Sri Lanka is leading Australia by only 54 runs with just 2 wickets in hand at the end of the third day of the second Test match between Sri Lanka and Australia.
Batting first, Sri Lanka were bowled out for 257 runs. Dinesh Chandimal 74. Kusal Mendis 85. Mitchell Starc 3 for 37.
Australia were all out for 414 runs in their first innings. Steve Smith 131, Alex Carey 156. Prabhat Jayasuriya 5 for 151.
Sri Lanka were 211 for 8 when the match was called off for the second innings. Angelo Mathews 76. Kusal Mendis 48 not out. Nathan Lyon 3 for 80.
With his 131 runs in this match, Australian captain Steve Smith became the highest run-scorer in Asia in Test cricket.
He has now scored 1994 runs on Asian pitches. The previous record was held by former Australian captain Ricky Ponting, who had scored 1889 Test runs in Asia.