SL vs AUS 1st Test: Australia Crush Sri Lanka by an Innings and 245 Runs in Galle

SL vs AUS 1st Test: Australia defeated Sri Lanka by an innings and 245 runs in the first Test match played at Galle International Stadium in Galle.

SL vs AUS: Australia Dominates Sri Lanka in 1st Test

All the players from Australia performed brilliantly and played an important role in their team’s victory. Sri Lanka’s batsmen and bowlers performed disappointingly in this match.

Talking about the match, Australia declared their first innings at 654 runs for 6 wickets. For the team, experienced opener Usman Khawaja played an important innings of 232 runs with the help of 16 fours and 1 six in 352 balls. During this inning, Usman Khawaja did not let any Sri Lankan bowler dominate him. Apart from Usman Khawaja, captain Steve Smith contributed 141 runs with the help of 12 fours and 2 sixes in 251 balls

Apart from Steve Smith, Josh Inglis scored 102 runs with the help of 10 fours and 1 six while wicketkeeper batsman Alex Carey contributed 46* runs.

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Travis Head played aggressive batting and scored 57 runs while Beau Webster played an innings of 23 runs. Prabhat Jayasuriya and Vandersay took three wickets each from Sri Lanka’s side.

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Sri Lanka’s Struggles with the Bat and Australia’s Bowling Strength

In reply, Sri Lanka batted disappointingly in their first innings and the hosts collapsed at 165 runs. Dinesh Chandimal scored 72 runs from the team’s side while captain Dhananjay de Silva contributed 22 runs. Mathew Kuhnemann took 5 wickets from Australia’s side while Nathan Lyon took 3 wickets.

Despite the follow-on, Sri Lanka failed to bat well in the second innings as well and were all out at 247 runs. In the second innings, Angelo Matthews scored 41 runs for the hosts while Jeffrey Vandersay contributed 53 runs. In the second innings, Matthew Kuhnemann and Nathan Lyon took 4 wickets each for Australia. Usman Khawaja was awarded the Player of the Match award for his excellent batting.

SL vs AUS 1st Test Playing XI

Sri Lanka: Dhananjaya de Silva (captain), Dimuth Karunaratne, Oshada Fernando, Dinesh Chandimal, Angelo Mathews, Kamindu Mendis, Kusal Mendis (wicketkeeper), Prabhat Jayasuriya, Nishan Paris, Jeffrey Wandersey, and Asitha Fernando.

Australia: Steven Smith (captain), Usman Khawaja, Travis Head, Marnus Labuschagne, Josh Inglis, Beau Webster, Alex Carey (wicketkeeper), Mitchell Starc, Matthew Kahneman, Nathan Lyon, and Todd Murphy.