223.
6.05pm AEDT - AUS 9/222 (50 overs)
SUPER STARC LIFTS AUSTRALIA TO DEFENDABLE TOTAL
With some good old-fashioned tail wagging, Australia posted a seemingly defendable total of 222 at the SCG tonight.
Mitchell Starc was a superhero for Australia, blasting his way to 52 off 37 balls, and he was well supported by Xavier Doherty (10 off 14) at the death for a much needed 40-run partnership.
Australia were reeling at 6-130 after two umpire howlers saw Dave Warner (60 off 73) and then Moises Henriques (3 off 11) given out lbw despite both batsmen getting thick edges.
Sri Lanka lead the five-game series 2-1 and will fancy their chances of chasing this total down tonight.
But Starc has made it much more difficult for them than it might have been.
SCOREBOARD
AUS INNINGS
D WARNER lbw T Perera 60 (73)
P HUGHES c Chandimal b Kulasekara 1 (8)
M CLARKE lbw Kulasekara 20 (20)
D HUSSEY c Thirimanne b Malinga 1 (9)
G BAILEY c T Perera b Herath 22 (39)
M WADE c Kulasekara b T Perera 31 (53)
M HENRIQUES lbw Herath 3 (11)
M JOHNSON lbw Malinga 10 (25)
M STARC not out 52 (37)
C McKAY b Kulasekara 2 (11)
X DOHERTY not out 10 (14)
Sundries (1b 7lb 2w) 10
Nine wickets for 222
Fall: 4 (Hughes), 50 (Clarke), 53 (Hussey), 93 (Bailey), 125 (Warner), 130 (Henriques), 145 (Johnson), 166 (Wade), 182 (McKay).
Bowling: A Mathews 10-1-50-0, N Kulasekara 10-2-30-3 (1w), L Malinga 10-2-33-2 (1w), T Perera 10-0-64-2, R Herath 10-0-37-2.
Batting time: 220 mins. Overs: 50.
Umpires: Paul Reiffel (AUS), Marais Erasmus (RSA).
Match Referee: Javagal Srinath (IND).
Third Umpire: Richard Kettleborough (ENG).
Mitchell Starc belted the Sri Lankan bowlers all over the SCG. Source: Getty Images
5.58pm AEDT - AUS 9/201 (48.2 overs)
Australia bring up their 200 thanks to a French cut from Starc that also takes him to 40.
Valuable, valuable runs.
5.52pm AEDT - AUS 9/190 (47 overs)
Three overs left and Mitchell Starc is giving Australia a hope here.
He's on 33 off 29. Batted very well so far, hitting the Sri Lankan bowlers to all parts.
5.44pm AEDT - AUS 9/182 (45.5 overs)
WICKET!
Kulasekara gets his third wicket, bowling Clint McKay for two with a slower ball.
Xavier Doherty the last man in for Australia.
If they can last out the 50, Australia should scrape to 200.
Clint McKay has been bowled out on 7 by N'Kara.
5.35pm AEDT - AUS 8/179 (44 overs)
Mitchell Starc's ability with the willow again coming in handy for Australia.
The towering quick has moved to 25 off 23 balls with some clean hitting.
5.28pm AEDT - AUS 8/166 (42.3 overs)
WICKET!
Matty Wade smacks a short, wide one outside off from Perera straight to third man.
Wade goes for 31 off 53.
Starc (13) is joined by Clint McKay.
Can Australia get 200?
5.15pm AEDT - AUS 7/154 (40 overs)
The goal now for Australia is obviously to try and bat their overs out and push up to somewhere around that 200 mark.
Wade is on 24 off 45 with Starc on eight off 10.
5.07pm AEDT - AUS 7/145 (38.1 overs)
WICKET!
Another lbw, but this one is legitimate. Plumb as it gets, actually.
Mitchell Johnson is out to a Malinga inswinger for 10.
No bat in sight. Hitting middle and leg halfway up.
Australia in all sorts. Mitchell Starc to the crease.
5.05pm AEDT - AUS 6/145 (38 overs)
Australia trying to re-build after two controversial decisions cost them the key wicket of Dave Warner and then Moises Henriques in no time at all.
Matty Wade is is on 23 off 44 with Mitchell Johnson on 10 off 24.
4.42pm AEDT - AUS 6/130 (31.4 overs)
AUSSIES ROCKED BY ANOTHER UMPIRE HOWLER
Now Moises Henriques makes way to a howler of an lbw decision, this time from umpire Paul Reiffel.
Henriques also clearly hit the ball, but he's gone for three off the bowling of Herath, who gives a little wink to his teammates - perhaps suggesting he too saw the edge.
Decision Review System going to be the big story today, at least taking some attention away from the rotation policy.
Moises Henriques was lbw on 3 after a ball from Herath.
4.30pm AEDT - AUS 5/125 (28.6 overs)
WARNER GETS SHOCKING LBW DECISION
Australia's key man this innings, Dave Warner, is out to a terrible lbw decision as replays show he hit the cover off the ball.
Unfortunately for Australia, Michael Clarke used up the team's DRS challenge earlier in the inning when unsuccessfully reviewed his own lbw dismissal.
Warner got a thick inside edge on to his pad but it was missed by umpire Marais Erasmus.
And Warner knows it. He's angry, looking at his blade then hitting it against his helmet as he looks towards Erasmus.
The Aussie opener is out for 60 off 73, bringing Moises Henriques to the crease to join Matty Wade, who is on 16.
Could be a very costly moment for Australia.
Hot spot shows how wrong the controversial LBW dismissal of David Warner was. Picture: Channel 9 Source: Supplied
4.25pm AEDT - AUS 4/117 (28 overs)
Matty Wade playing a few shots and using his feet nicely to the spinner Herath as well.
He's on 14 off 23, with Warner 55 off 69.
Big partnership needed here.
4.11pm AEDT - AUS 4/100 (23.4 overs)
FIFTY!
Dave Warner brings up his half century off 57 balls with a beautiful cover drive for four.
With wonderful use of the feet, the Aussie opener danced down the wicket to guide a Herath delivery through the gap at cover, also bringing up his team's ton.
Job's not done yet though, that's for sure.
4.01pm AEDT - AUS 4/93 (21.3 overs)
WICKET!
George Bailey attempts to loft the spinner Herath to the mid-on boundary but doesn't get a hold of it, as he is beaten in flight.
Perera takes a comfortable catch at mid-on.
Bailey's gone for 22 of 39 balls, just as he was starting to look good.
It was a 40-run partnership with Warner. Not enough.
3.59pm AEDT - AUS 3/90 (21 overs)
George Baily starting to get going, with a classic cover drive for four taking him to 20 off 37 balls.
Dave Warner is 44 off 52.
Spinner Rangana Herath is into the attack. Will be interesting to see if the Aussies try to take him on.
3.47pm AEDT - AUS 3/77 (18 overs)
A few smart alecs in the crowd give a cheer as Australia pass their dismal 74 total from two days earlier.
Big over from the Aussies, taking Thisara Perera for 11 runs.
Warner goes to 41, with Bailey on 10.
3.39pm AEDT - AUS 3/65 (16 overs)
Largely uneventful couple of overs as Warner (30 off 40) and Bailey (nine off 19) play very watchfully, recognising Australia have a long fight on their hands this afternoon if they want to keep this series alive.
3.28pm AEDT - AUS 3/56 (14 overs)
Much has been made of the rotation policy being responsible for Australia's poor performances with the bat, but is the line-up's inability to face the swinging ball more the issue here?
If that's the case it is an enormous problem heading into the Ashes.
Dave Warner (30 off 39) and George Bailey (1 off 8) trying to steady the ship.
3.17pm AEDT - AUS 3/53 (12.1 overs)
WICKET!
Australia are in trouble again, as David Hussey departs for one.
Malinga gets the wicket, finding the edge with an outswinger on the way through to Thirimanne, who takes a juggling effort in the slips.
3.13pm AEDT - AUS 2/53 (11.5 overs)
THAT HURTS
Warner is doubled over after being hit in the the you-know-where.
Kulasekara strikes again.
Source: The Daily Telegraph
3.06pm AEDT - AUS 2/50 (9.6 overs)
WICKET!
Another masterful piece of bowling from Kulasekara picks up the key scalp of Clarke for 20 off 20 balls.
Kulasekara got the ball to swing back in and thud into Clarke's pad, the Aussie skipper not getting very forward at all.
Clarke reviews, hoping the ball may have hit him outside the line or that it was going high, but the replay shows it hit in line with off and was clipping the top of middle.
3pm AEDT - AUS 1/46 (8.5 overs)
WHAT A SHOT!
Malinga digs it in short but Warner arches back and uses the pace to guide it over the slips with an upper cut.
Complete control. Four runs...
2.53pm AEDT - AUS 1/41 (8.0 overs)
Warner's getting going here, moving to 24 off 28 balls.
He crunched Kulasekara for four down the ground, and worked him for a couple of twos.
Pup on 15 off 12 at the other end.
2.52pm AEDT - AUS 1/33 (7.0 overs)
Mathews yanked from the attack after going for 27 runs from his three overs.
Malinga does a much better job in his place, going for just the one run.
2.45pm AEDT - AUS 1/31 (5.5 overs)
WORST REVIEW OF THE SUMMER
The ball pitches half a foot outside leg and strikes Warner outside leg, but for some reason the bowler Kulasekara and his skipper Jayawardene decide to review.
NOT OUT.
What a waste.
2.41pm AEDT - AUS 1/29 (5.0 overs)
Another big over off the bowling of Mathews, with 12 coming from it this time.
Mathews has gone for 27 from his three overs.
Warner did much of the damage - the highlight a four thumped in front of point off the front foot. Flew to the fence.
At the other end, Kulasekara has been extremely threatening. He has 1/2 off his two overs.
2.32pm AEDT - AUS 1/15 (3.0 overs)
Great over for Australia, with 11 runs from it off the bowling of Mathews.
Clarke got 10 of them on the back of two exquisite drives square of the wicket for four.
2.26pm AEDT- AUS 1/4 (1.5 overs)
WICKET!
Nuwan Kulasekara, the man who destroyed Australia with 5/22 at the Gabba on Friday, is at it again.
He's got a ball to swing in and then seam across Phil Hughes, who finds an edge through to the keeper.
Hughes is out for one for eight balls.
Great nut.
Phillip Hughes has been caught out early by Chandimal on 1 after a ball from K'kara.
2.20pm AEDT - AUS 0/4 (1 over)
Already a bit of action in the first over of the day as Dave Warner slashes hard at a ball outside off and gets a thick edge down to third man, but it landed safely.
Angelo Mathews took the new ball.
Phil Hughes is already off the mark with a single to deep point.
2pm AEDT - AUSTRALIA WIN TOSS, WILL BAT FIRST
Australia have won the toss and elected to bat, despite plenty of cloud cover overhead and Nuwan Kulasekara's threat with the swinging ball.
No changes to the team from Friday.
Two changes for Sri Lanka, though, with Rangana Herath and Dinesh Chandimal coming into the side.
TEAMS:
Australia: Michael Clarke (capt), David Warner, Phil Hughes, David Hussey, George Bailey, Matthew Wade, Moises Henriques, Mitchell Johnson, Mitchell Starc, Clint McKay, Xavier Doherty, Glenn Maxwell (12th man).
Sri Lanka: Mahela Jayawardene (capt), Tillakaratne Dilshan, Dinesh Chandimal, Lahiru Thirimanne, Angelo Mathews, Kusal Perera, Jeevan Mendis, Thisara Perera, Nuwan Kulasekara, Lasith Malinga, Rangana Herath.
1.50pm AEDT
FRIDAY was a disaster at the Gabba. Australia all out for 74 - their third lowest ever ODI score.
Sri Lanka got the runs in 20 overs, even if they did lose six wickets in the process.
The controversial rotation policy has come under even more scrutiny following that loss and the one in game two in Adelaide, where Australia's "B team" only managed 170 runs and were smashed by eight wickets.
Sri Lanka, who disappointed in the Test series, lead this five-game series 2-1 and can wrap it up today at the SCG.
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