TAKES Oz edge Lanka in super over drama

Sydney, Australia: Australia scraped past Sri Lanka to take

control of their five-match Twenty20 series Sunday after late fireworks from the visitors forced their second clash in Sydney to a rare super over

after it ended in a tie. Sri Lanka captain Dasun Shanaka won the toss and bowled for the second game in a row, despite his side struggling in the run chase during their 20-run defeat in the first

clash of the series on Friday. It appeared to be heading the same way after Josh Inglis’ 48

spearheaded Australia to 164 for six, and the Sri Lankan top

order again failed to fire. But Pathum Nissanka’s 73 and a

breezy 34 off 19 balls from Shanaka sent the game to the wire. With Marcus Stoinis bowling, Sri Lanka needed 12 off the

last three balls to win. Maheesh Theekshana hit a six, then a single before Dushmantha Chameera smacked a four to tie

the match and send it into a nail-biting super over. — AFP Brief scores: Australia 164/6 in 20 ovs (Josh Inglis 48, Dushmantha

Chameera 2/30, Maheesh Theekshana 2/33) tied with Sri Lanka 164/8 in 20 ovs (Pathum Nissanka 73, Dasun Shanaka 34, Josh Hazlewood 3/22). Australia win

the Super Over.