Australia will now take on Pakistan in final on Saturday at the Bert Sutcliffe Oval. Defending champions India, meanwhile, went down by six wickets to South Africa to round off a disappointing campaign by settling for a lowly sixth place.
Brief scores, semifinals: Sri Lanka: 205 all out in 48.2 overs (Kithuruwan Vithanage 40, Akshu Fernando 52, Chathura Peiris 39; Josh Hazlewood 4-26, Alister McDermott 2-43, Nick Buchanan 2-44, Luke Doran 2-33) lt to Australia: 206/8 in 48.3 overs (Mitchell Marsh 97, Tom Triffitt 50; Chathura Peiris 2-46, Charith Jayampathi 3-34).
Fifth-place play-off: India: 235/9 in 50 overs (Mayank Agarwal 32, Harpreet Singh 56, Zahid Ali 98; Graham Hume 3-31, Sammy Mofokeng 3-44) lt to South Africa: 237/4 in 48.5 overs (Dominic Hendricks 63, David White 77, Colin Ackermann 52 n.o., Malcolm Nofal 31).
Published 27 January 2010, 17:13 IST