Australia won by 96 runs

Australia 542/5d & 210/2d

Sri Lanka 246 & 410 (104.3 ov)

Sri Lanka started the final day with hopes of staging a upset. 260 runs with 7 wickets in hand. They started off positively with Jayasuriya looking to attack but Lee drew a false stroke from him and that was the beginning of the end

Brett Lee is also the Man of the Series for his brilliant bowling display all through the two tests. He picked up 4 wickets in each of the innings and ended the two match series with 16 wickets at just 17.56 runs apiece and striking every 35.5 balls.

Sri Lanka in Australia, 2007/08

Australia vs Sri Lanka, 2nd Test

Bellerive Oval, Hobart, November 16-20, 2007

Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) & Rudi Koertzen (SA)

Third Umpire: Peter Parker (Aus)

Match Referee: Mike Procter (SA)

Toss: Australia (Elected to bat)

Match Result: Australia won by 96 runs

Mom : Brett Lee

Man of the Series: Brett Lee

Batting: Australia 1st Innings
Total:(542 for 5 in 139 overs) 542 Run Rate: 3.90

Fall Of Wickets
1/48 (Matthew Hayden, 19.1 ov.), 2/133 (Ricky Ponting, 40.5 ov.), 3/285 (Phil Jaques, 78.5 ov.), 4/410 (Mike Hussey, 110.2 ov.), 5/447 (Michael Clarke, 118.2 ov.)

Batting: Sri Lanka 1st Innings
Total:(246 for 10 in 81.2 overs) 246 Run Rate: 3.02

Fall Of Wickets
1/41 (Michael Vandort, 17.1 ov.), 2/54 (Marvan Atapattu, 21.4 ov.), 3/127 (Kumar Sangakkara, 41.3 ov.), 4/134 (Sanath Jayasuriya, 46.2 ov.), 5/152 (Chamara Silva, 52.5 ov.), 6/163 (Prasanna Jayawardene, 55.4 ov.), 7/196 (Farveez Maharoof, 66.2 ov.), 8/207 (Dilhara Fernando, 69.5 ov.), 9/243 (Lasith Malinga, 80.1 ov.), 10/246 (Mahela Jayawardene, 81.2 ov.)

Batting: Australia 2nd Innings
Total:(210 for 2 in 46 overs) 210
Run Rate: 4.57

Fall Of Wickets
1/83 (Matthew Hayden, 14.6 ov.), 2/154 (Phil Jaques, 29.3 ov.)

Batting: Sri Lanka 2nd Innings
Total:(410 for 10 in 104.3 overs) 410 Run Rate: 3.92

Fall Of Wickets
1/15 (Michael Vandort, 3.3 ov.), 2/158 (Marvan Atapattu, 50.5 ov.), 3/158 (Mahela Jayawardene, 50.6 ov.), 4/265 (Sanath Jayasuriya, 74.3 ov.), 5/272 (Chamara Silva, 77.3 ov.), 6/272 (Prasanna Jayawardene, 77.4 ov.), 7/284 (Farveez Maharoof, 83.5 ov.), 8/290 (Dilhara Fernando, 84.1 ov.), 9/364 (Kumar Sangakkara, 99.4 ov.), 10/410 (Muttiah Muralitharan, 104.3 ov.)

The Teams

Australia
Phil Jaques, Matthew Hayden, Ricky Ponting (c) , Mike Hussey, Michael Clarke, Andrew Symonds, Adam Gilchrist (w) , Brett Lee, Mitchell Johnson, Stuart Clark, Stuart MacGill, Brad Hogg (sub) , Rhett Lockyear (sub)

Sri Lanka
Marvan Atapattu, Sanath Jayasuriya, Kumar Sangakkara, Michael Vandort, Mahela Jayawardene (c) , Chamara Silva, Prasanna Jayawardene (w) , Farveez Maharoof, Dilhara Fernando, Muttiah Muralitharan, Lasith Malinga, Thilan Samaraweera (sub) , Malinga Bandara (sub) , Chaminda Vaas (sub) , Sujeewa de Silva (sub) , Jehan Mubarak (sub) , Upul Tharanga (sub) , Malinda Warnapura (sub)

Brett Lee is again the Man of the Match for his fantastic match figures of 8 for 171 runs. He ripped through the Sri Lankans batting and picked up wickets when Australia needed them most.