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Australia beat Sri Lanka, clinch ODI series  

By AFP
August 31, 2016

DAMBULLA, SRI LANKA: John Hastings claimed six wickets before Aaron Finch and George Bailey´s attacking half-centuries powered Australia to a series clinching six-wicket win over Sri Lanka in the fourth one-day international in Dambulla on Wednesday.

Australia rode on Finch´s 19-ball 55 and an unbeaten 90 from Bailey to chase down 213 in 31 overs and take an unassailable 3-1 lead in the five-match series.

Earlier Hastings career-best bowling figures of 6-45 helped bowl out Sri Lanka for 212 after electing to bat first despite Dhananjaya de Silva´s fighting 76.