Steven Smith could miss World Cup as part of staggered return

Merely changing the personnel who must deal with the next phase of an almighty crisis won't solve the problem

Sri Lanka subsided again with the bat as they slid to a 366-run defeat before tea on the fourth day

The captain himself failed to deliver in Australia and could only pick out Sri Lanka's slip catching as the single positive from two heavy defeats

The possible returns of Steven Smith and David Warner have also raised the Australia captain's hopes

Equally important as the series sweep over Sri Lanka is that the Australians have earned back some of the respect they had lost

The opener was hit by a short delivery from Pat Cummins and stretched off the ground before going to hospital for tests which came back all clear

The visitors were left a target of 516 after two players who had struggled during the summer found form

Batting on 27 in the 53rd over, Kusal took his eyes off a Jhye Richardson bouncer, and essentially ducked into it