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Colombo, September 17: Mike Hussey hit his second century of the series to lead Australia to a first innings score of 316 on the second day of the third and final test against Sri Lanka on Saturday. Seam bowler Shaminda Eranga led a spirited Sri Lankan attack by taking four wickets and bagging the last five Australia wickets for 81 runs in the opening session. Eranga returned Sri Lanka’s best bowling figures of 4-65. Sri Lanka batted for 12 minutes before lunch, scoring nine without loss. Australia resumed the second day on 235-5, with Hussey batting on 63 with Brad Haddin on 21. But Eranga quickly put the pressure on the visitors with the fifth ball of his first over of the day when Haddin was caught behind by Prasanna Jayawardene for 35 runs. Left-arm seamer Chanaka Welegedara took two wickets in succession having Mitchell Johnson caught by Rangana Herath and Peter Siddle caught by Tharanga Paranavitana at slip. Welegedara returned 3-75. Eranga then bowled Hussey after th

Cardiff, Sept 17: World champions India dropped to the fifth position in the Reliance ICC ODI Championship table after England won the five-match ODI series 3-0 here Friday. It is Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s side’s lowest ranking since October 2008, when it spent three months at the number-five position, to sum up a disappointing summer in England where it slipped from number-one position in the ICC Test Championship to third spot after losing all the four Tests. India had entered the series in third position on 117 ratings points and finished on 112 ratings points after it lost the second, third and fifth ODIs while the first ODI at Chester-le-Street was washed out and the fourth at Lord’s ended in a tie. In fact, India had slipped to fourth position after the third ODI at The Oval where it went down by three wickets (according to Duckworth-Lewis method) and then slipped further behind after defeat in another rain-reduced match in Cardiff. In contrast, England has gained a p

Cardiff, Sept 17: India’s miserable tour of England ended without a win as the home side spanked them by six wickets under Duckworth-Lewis method in the rain-affected fifth and final cricket One-Dayer with Rahul Dravid finishing his illustrious ODI career on a losing side here today. Put into bat, India rode on a fluent century from Virat Kohli (107) and substantial contributions from Dravid (69) and captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni (50 not out) to post an impressive 304 for six on a batting friendly Sophia Gardens pitch. Chasing the challenging target and their innings interrupted by intermittent rain, England stuttered to 166 for four in the 26th over but recovered to race to the revised target of 241 with 10 balls to spare with Jonathan Trott (63) and captain Alastair Cook (50) being the main contributors. Debutant Jonny Bairstow and Ravi Bopara, who knocked off the winning runs, also chipped in with unbeaten knocks of 41 and 37 respectively. The target was r