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Sri Lanka has never defeated Australia in any Test match neither @ home nor overseas http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/ausvsl/content/story/313500.html
That is completely wrong because I remember SL defeating Australia in '99 when Waugh and Gillespie collided in the field in an attempt to take a catch and former broke his nose while latter his knee. This is what cricinfo has written: The new World Cup champions Australia were in for a rude and painful shock in the first Test in Kandy. Chaminda Vaas and Nuwan Zoysa inflicted early damage on the visitors, reducing them to 60 for 7 in the first morning and Ricky Ponting's defiant 96 could only lift his side to a modest 188. To add injury to insult, Steve Waugh and Jason Gillespie were involved in a bloody collision at the boundary, leaving Australia two men short for the rest of the match. Australia folded for a paltry 140 in the second innings, leaving Sri Lanka 95 for victory. Their six-wicket win was historic, for it was their first ever against Australia and rain in the next two Tests halted Australia's comeback bid.
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