SL VS AUS - 5th ODI, Australia tour of Sri Lanka, 2022

Shanaka receives the trophy and hands it to his team mates as the winners pose with it in front of the Champions banner. That brings an end to our coverage of the final ODI of this 5-match series. But we still have some action left on this tour. The first Test between these two sides starts on June 29, make sure to join us for the coverage of that Test. For now, it's a goodbye from our side. Ciao!

Dasun Shanaka: It (today's loss) is disappointing, but we need to keep pushing the boundaries, glad with the way the guys performed in the series. We took the momentum from the last T20 game, that set the tone. I think we could have won the first ODI as well. Our batters kept performing and our bowlers also delivered. Everyone took the responsibility, good to see Mendis back in form. Also the other players, it's a team effort. We need to keep playing like this. The crowd has been amazing, it has been a full house, they were always behind us. They kept believing in us and we need to deliver more in the future. Would like to thank the cricket boards and the ground staff as well.

Aaron Finch: The series was hard fought, but credit to Sri Lanka for the way they played, they deserve the win. Most players got starts, but we were not able to get those big partnerships. We got those 40-50 runs partnerships, but not enough. Pleased with the way we performed (today). I would like to thank all the fans, they have been amazing. We have two more Tests remaining, but a few of us (those not a part of the Test series) are leaving tomorrow, a big thanks to the crowd.

Kusal Mendis | Player of the Series: I am pleased with the way I have performed, and contributed towards the team's success. This win was important for us. I tried to play according to the role assigned to me.

Karunaratne | Player of the Match: I am happy, because I was not batting well. You know when you are not performing well, there are a lot of questions raised, and you are under pressure. When I was batting with Pramod, I told him to keep rotating the strike. Our aim was to reach 150 or 200. I had to take the chances when I was batting with Theekshana, that's what I told him. I want to thank the fans and also the Australian team for coming here and playing with us.

21:16 Local Time, 15:46 GMT, 21:16 IST: Australia win the final game of the 5-match ODI series, but the series goes to Sri Lanka who have won it by a 3-2 margin. Having posted an ordinary total of 160 earlier in the day, it was always going to be a tough task for Sri Lanka to defend it down. The hosts did manage to reduce Australia to 50/4 in the 15th over, but Labuschagne and Carey had a handy partnership following that. They added 51 runs for the 5th wicket, and although the visitors lost a few wickets after that stand, Carey and Green ensured there were no further hiccups. Was a pretty helpful pitch for the spinners, but Australia will be pleased with how they paced the innings and got over the line eventually. They would need to play similarly against the spinners in the upcoming 2-match Test series. Stay tuned for the presentation..

Vandersay to Green, SIX, Green hits the winning runs! A tossed up delivery by Vandersay and Green has launched it over long-off to finish things off. Up go the fireworks at the Premadasa as the players shake hands and head back to the pavilion. Oh hang, on the Australian players are having a small victory lap thanking the Australian fans who have come out in numbers to support them and are chanting 'Australia, Australia," at the moment

Vandersay to Green, no run, flicks the full toss to mid-wicket

Vandersay to Carey, 1 run, swept to deep backward square leg by Carey for a single

Jeffrey Vandersay [9.0-0-39-0] is back into the attack

M Theekshana to Green, no run, down the wicket to push this floated ball back to the bowler. End of a wily spell by Theekshana: 10-1-26-2

M Theekshana to Green, no run, that kept really low outside off and Green was beaten due to the lack of bounce. Was so close to striking the off pole

M Theekshana to Green, no run, squeezed back to the bowler by Green as Theekshana goes full

M Theekshana to Carey, 1 run, reverse swept again as the fielder at backward point fails to deny the single this time around

M Theekshana to Carey, no run, reverse swept to short third man, single denied by the fielder there

M Theekshana to Carey, no run, was a nicely tossed up delivery by Theekshana and Carey got beaten on his drive as the ball away. Nothing on UltraEdge and the batter's back foot is also well inside the crease before the bails were taken off by the keeper

Appeal for a stumping taken upstairs. But I think Carey has managed to drag his back foot inside the crease before the bails were lislodged. After having a look at it multiple times, the third umpire reckons it's not out

Maheesh Theekshana [9.0-1-25-2] is back into the attack

With 5 runs required, this could possibly be the final over..

Wellalage to Green, FOUR, with that boundary, Australia inch closer to the target. This was full and wide outside off and Green sliced it uppishly past the fielder at point. The man in the deep tries hard to stop it with a dive, but fails in his attempt