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In their efforts to overcome Sri Lanka this week in Galle, Australia will not just be battling the vagaries of Asian conditions and the skills of Rangana Herath, Kusal Mendis and Lakshan Sandakan. Steven Smiths men will also be confronting history - almost 140 years of it.Never in all their years of Test matches, dating back to 1877, have Australia come back from 1-0 down to win a three-match series. The last time Australia successfully overturned a 1-0 deficit in any series was during the 1997 Ashes in England, where a heavy defeat in the first match at Edgbaston was overcome 3-2 by Mark Taylors team. That encounter was fought over six Tests: a luxury the current side does not have.The size of the task ahead is not lost on Smith, nine matches into his captaincy and five days distant from a first defeat. I guess it would be nice to create some history then, wouldnt it? Smith said. Were still confident that we can win this series. Were going to have to play well, were going to have to play better than we did in Kandy, but Im hopeful that we can do that.Matters of how to achieve this success boil down to a pair of challenges: dealing more effectively with the array of spin bowling presented by Sri Lanka on a dry Galle pitch in order to build big innings, and getting the best out of a bowling attack that will feature a spin debutant in Jon Holland alongside Nathan Lyon, and a pair of potentially explosive pacemen in Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood.Smith wants to see his batsmen play to cover balls hitting the stumps in order to try to avoid the surfeit of lbw and bowled dismissals that bedeviled them in Pallekele. He also acknowledged the advice of the former captain Ricky Ponting to avoid being trapped on the crease by good length deliveries.Its obviously different to batting against spin back home, [where] you can trust the bounce and trust what the balls going to do as such, Smith said. For us, we havent done it overly well in the last couple of years. Looking at the dismissals in the first Test match, the balls that skid on are generally not half-volleys; theyre generally pretty good length balls.In saying that, its hard to sometimes distinguish which ball is going to skid and which ball is going to spin. So its about trying to one get the bowlers off their lengths as much as you can, make them a little bit uncomfortable, but at the same time if they do get in a good rhythm and you are playing from the crease, particularly against someone like Rangana [Herath] its playing for that ball that is going to skid on. If it spins and you nick one so be it, but we didnt lose any wickets on the outside of the bat in the last Test match, so I think you can live with that.One of the more revealing elements of Australias preparation was the fact that Starc and Hazlewood were kept away from the nets on their main training day, instead doing one-on-one work with the bowling coach Allan Donald on a centre wicket. Donald was working with South Africa when they recently defeated Sri Lanka on this ground, when reverse swing proved as dangerous as any spin. Smith wants greater economy from his bowlers, and both Starc and Hazlewood should be better for the run last week.Looks pretty dry, I daresay its going to take some spin, which at the same time theres quite a big breeze so I think it will drift a lot for the spinners, Smith said of the conditions. Talking to Allan Donald who was here with the South African team in that game, he said the ball reversed quite significantly from both ends.[Morne] Morkel had it going away from the right handers and [Dale] Steyn had it going into the right handers, so weve got Starc who can do [away swing to right handers] and Hazlewood can do [in swing] and Mitchell Marsh bowls good reverse swing as well, so weve got the bases covered. Its just about going out there and making sure we do the right things this Test match.As for Holland, he and Smith have already spoken at length about how best to bowl in Sri Lanka. I had a few chats to him about paces and the seams that work here, Smith said. Playing in Australia, the spinners that seem to do well there are the ones that get over the top of the ball.The ones who seem to do well in the subcontinent are the ones that actually come under the ball and bowl with that side seam. Hes been working on that over the last couple of days and hes bowled pretty well in the nets. Hes got that little bit of extra height, hes quite tall. Its hard to pick up the length which is pretty key in these conditions.To turn this series around, Australia will need a lot to go right. History, or humiliation, beckons. Bruce Irvin Raiders Jersey . -- New England Revolution goalkeeper Matt Reis is retiring after a 16-year career to become the goalie coach for the Los Angeles Galaxy. Derek Carr Jersey . The giant slalom world champion slipped during her first run in the morning, landing on her back and then twisting forward before getting her leg caught in the protective material on the side of the slope. http://www.theraidersfansclub.com/Black-Willie-Bro...ml?cat= 864 . The 18th player to shoot 60 on the tour, Jamieson settled for par on the final hole when his 15-foot birdie chip grazed the edge of the hole and stayed out. After opening with rounds of 66 and 73 to make the cut by a stroke, he had 11 birdies in the bogey-free round. Derek Carr Womens Jersey . The catch: It needs a lot of money, and it needs it fast. Amari Cooper Jersey . Nine days before the opening ceremony, organizing committee chief Dmitry Chernyshenko said Wednesday that Sochi is "fully ready" and will deliver safe, friendly and well-run games that defy the grim reports that have overshadowed preparations. INCHEON, South Korea -- Carlota Ciganda overcame an early five-stroke deficit, blew a late five-stroke lead and needed a big break to get in a playoff in the rainy LPGA KEB HanaBank Championship.The 26-year-old Spaniard then left Alison Lee in tears, beating the American on the first extra hole for her first LPGA Tour title. Ciganda made a 6-foot birdie putt after Lees birdie chip from the rough off the back edge missed a half-inch to the right.I was just trying to stay in the present and hit as best I could, Ciganda said. In the end, it was so close. I think I was the lucky one today and Im very happy.Ciganda lost a five-stroke advantage on the final five holes -- getting into the playoff when Lee bogeyed the par-5 18th after hitting her third shot into the water.The last three, four holes I was pretty nervous, said Ciganda, who played in the group ahead of Lee. I was looking more and I was 1 up, and then I was on 18 I saw I was 1-down and I couldnt believe it. So its just golf. Only one can win.Lee is winless in two seasons on the tour.I feel like I had a battle with myself out there, the 21-year-old UCLA student told Golfweek. I came back at the end, but it just wasnt enough.Cigandas breakthrough victory made her the third European winner this year, joining Swedens Anna Nordqvist and Germanys Caroline Masson.Its very special because its been a tough few years for me, Ciganda said. My coach (Rogelio Echeverria) passed away two years ago and I had to look for a new coach. I changed caddies, too.Its been a long journey, but at the same time its really nice to get the win. I love competing and playing and being an athlete. I couldnt ask for a better life.Shes now working with Terry McNamara, Annika Sorenstams former caddie, and instructor Jorge Parada.Ciganda played the final five holes in 4 over -- making a double bogey on 14 and bogeys on 16 and 18 -- for a 2-over 70 at Sky 72 in the event that had an emotional start with Se Ri Pak ending her Hall of Fame career Thursday in front of her home fans.Three strokes ahead of U.S. Womens Open champion Brittany Lang entering the day and five ahead of Ciganda, Lee had a 75 to match Ciganda at 10-under 278 on the Ocean Course.Ciganda birdied five of the first eight holes, taking a one-stroke lead with a 6-foot bbirdie putt on the par-3 eighth.dddddddddddd The two-time European Solheim Cup player added a 20-footer on the par-4 10th for a four-stroke margin and was five ahead soon after.I didnt look at the leaderboard until I think it was on No. 12, Ciganda said. I saw I was winning by five. I wasnt expecting that.She compounded trouble in and then just above a greenside bunker into a double bogey on the par-4 14th, dropped another stroke on the par-4 16th and three-putted 18.I was positive, Ciganda said. I just tried my best and I tried to play each shot the best I could. So its not that I was giving up or anything.Needing a par on 18 for her first victory, Lee hit an 8-iron from 130 yards that smacked into the front bank and bounced into the water. She was able to drop a few feet off the right edge of the green, chipped past and made a 5-footer to force the playoff.Lee had four bogeys in a five-hole stretch in the middle of the round to seemingly fall out of contention. But while Ciganda faltered in the group ahead, the American made a 5-foot birdie putt on the par-4 15th and a 12-footer on the par-3 17th.It was tough. It was windy at the end and a little bit of rain, so it wasnt easy, Ciganda said. But Im from the north in Spain, which is cold and rainy in the winter, so Ive been practicing a lot in those conditions.Chinas Shanshan Feng (70) and South Koreas Min-Sun Kim (71) tied for third at 8 under. Feng had her third straight top-four finish in Asia after tying for fourth in China and finishing second last week in Taiwan. The tour will return to China next week for the Blue Bay LPGA on Hainan Island, then make stops in Malaysia and Japan.Lang had three bogeys in a 75 to tie for third at 7 under.Lexi Thompson, the winner last year, had a 73 to tie for 13th at 4 under. Second-ranked Ariya Jutanugarn (69) and No. 3 Gee Chun (71) also were 4 under.Top-ranked Lydia Ko closed with a 74 to tie for 51st at 3 over. She has four victories this year, one behind Jutanugarn for the tour lead.Fourth-ranked Brooke Henderson also struggled, shooting 78-72 on the weekend to finish at 5 over. The Canadian teen plans to play all six weeks in Asia. 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