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On the eve of this match, Sri Lankas captain Angelo Mathews had a pointed message for those who sought to attribute his sides series win purely to spinning pitches and Australian unfamiliarity with same. Im hearing that the Aussies have not played good cricket, and the wickets were poor - I mean, come on, youve got to grow up. We play on the same wicket.Within minutes of Mathews saying these words, the touring press corps were invited by the Australian team to pay a visit to the centre of the SSC ground in Colombo for a close look at the latest tinder-dry pitch prepared for them. The clear implication was that the surface would once again do plenty for spin, and that it would struggle to last the distance. Another spoiler for the pacemen.But events on day one of the third Test served to underline Mathews point rather better than it did that of the touring team. Yes the SSC pitch was extremely dry, and yes it took spin from the very first ball delivered by Nathan Lyon. Yet the conditions were not exactly treacherous, offering little by way of variable bounce, and catered to batsmen prepared to play with application, skill and occasional moments of flair. In Dhananjaya de Silva and Dinesh Chandimal, Sri Lanka had those batsmen.By way of quantifying how well these two played, Australia had arguably their best bowling day of the series. Runs were scored at a far less rapid rate, fields were clever but not over-attacking, and the pre-lunch spell when Mitchell Starc and Nathan Lyon combined artfully was as threatening as two Australian bowlers have looked together since Josh Hazlewood and Steve OKeefe on day one at Pallekele. Lyon found a disconcerting pace with useful turn early on, though for the balance of the day his line was perhaps fractionally too straight, allowing plenty of balls to be worked around the corner.Personally Ive learned a lot in this series and Im adapting, Lyon said. You can still see my stock off break creating chances but they just werent carrying to bat pad. The best way Id describe it is Im adapting to learning how to bowl on the subcontinent.Jon Holland too delivered a performance much improved on his nervous showing in Galle, dropping the ball onto the right length and varying his degree of turn nicely. On the evidence he offered here, Holland deserves a more consistent commission for Victoria over the home summer, and serious consideration for India next year. If a wicket or two was missing from his analysis, it was not through a lack of chances created. Peter Nevill could not accept an edge from Dhananjayas groping blade in mid-afternoon, not long after a skier fell tantalisingly short of mid-on running back with the flight. A facile appeal for a return catch via the boot of silly point was laughed off.What will frustrate the Australians is the fact that Sri Lanka have been by far the more resilient of the two batting orders. A morning scoreline of 26 for 5 followed earlier starts of 67 for 5, 86 for 4, 9 for 2 and 98 for 5. Australias bowlers have not, all told, done a bad job, but their efforts to snuff out the Sri Lankan batting have been met by stiffening resistance with every innings since the first. Of course it was Kusal Mendis who showed the way with a series-defining hundred in Pallekele, but he has been followed by Mathews, Dhananjaya and Dilruwan Perera. It is a philosophy of Darren Lehmann that a batting line-up need only make enough runs to allow the bowlers room to take 20 wickets. Sri Lankas middle-order batsmen have followed it grandly.I daresay if you look at the whole series thats a big key in Sri Lanka being 2-0 up in the series, Lyon said. The ability for their batsmen to bat in partnerships and for a long period of time. Weve all spoken about it and our batters have got their own plans to come out in this Test match and hopefully put them into play and bat for long periods. Thats Test match cricket.Intriguingly, Australias selection for the Colombo Test reflected mounting discontent with the touring top order, even though Sri Lankas first three batsmen have been, if anything, even less productive. Joe Burns and Usman Khawaja paid a heavy price for their failures in Tests one and two, replaced by a pair of older cricketers in Moises Henriques and Shaun Marsh. These two were ostensibly the spare batsmen on tour, though Henriques is more an allrounder with precious few recent Sheffield Shield runs behind him. The methods he and Marsh offer will fascinate, given the teams commitment to a more aggressive game has now been faced with a counterpoint from Dhananjaya and Chandimal.Lyon offered a somewhat testy response when asked about the changes. Thats a selectors question, he said. Ive got no say in it, all Ive got to do is support each and every one of those guys in the change room, and Ill do that until the day I die. SOS and Mo have definitely got my support, but so do Burnsy and Uz. Its a tough call, but thats why the selectors get paid the big dollars.Dropping two seemingly settled members of the Australian top six just two Test matches into a new season was a momentous decision given the need for all antipodean batsmen to learn as much as possible in these conditions. Both Burns and Khawaja may now doubt their chances of going to India in the new year, no matter how many runs they make in Australia during the summer.But the move away from the current top six had as much to do with Sri Lankas greater resilience as with Australian troubles with spinning surfaces. Make no mistake, this series has been won by the home team, not by their pitches. Yeezy Boost 350 Wholesale . JOHNS, N. Buy Yeezy 350 Australia . -- Three close looks at the bucket, three misses. http://www.wholesaleyeezy350australia.com/ . 10 VCU 85-67 on Thursday night at the Puerto Rico Tip-Off. 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Prost, who won four world championships between 1985 and 1993, reckons Hamilton will start as the man to beat again, but wants to see a more varied title race.Lewis should be the favourite for the championship again, but what would be good for Formula 1 is a big fight between Lewis and Nico and maybe Vettel in the middle, the Frenchman told Sky Sports News HQ. Mercedes are looking over their shoulder heading into 2016 However, the former Ferrari driver is not convinced that his old team will have been able to completely bridge the gap to Mercedes over the winter. The Scuderia finished 20 seconds behind the Mercedes pair at the final race of last season in Abu Dhabi.The first race is going to be important to see where the competition is, Prost added. Has [Ferrari] been able to catcch up with Mercedes? 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Prost is intrigued to see if that turnaround carries into the new season, although is expecting no let up from the sports reigning champion.The fight between Lewis and Nico is going to be interesting because the end of last year was really amazing with Nicos performance, Prost said.But it was quite tight, and Im sure Lewis will come back very hungry to be champion again.The first Barcelona test starts on Monday February 22 and the Sky Sports F1 Digital team will be providing live commentary from dawn until dusk on all four days of both Barcelona tests while Sky Sports News HQ will also deliver live updates from trackside. Also See: Lewis can dominate for a decade The F1 Gossip Column ' ' '