Kumar Sangakkara's 192 was the big difference between the scripts in Brisbane and Hobart but Sri Lanka were denied a fairytale ending as Brett Lee grabbed four wickets and Australia secured a 2-0 series victory with their 14th consecutive Test win
Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene expressed disappointment after his team lost both matches of the two-Test series against Australia
Adam Gilchrist became the first batsman to hit 100 sixes in Test cricket
Australia dominated for yet another day, knocking over Sri Lanka for 246 and then racing to a 407-run lead by stumps
Kumar Sangakkara's century gave Sri Lanka reason to cheer but they still faced a huge challenge to avoid defeat after Brett Lee grabbed two wickets in two balls to bring Australia's 14th consecutive win closer
Adam Gilchrist and Andrew Symonds picked up where Michael Hussey and Michael Clarke had left off, and then some, as Australia made 5 for 524 before declaring on another dominant day in Hobart
The first day in Hobart gave Sri Lanka flashbacks of Brisbane as Phil Jaques and Michael Hussey each scored their second consecutive century and Australia went to stumps at 3 for 329
Ricky Ponting dismissed Stuart MacGill's waywardness as a bad day while Kumar Sangakkara termed the legspinner a "weak link" in the Australian attack
Peter English presents the Plays of the day at the end of the fourth day's play of Australia's second Test against Sri Lanka
Australia's tired bowlers will be given a chance to put their feet up after securing a 2-0 series victory with another solid performance in Hobart
Brett Lee explains why Australia didn't enforce the follow-on and says he enjoys being the pace spearhead
Rudi Koertzen apologised to Kumar Sangakkara for the mistake that prevented the batsman from reaching a seventh double-century and extinguished the slim chance Sri Lanka had of levelling the series in Hobart
Peter English presents the Plays of the day at the end of the third day's play of Australia's second Test against Sri Lanka
Adam Gilchrist savours hitting his 100th six
Mahela Jayawardene said that it was time his team showed some character and gave Australia some of its own medicine
Mahela Jayawardene said Muttiah Muralitharan was enjoying the challenge of bowling against Australia but the team haven't helped him get to the Shane Warne's world record
Peter English presents the Plays of the day at the end of the second day's play of Australia's second Test against Sri Lanka
Peter English presents the Plays of the day at the end of the fifth day's play of Australia's second Test against Sri Lanka
Phil Jaques set the base with a big century and Michael Hussey raced to his hundred as Australia ended on top once more
Trevor Bayliss, the Sri Lanka coach, called on his fast bowlers to be more disciplined after they took another hammering at the hands of Australia on the first day of the second Test at the Bellerive Oval
Kumar Sangakkara, whose magnificent unbeaten century has ensured Sri Lanka are still in the hunt in the second Test, admitted that the contest was not over yet
Peter English presents the Plays of the day at the end of the first day's play of Australia's second Test against Sri Lanka
Ricky Ponting believes India will provide a stronger contest than Sri Lanka and has warned the new captain Anil Kumble to expect extra heat during the four-Test series that starts on Boxing Day
Great bowlers need to claim the important breakthroughs as well as regular hauls. In two balls Brett Lee delivered
The last time Sri Lanka played a Test in Hobart, they nearly pulled off an impossible heist. Kumar Sangakkara looks back at his epic innings there
Stuart MacGill has been given a month to prove he is fit enough to cope with the heavy demands of Australia's upcoming Test schedule
Five visiting leaders have got centuries in Australia since 2001-02 and improved their standing. Mahela Jayawardene's stock is up, but his team remains down
There was no need to speculate during Jaques' display and he swung the day for Australia. Watching new players succeed is not dull, but the sceptics have a point. The more Australia change the more they stay the same
Match home for Australia v Sri Lanka, 2nd Test, Hobart, November 16-20, 2007
Whenever Sri Lankans look back to 2007 they will always wonder what would have happened if Kumar Sangakkara did not tear his hamstring in the tour game in Adelaide
Unless Muttiah Muralitharan conjures a second-innings miracle that might never happen he will leave Australia without the world record
Ricky Ponting has challenged the rest of the world to adopt a more attacking attitude in a bid to get more people interested in Tests
