Hussey resists on tough day for Australia's batsmen

Australia 273 (Hussey 95, Herath 3-54, Lakmal 3-55) v Sri Lanka Scorecard and ball-by-ball details  

	Michael Hussey swept with the spin and kept Australia in the contest © AFP Enlarge
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There is a recipe for success against Australia's batsmen. As England have discovered, it involves a generous portion of quality spin bowling and a dollop of reverse swing, while a pinch of variable bounce doesn't hurt. On the first day of the series Rangana Herath and Suranga Lakmal followed the proven formula to put Sri Lanka on top, but by stumps the visitors had found a stabilising ingredient, Michael Hussey, whose 95 kept them in the game. Australia could have finished the day with a very nasty taste in their mouth were it not for Hussey, who missed out on his 14th Test century when he was lbw to Tillakaratne Dilshan as the sun set on Galle. The Sri Lanka openers walked out to face one over but the umpires decided the light was ins [...]

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