Sri Lanka 213 for 6 (Jayawardene 71, Silva 63) beat Australia 211 (Watson 56, Malinga 3-35, A Mendis 3-49) by 4 wickets.
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* Lasith Malinga’s hat-trick is his third in ODIs. He now has the most hat-tricks in ODIs after going past Wasim Akram, Saqlain Musthaq and Chaminda Vaas, who had two hat-tricks each.
* The 3-2 series defeat is Sri Lanka’s sixth series loss in bi-lateral contests at home since 2000 and their second home-series loss to Australia. Australia won 3-2 on their previous tour in 2004.
* Chamara Silva’s 13th half-century ended his bad run in recent ODIs. In his previous five innings, he had scored just 29 runs.
* The 111-run stand between Silva and Mahela Jayawardene is the fifth-highest fourth-wicket partnership for Sri Lanka in ODIs against Australia. It is also their sixth-highest partnership for Sri Lanka in home ODIs against Australia.
* Michael Clarke’s aggregate of 242 runs in the series is the second-highest by an Australian batsman in a bi-lateral series in Sri Lanka after Ricky Ponting’s 257 runs in the 2004 series.
* Shane Watson’s strike rate of 66.66 is his third-lowest for a fifty-plus knock in ODIs. The lowest is 60.71 during his 85 against Pakistan in Abu Dhabi in 2010.
* Australia lost their last five wickets for just one run collapsing from 210 for 5 to be bowled out for 211. The aggregate of one run for the last four wickets (seventh to tenth wicket) is the lowest in ODIs.
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