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<p>For Sri Lanka, Dinesh Chandimal and Kusal Mendis scored fighting fifties, to make sure their side stay in the game.</p>
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Mitchell Starc and Nathan Lyon took three wickets apiece, while Matthew Kuhnemann bagged two and the part-time off-spin of Travis Head accounted for one

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