Australia vs Sri Lanka, 2nd Test at Melbourne, Dec 26 2012 - Match Highlights

RESULT

2nd Test, Melbourne, December 26 - 28, 2012, Sri Lanka tour of Australia

156 & 103

460

Australia won by an innings and 201 runs

Player Of The Match

Mitchell Johnson

, AUS

4/63, 92* & 2/16

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Match Highlights

Feels like worst loss I've been part of - Ford

Feels like worst loss I've been part of - Ford

Consistency in batting required to be counted as an allrounder: Johnson

Consistency in batting required to be counted as an allrounder: Johnson

Confident I'll be fit for Sydney: Clarke

Confident I'll be fit for Sydney: Clarke

Needed to take more responsibility: Mahela

Needed to take more responsibility: Mahela

Chappell: No way out for Sri Lanka

Chappell: No way out for Sri Lanka

Hamstring feels fine - Clarke

Hamstring feels fine - Clarke

We let Australia off the hook - Atapattu

We let Australia off the hook - Atapattu

Had goosebumps before hat-trick ball - Johnson

Had goosebumps before hat-trick ball - Johnson

Sri Lanka's decision-making not precise - Ford

Sri Lanka's decision-making not precise - Ford

Australia take second Test

Australia take second Test

Arthur waits on Clarke's fitness

Arthur waits on Clarke's fitness

Match Coverage

Bird to play ahead of Pattinson

Jackson Bird will play his first Test since the 2013 Ashes tour after he was given the nod ahead of James Pattinson for the first Test against New Zealand

Bird to play ahead of Pattinson

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Wisden's review of the second Test, Australia v Sri Lanka, 2012-13

Australia v Sri Lanka, 2012-13

No driving, no trash-talking, no Mahela

Gideon Haigh gives us a morbid history of men who performed on Boxing Day. Control Freakiness stops the trash-talking Big Bash

No driving, no trash-talking, no Mahela

Worst Test I've been involved in - Ford

Sri Lanka coach Graham Ford admits he was surprised by the lack of fight his team showed in Melbourne and that it felt worse than any game he has ever been involved in

Worst Test I've been involved in - Ford

Is rotation the future? Time will tell

The sports scientists now seem to be driving selection every bit as much as the selectors

Is rotation the future? Time will tell

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Sri Lanka Innings

Player Name		R	B
FDM Karunaratne	run out	1	3
TM Dilshan	caught	0	1
KC Sangakkara	retired hurt	27	43
DPMD Jayawardene	bowled	0	6
TT Samaraweera	lbw	1	8
AD Mathews	bowled	35	48
KTGD Prasad	caught	17	17
HMRKB Herath	not out	11	17
RMS Eranga	caught	0	4
HAPW Jayawardene	absent hurt
UWMBCA Welegedara	absent hurt
Extras	(lb 10, nb 1)
Total	103(7 wkts; 24.2 ovs)

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	1	Tillakaratne Dilshan	Dimuth Karunaratne
2nd	0	Tillakaratne Dilshan	Kumar Sangakkara
3rd	2	Mahela Jayawardene	Kumar Sangakkara
4th	10	Thilan Samaraweera	Kumar Sangakkara
5th	49	Kumar Sangakkara	Angelo Mathews
6th	12	Dhammika Prasad	Angelo Mathews
7th	28	Rangana Herath	Dhammika Prasad
8th	1	Rangana Herath	Shaminda Eranga

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