Australia overpower Sri Lanka by 09 wickets with more than 05 sessions to spare, Australia sweep the 02 match series 2 – 0 against Sri Lanka

ICC 03rd World Test Championship 2023 / 2025 – Australia Men’s Tour of Sri Lanka 2025 – 02nd Test – International Stadium, Galle District, Southern Province – concluded on the 04th day

Sri Lanka electing to bat, 257 all out – ( 97.4 Overs ) Kusal Mendis 85no,Dinesh Chandimal 74, Dimuth Karunaratne 36, Ramesh Mendis 28 – 00 batters dismissed without scoring – Dimuth Karunaratne / Dinesh Chandimal 60 runs for the 02nd wicket – lost the next 05 wickets for the addition of 57 runs – Kusal Mendis / Ramesh Mendis 65 runs for the 07th wicket – the last 04 wickets fell for the addition of 42 runs – Mitchell Starc 3 / 37, Matthew Kuhnemann 3 / 63, Nathan Lyon 3 / 96, Alex Carey 03 victims, Skipper Steven Smith & Beau Webster 02 catches each & 231 all out – ( 68.1 Overs ) Angelo Mathews 76, Kusal Mendis 50, Skipper Dhananjaya De Silva 23, Extras 15 – lost the first 05 wickets for the addition of 119 runs, the last 05 wickets fell for the addition of 33 runs – Matthew Kuhnemann 4 / 63, Nathan Lyon 4 / 84, Skipper Steven Smith 03 catches, Beau Webster 02 catches.

Australia in reply, 414 all out – ( 106.4 Overs ) Alex Carey 156 ( 2×6, 15×3, 188 balls ) – career best – Skipper Steven Smith 131 ( 1×6, 10×4, 254 balls ), Usman Khawaja 36, Beau Webster 31, Extras 15 – Usman Khawaja / Steven Smith 54 runs for the 03rd wicket, Steven Smith / Alex Carey 259 runs for the 04th wicket – the last 07 wickets fell for the addition of 64 runs – 05 batters dismissed bowled – Prabath Jayasuriya 5 / 151, Nishan Peiris 3 / 94, Ramesh Mendis 2 / 81 & 75 / 1 – ( 17.4 Overs ) Usman Khawaja 27no, Marnus Labuschagne 26no, Travis Head 20.

Player of the Match : Alex Carey – Australia
Player of the Series : Steven Smith – Australia

Dimuth Karunaratne playing his 100th test, retired from international cricket. He is the 07th Sri Lankan to achieve this feat.