Glenn Maxwell's unbeaten 80 helped Australia chase down a rain-revised target of 282 runs and beat hosts Sri Lanka by two wickets on Tuesday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The visitors started out chasing a total of 301 in 50 overs but a 90-minute rain break reduced the innings to 44 overs with the visitors requiring 282 under DLS at Pallekele.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Maxwell smashed six fours and six sixes to score 80 not out off 51 balls after the visitors stuttered against the bowling of spinner Wanindu Hasaranga who bagged four wickets.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Australia lost opener David Warner for a duck in the second over, leg before wicket to Maheesh Theekshana.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Fellow opener Aaron Finch scored 44 off 41 balls before he was caught behind by Kusal Mendis off Hasaranga.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
When rain halted play, the visitors were 73 for two with Steve Smith and Marnus Labuschagne at the crease.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
After play resumed, Labuschagne fell for 24. Marcus Stoinis scored 44 off 31 balls. Smith made 53 before he was clean bowled by Dunith Wellalage.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Alex Carey scored a quick 21 off 22 balls and Pat Cummins, playing his first ODI after 18 months with an injury, fell for a duck.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
But Maxwell saw his team home, ending the match with two consecutive sixes.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
"I tried to be there as long as I could. I thought it was a good opportunity to get the run rate down against the young spinner," Maxwell said.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Sri Lankan skipper Dusan Shanaka bemoaned too many short balls and full tosses.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
"300 is a winning total on this ground, but our bowling cost us the game," Shanaka said.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Earlier in the day, the hosts began their innings with solid batting performances by openers Danushka Gunathilaka and Pathum Nissanka, who scored half centuries in their opening stand of 115.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Both men hammered an Australian fast-bowling attack plagued by injuries before the visitors caught Gunathilaka short of his crease with a direct hit by Stoinis.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Nissanka top-edged a reverse sweep to Ashton Agar to hand Finch a simple catch two overs later.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Mendis anchored the innings with an unbeaten 86 off 87 balls to take the hosts to 300.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Shanaka, who stunned the visitors in the final Twenty20 international on Saturday, could only score six.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
A quick-fire 37 off 19 balls by Hasaranga helped Sri Lanka post a challenging total.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Spinners Labuschagne and Agar took two wickets each.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Fast bowler Cummins was wicketless and conceded 48 runs in eight overs.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Australia have suffered setbacks with lead bowlers rested from the tour including Kane Richardson, who returned home on Sunday after injuring a hamstring in the last T20 international.<\/p>\r\n\r\n