Warner ton secures Australia's win in final ODI
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Published: 05 Sep 2016 02:00 AM BdST Updated: 05 Sep 2016 02:00 AM BdST
Australia's stand-in skipper David Warner led by example, hitting a brilliant century in their five-wicket win against Sri Lanka to complete a 4-1 series victory on Sunday.
Australia's bowlers laid the foundation for their victory after routing Sri Lanka for 195 in 40.2 overs in the final match of the series at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium.
The modest chase looked far from a cakewalk, however, as the visitors slumped to 25 for two in the sixth over before Warner's century helped them romp home with seven overs to spare.

Bailey (44), the top-scorer in the five-match series, missed his third successive fifty but Warner could not be denied his seventh ODI century for a total of 199 for five.
Leading the side in absence of regular skipper Steve Smith, who has returned home to rest ahead of a busy schedule, Warner played a captain's knock of 106 which made all the difference in the low-scoring contest.

Earlier, Sri Lanka squandered their best start of the series to settle for a below-par score after Dinesh Chandimal, leading the side in absence of injured regular skipper Angelo Mathews, won the toss and opted to bat in the dead rubber at Pallekele.
Openers Dhananjaya de Silva (34) and Danushka Gunathilaka (39) raised 73 runs before the hosts lost three quick wickets to slump to 78 for three in the 16th over.

Sachith Pathirana chipped in with 32 runs down the order before being the last man out in the 41st over.
The teams will now square off in a two-match Twenty20 series beginning on Tuesday.
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