Sri Lanka beat Australia by 9 runs in the last leg of their match of the tri-nation ODI Cricket series at Melbourne on Friday and entered in the finals against the hosts.Chasing a target of 239 runs set by Sri Lanka, Australia were 229 all out. For Sri Lanka, LD Chandimal was the highest scorer with 75. For Australia, Dan Christian took a career best 5 for 31 including a hattrick, while JL Pattinson bagged 4 wickets. Earlier, the Islanders won the toss and elected to bat first. With today's win by Sri Lanka, India are now out of the series.