( CNN ) -- Indian cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar was again denied the chance to secure a record 100th international century on Friday as Australia won the second Test in Sydney by an innings and 68 runs to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the four-match series . Tendulkar is international cricket 's record run scorer in both the five-day and limited overs formats but has been stranded on 99 centuries since March last year . The 38-year-old batsman made 73 in the first innings of India 's 122-run defeat in Melbourne , and this time the `` Little Master '' fell for 80 after being caught by Michael Hussey off the part-time bowling of Australia captain Michael Clarke . Having started the penultimate day on 112-4 , 354 runs behind Australia 's 659-4 declared , the tourists were dismissed for 400 to end any hopes of a first series win on the continent . Clarke 's triple ton squeezes India . It was another frustrating dismissal for Tendulkar , who fell agonizingly short against the West Indies in his home city Mumbai in November when he was out for 94 . His last century came against South Africa at the 50-over World Cup when he reached 111 . Tendulkar 's wicket was all the more sweet for man of the match Clarke , whose unbeaten 329 with the bat put Australia in control of the match . `` It 's a very nice wicket to have , that 's for sure , '' Clarke told reporters . `` To be able to get such a great player out is a very handy wicket , so I was stoked with that . `` Sachin 's been such a great player for so long , everyone goes through that period . It 's nice that he 's not made his 100th hundred in this series , but there 's a long way to go . Never write off great players . As a team we have the greatest respect for him . '' Resuming on eight , Tendulkar quickly reached 50 off 89 balls -- including seven fours -- and went to the lunch break on 70 , before being caught at slip from Clarke 's gentle left-arm off-spin . Opening batsman Gautam Gambhir earlier fell for 83 , while VVS Laxman added 103 with Tendulkar before becoming the fifth man to depart for 66 . Laxman and captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni ( 2 ) both went to fast bowler Ben Hilfenhaus , who completed a five-wicket haul when he dismissed Ravi Ashwin for 62 to end the innings . `` We have lost the chance of winning the series , but with two more Test matches to go we can level the series so that 's what we 're looking to do , '' said Dhoni , whose team made a disappointing 191 in the first innings . `` It is a bit of a worry but the good thing is in the second innings we saw the batsmen score runs . What we have seen in the last couple of Test matches is everybody has scored at least a 50 which gives us an indication that we need to convert those fifties into big innings and put runs on the board . '' Hilfenhaus ended the Sydney match with figures of 8-157 , but Australia 's celebrations were tempered by the news that promising young fast bowler James Pattinson will miss the final two clashes of the series due to a foot injury . The 21-year-old played a major role in Australia 's victory , taking four wickets in the first innings and one in the second , and has an impressive haul of 25 wickets in his first four Test matches . Meanwhile , South Africa clinched a long-awaited 2-1 series victory at home to Sri Lanka after winning the third Test in Cape Town by 10 wickets on Friday . The tourists reached 342 in their second innings after a battling 115 not out by Thilan Samaraweera , which meant the Proteas needed just two runs for victory . Sri Lanka resumed on day four at 138-4 with Samaraweera on 19 , and raised hopes of setting a decent target as he took his partnership with Angelo Mathews to 142 . But Vernon Philander trapped all-rounder Mathews leg before wicket for 63 , and the fast bowler then claimed his third wicket as young wicketkeeper Dinesh Chandimal went for one . Spinner Imran Tahir and all-rounder Jaques Kallis mopped up the tail to also finish with three wickets each as South Africa won a series at home for the first time since 2008 .
Sachin Tendulkar denied the chance to secure a record 100th international century . The 38-year-old batsman caught off part-time bowling of Michael Clarke for 80 . Australia captain Clarke named man of the match after his team take 2-0 series lead . South Africa clinch 2-1 series victory over Sri Lanka after winning third Test in Cape Town .