Australia Humiliate Sri Lanka by 10 wickets with more than 08 sessions to spare, Lead the 02 match series 1 – 0
Australia Tour of Sri Lanka 2022 – Warne / Muralidaran Challenge Trophy 01st Test – Galle, Southern Province – concluded before Lunch on the 03rd day
Sri Lanka electing to bat, 212 all out – ( 59 Overs ) Niroshan Dickwella 58, Angelo Mathews 39, Skipper Dimuth Karunarathne 28, Pathum Nissanka 23, Ramesh Mendis 22, Dhananjaya De Silva 14, Extras 11 – Pathum / Dimuth shared a 38 run opening stand, Dimuth / Angelo added 32 runs for the 03rd wicket, Angelo / Niroshan put on 42 runs for the 06th wicket, Niroshan / Ramesh involved in a 54 run partnership for the 07th wicket – lost the first 05 wickets for 97 runs, the last 04 wickets fell for the addition of 19 runs – Nathan Lyon 5 / 90, Mitchell Swepson 3 / 55 – career best – Alex Carey 03 victims, David Warner 03 catches & 113 all out – ( 22.5 Overs ) Skipper Dimuth Karunarathne 23, Pathum Nissanka 14, Dinesh Chandimal 13, Oshada Fernando 12 ( substitute for Angelo Mathews diagnosed as having contacted COVID 19 ), Dhananjaya De Silva 11, Extras 16 – Pathum / Dimuth associated in a 37 run opening stand, Dhananjaya / Dinesh added 32 runs for the 05th wicket – lost the first 05 wickets for the addition of 95 runs, the last 05 wickets fell for the addition of 17 runs – bowled out losing all 10 wickets during the first session of play 0n the 03rd day – Travis Head 4 / 10 – career best, Nathan Lyon 4 / 31, Mitchell Swepson 2 / 34.
Australia in reply, 321 all out – ( 70.5 Overs ) Cameron Green 77, Usman Khawaja 71, Alex Carey 45, Skipper Patrick Cummins 26, David Warner 25, Nathan Lyon 15no, Marnus Labuschagne 13, Mitchell Starc 10, Extras 26 – Khawaja / Warner put on a 47 run opening stand, Khawaja / Labuschagne added 57 runs for the 05th wicket, Green / Carey involved in a 84 run partnership for the 06th wicket, Green / Starc associated in a 37 run stand for the 07th wicket, Cummins / Lyon put together 41 runs for the09th wicket – lost the first 04 wickets for the addition of 100 runs, the last 04 wickets fell for43 runs – Ramesh Mendis 4 / 112, Asitha Fernando 2 /37, Jeffrey Vandersay 2 / 68 & 10 without loss – ( 0.4 Overs ) David Warner 10no.
Player of the Match : Cameron Green ( Australia )