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Matthew Cooper

Steve Smith mocked over "desperate" review as Sri Lanka earn stunning win over Australia

Australia star Steve Smith has been mocked after producing one of the worst reviews of all-time as his side slipped to an innings defeat against Sri Lanka in Galle.

Australia had comfortably won the first Test by ten wickets and were hoping to wrap up a series victory in the second and final match. However, they were comprehensively beaten by an innings and 39 runs thanks to a brilliant double hundred from Dinesh Chandimal and Prabath Jayasuriya's 12-wicket haul.

After Australia posted a first-innings total of 364, thanks to centuries from Marnus Labuschagne and Smith, Sri Lanka responded with an imposing 554 after Chandimal notched an unbeaten 206 and Dimuth Karunaratne, Kusal Mendis, Angelo Mathews and Kamindu Mendis all passed fifty.

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