Clarke shuffled across and flicked a fullish delivery on legs uppishly to mid-wicket where Jayawardene dived to his right and pouched a nice reflex catch to give Angelo Mathews his second wicket.
Clarke departed after hitting his 50th half-century and his dismissal came in the over after Sachitra Senanayke had Daniel Christian stumped by Kumar Sangakkara.
Christian came down the track as Senanayake bowled a delivery that went straight on after landing. Christian missed his hoick and Sangakkara whipped off the bails calmly. Christian hit a six and 4 fours in his 33-run knock that came off 44 balls.
Australia lost their eighth wicket when Ryan Harris edged a good length delivery from Senanayake straight into the hands of Nuwan Kulasekara at short backward point.
Lasith Malinga took his second wicket when he had David Hussey caught by Lahiru Thirimanne in the covers.
Hussey hit a 38-ball 27 before tried to flick a fullish delivery but got a leading edge to short cover where Thirimanne dived forward and pouched it inches above the ground.
Nuwan Kulasekara dived across the pitch on his follow-through to dismiss Michael Hussey.
Hussey (23) was drawn into the shot and he got a slight leading edge straight back, Kulasekara dived to his right and pouched it brilliantly in the air.
Australia lost their third wicket when David Warner edged a Angelo Matthews delivery onto his stumps.
Warner hit a six and 4 fours before falling to a good-length delivery that nipped back in sharply, as the opener inside edged it onto the stumps.
Australia lost Matthew Wade and Ricky Ponting in successive overs as Sri Lankan pacers justified Mahela Jayawardene's decision to bowl.
Lasith Malinga gave Sri Lanka the second breakthrough when he trapped Ricky Ponting plumb in front of the wicket by a full length delivery on the leg stump that went straight on. Ponting went a long way across for a flick but missed the ball that thudded into his pads and would have just clipped the leg stump.
Nuwan Kulasekara drew first blood for Sri Lanka as he had Matthew Wade caught behind by Kumar Sangakkara off a delivery that nipped away after pitching. Wade tried to run it to third man but got an outside edge to Sangakkara who dived to his left and pouched it safely.
Australia are unchanged from the last match against India.
Sri Lanka have brought in off-spinner Sachitra Senanayake for Thisara Perera.
The pitch for this game is a different surface as compared to the previous game and a brand new one. It's a flat pitch with good covering of dry grass. Even though it is a good batting surface, the seamers will also enjoy bowling on this track early on.
Teams:
Australia: Michael Clarke (Capt.), David Warner, Matthew Wade, Ricky Ponting, Michael Hussey, David Hussey, Daniel Christian, Ryan Harris, Mitchell Starc, Clint McKay, Xavier Doherty.
Sri Lanka: Mahela Jayawardene (Capt.), Tillakaratne Dilshan, Upul Tharanga, Kumar Sangakkara, Dinesh Chandimal, Angelo Matthews, Lahiru Thirimanne, Nuwan Kulasekara, Lasith Malinga, Dhammika Prasad, Sachitra Senanayke.
