Starc's ten-for powers Australia towards crushing victory
Sri Lanka subsided again with the bat as they slid to a 366-run defeat before tea on the fourth day
Sri Lanka subsided again with the bat as they slid to a 366-run defeat before tea on the fourth day
The possible returns of Steven Smith and David Warner have also raised the Australia captain's hopes
The captain himself failed to deliver in Australia and could only pick out Sri Lanka's slip catching as the single positive from two heavy defeats
Equally important as the series sweep over Sri Lanka is that the Australians have earned back some of the respect they had lost
The visitors were left a target of 516 after two players who had struggled during the summer found form
In the midst of a summer in which his ability and place in the Australian side has been questioned, Starc has fallen back to a simple approach
Sri Lanka fast-bowling coach Rumesh Ratnayake admitted it was rare to see so many instances of batsmen being hit on the helmet in one match
Batting on 27 in the 53rd over, Kusal took his eyes off a Jhye Richardson bouncer, and essentially ducked into it
In a summer where he's had to battle injury and some very good bowling, the off-field issues really took a toll on Australia's No. 3
Kurtis Patterson's maiden Test century continued Australia's batting dominance in Canberra
In the years since his maiden first-class ton, he has always looked bound for Test cricket. But he first needed to learn to get the best out of himself
The opener was hit by a short delivery from Pat Cummins and stretched off the ground before going to hospital for tests which came back all clear
Sri Lanka claimed three early wickets to leave the home side in trouble but their day got steadily worse from there
Archival material has revealed the dream of Michael Hodgman, the minister for the ACT from 1980 to 1983, to 'see the Ashes played right here in the national capital'
The 308-run partnership between Joe Burns and Travis Head, meanwhile, was Australia's biggest against Sri Lanka for any wicket
For Joe Burns, too, it was an emotional occasion as his fourth Test century came after a roller-coaster couple of seasons
After a bright start, the rawness of the visitors' pace attack was exposed on a shoulda-woulda-coulda sorta day on which four catches went down
Joe Burns' many omissions over the past two years began looking curiouser and curiouser as he strode to his fourth hundred in 16 Tests
The 20-year old batsman is expected to return to cricket for Victoria when the Shield resumes after the end of the Big Bash League in the second half of February
Also, how many others have made a double-century and taken ten-fors in Tests like Holder?
Stung by memories of a flat performance in Melbourne after levelling the series against India, Australia's captain has told his team to be at their most vigilant against Sri Lanka
Having had their bowling stocks severely depleted over the past two weeks, Sri Lanka's bowling coach Rumesh Ratnayake hopes the conditions allow batsmen to take some of the pressure off the bowlers
Sri Lanka only have four pace bowlers in their squad and will be keeping their fingers crossed over their senior quick
Three West Indies fast bowlers are now in the top 12 of Test rankings, the best since they had four in 1996
The home side will take in an unchanged XI as they look to end the season with a 2-0 series win against a Sri Lanka battling injury and off-field distractions