Australia has defeated Sri Lanka by five runs in a thrilling match at the WACA last night in front of 13,085 fans. The Aussies survived a tail-end surge from the Sri Lankan lineup who fell short in the closest match of the Commonwealth Bank Series to date.

The Australian team were first to bat and posted 232 runs on the back of a great captains knock from Michael Clarke who managed to hit 57 off 88. At one stage, the Aussie's looked as though they would struggle to post a competitive score as the Sri Lankan bowlers had them at 8-192. Thankfully for the Aussie's however, McKay (25) and Starc (14) pulled together a tail end effort to give the Aussie's a score they could defend.

The Aussie's were in total control when they had the Sri Lankan team against the ropes at 6-143 when all-rounder Angelo Mathews fought back with a strong 64 off of 76. Thanks to the heroic performance of Mathews, the Sri Lankan team required 18 from the final over. Mathews managed to hit a 4 then a 6 leaving the visitors needing only six runs from the final two balls with one wicket in hand, however he was caught in the deep going for the game winning shot giving the victory to Australia improving their try-series stats to two from two.

Australian captain Michael Clarke tweeted following the victory, "Thanks for all your very nice messages. A few more grey hairs but another pretty good win. Bowlers were outstanding tonight."

Following the heartbreaking loss, the Sri Lankan team is now just two wins from the last 17 One Day Internationals at the WACA.

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