Resuming on the fifth day with a lead of 288, Sri Lanka needed quick runs to set Australia a formidable target, and those runs came from Dhananjaya de Silva Associated Press
De Silva followed up his first-innings century with an unbeaten 65, allowing Sri Lanka to set Australia a target of 324 to win AFP
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Australia got off to a good start and for a brief period; their hopes were raised by David Warner's positive innings AFP
Warner and Shaun Marsh added 77 for the first wicket, the partnership coming off 21.4 overs AFP
Australia, however, suffered a setback when Shaun Marsh was dismissed in the last over before lunch Associated Press
The visitors' hopes of holding Sri Lanka to a draw were quickly dashed in the second session as Steven Smith fell to Rangana Herath AFP
Five balls later, Herath had the wicket of Voges to leave Australia at 102 for 3 Associated Press
Sri Lanka surged towards victory with the wicket of David Warner, who was bowled by Dilruwan Perera for 68 Associated Press
A familiar capitulation against spin followed and Australia went on to lose nine wickets for 60 runs, folding for 160 Associated Press
Dilruwan Perera played his part in the rout, removing both openers for figures of 2 for 71 Associated Press
But the match-winner for Sri Lanka yet again was Rangana Herath, who took 7 for 64 in the second innings and a match haul of 13 wickets in Sri Lanka's 163-run win Associated Press
Herath's tally of 28 wickets was instrumental in helping Sri Lanka achieve their first-ever series whitewash against Australia in Tests AFP
Sri Lanka's 3-0 whitewash pushed them to No. 6 in the Test rankings, while Australia slipped from the No. 1 ranked Test team to third AFP
