Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara was unsurprisingly full of praise for his team after they wrapped up their first ever series victory on Australian soil with a 29-run win in the second one-dayer at the Sydney Cricket Ground

Ricky Ponting will not take part in the third one-day international against Sri Lanka in Brisbane, and will instead travel to Hobart to prepare for Tasmania's Sheffield Shield game against Queensland

Sri Lanka came on this tour with the goal of beating Australia in a series and achieved it with a match to spare

Cricinfo's preview of the second ODI between Australia and Sri Lanka at the SCG