Sri Lanka skipper Mahela Jayawardene shakes hand with counterpart RickY Ponting

Jaywardene (61 not out) developed a 74-run opening stand alongside Tillakaratne Dilshan (45) as Sri Lanka chased down the revised 152-run victory target under the Duckworth-Lewis method.

Earlier, opting to bat, Australia were skittle out for 158 in 40.5 overs after the match was reduced to 41 overs for each side due to the interruption of rain.

The target for Sri Lanka was revised to 152 and they accomplished in just 24.1 overs, thus grabbing a bonus point too.

Jayawardene and Dilshan got off to Sri Lanka a flying start and raced the total to 74 off 11.3 overs before latter caught at point by David Hussey off pacer Clint McKay. His 41-ball knock was studded with four boundaries and a six.

Australia VS Sri Lanka: Sangakkara completed 10,000 ODI runs

Kumar Sangakkara (30) moved on the anticipation alongside Jaywardene and stitched up 59 runs for the second wicket.

Sangakkara reached 10,000 ODI runs before felling victim to Brett Lee.
Jayawardene hit five boundaries in his 67-ball vigil.

Earlier, Sri Lanka outplayed hosts with a disciplined bowling and fielding display as the home side were bowled out for a modest 158.

Australia VS Sri Lanka: Hussey, Starc added 49 runs

Barring a 49-run stand between David Hussey (58) and tail-ender Mitchell Starc (17 not out) for the ninth wicket, the other batsmen failed to develop decent partnerships.

David and Starc occupied the crease with the levelheaded approach for eight overs to earn some respectability to the Australia after they were wobbling at 88-6 before the arrival of showers.

Paceman Lasith Malinga triggered the top-order collapse by dismissing David Warner (13) before Farveez Maharoof got rid of stand-in skipper Ricky Ponting (2).

In the subsequent over, Thisara Perera daunted the run-out of wicketkeeper-batsman Matthew Wade (15) with a stunning throw soon Angelo Mathews widened Australian miseries by claming Michael Hussey (15).

Peter Forrest (16) edged in slips to hand Maharoof his second scalp before Thissara Perera snared Daniel Christian (6) to leave hosts 88-6 at rain.

When the rain halted Clint McKay (3) and Bret Lee (0) fell shortly.

The seventh ODI of Commonwealth Bank Series will be played between Australia and India on Sunday.

Australia VS Sri Lanka 6th Match Scorecard