Sri Lanka's players gave Tillakaratne Dilshan a guard of honour in his final ODI after Angelo Mathews chose to bat Associated Press
Like in the previous ODI, Mitchell Starc had Danushka Gunathilaka bowled in the first over Associated Press
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Soon after, Kusal Mendis was caught at second slip off Josh Hazlewood as Sri Lanka slipped to 23 for 2 Associated Press
Dilshan carried Sri Lanka towards 100, before his final ODI innings ended when he picked out midwicket on 42. He finished as the 11th highest run-scorer in ODIs, and the fourth-highest among Sri Lankans Associated Press
Dinesh Chandimal, who had started the rebuilding phase with Dilshan, continued even though he did not get much support from the middle and lower order AFP
Adam Zampa derailed Sri Lanka in the middle overs. After accounting for Dilshan, he trapped Angelo Mathews lbw for 2 Associated Press
Dhananjaya de Silva struggled for his 30-ball 12, before Kusal Perera was bowled by a yorker from Starc just after Sri Lanka crossed 150 AFP
Sri Lanka tumbled to 178 for 8, but Chandimal, in the company of No. 10 Dilruwan Perera, took Sri Lanka past 200, bringing up his fourth ODI century in the process. He was dismissed for 102 and Sri Lanka were bowled out for 226 with four balls to spare Associated Press
Mathews gave his side a strong start by dismissing David Warner for 10 and Shaun Marsh for 1. Aaron Finch, who scored 30 off 29 balls, could not convert his start as Australia stuttered to 44 for 3 Associated Press
Travis Head, promoted to No. 5, kept the score ticking... AFP
... and along with George Bailey, who used his feet and reverse-sweeps to good effect against the spinners, put on 62 for the fourth wicket AFP
Once Head was bowled by Dilruwan for 36, Matthew Wade and Bailey took Australia to a more comfortable position by scoring 81 in under 16 overs. Australia needed only 40 runs off the last 12 overs AFP
But Sri Lanka fought back by dismissing Wade, Bailey (70) and James Faulkner within a space of five overs to leave Australia 206 for 7 AFP
However, Australia's tail saw them through for a slender two-wicket win, giving them a 2-1 lead. For Sri Lanka, though, the match will be remembered as the final ODI of Dilshan's 17-year career AFP
