Veteran Sanath Jayasuriya made full use of the lean Cricket Australia Chairman's XI attack to sneak out of his bad patch with a typically blistering knock of 154 runs at the Adelaide Oval here today. Sri Lanka made 335 for 4 in 86.1 overs before rain halted play.

It is a well known fact that it is only the hard at heart who can go to Australia for a cricket series and survive to fight another day. The slightest hint of a team/player or both posing a threat to their supremacy will set off a rankling which will have many repercussions on and off the field – some times even the authorities find it hard to douse.