Sri Lanka crush Australia by an innings & 39 runs with more than a day to spare to level the 02 match series 1 – 1

ICC World Test Championship – Australia Tour of Sri Lanka 2022 – 02nd Test – Galle, Southern Province – concluded on the 04th day

Australia electing to bat, 364 all out – (110 Overs) Steven Smith 145no (16×4, 272 balls) , Marnus Labuschagne 104 (12×4, 156 balls), Usman Khawaja 37, Alex Carey 28, Travis Head 12, Extras 15 – Khawaja / Labuschagne put on 55 runs for the 02nd wicket, Labuschagne / Smith involved in a 134 run partnership for the 03rd wicket, Smith / Carey added 77 runs for the 06th wicket – 04 batters dismissed lbw, 03 were out bowled – Prabath Jayasuriya 6 / 118 – on debut – Kasun Rajitha 2 / 70 & 151 all out – (41 Overs) Marnus Labuschagne 32, Usman Khawaja 29, David Warner 24, Cameron Green 23, Alex Carey 16no, Skipper Patrick Cummins 16 – 03 batters dismissed without scoring, 05 out lbw – Warner / Khawaja involved in a 49 run opening stand, Labuschagne / Green added 38 runs for the 05th wicket, Carey / Cummins put on 27 runs for the 08th wicket – lost the first 04 wickets for the addition of 74 runs, the last 06 wickets fell for the addition of 39 runs – Prabath Jayasuriya 6 / 59 – career best on debut – Maheesh Theekshana 2 / 28 – on debut – Ramesh Mendis 2 / 47

Sri Lanka in reply, 554 all out – (181 Overs) – The highest total in an inning against Australia in a test match – Dinesh Chandimal 206no – (5×6, 16×4, 326 balls) – career best – Skipper Dimuth Karunarathne 86, Kusal Mendis 85, Kamindu Mendis 61 – on debut – Angelo Mathews 52, Ramesh Mendis 29 – Dimuth / Kusal put on 154 runs for the 02nd wicket – highest 02nd wicket partnership against Australia – Angelo / Dinesh added 83 runs for the 04th wicket, Dinesh / Kamindu involved in a 133 run stand for the 05th wicket, Dinesh / Ramesh were associated in a 68 run partnership for the 07th wicket, Dinesh / Kasun put together 49 runs for the last wicket without any contribution from Kasun – 04 batters were dismissed lbw, 03 others were out bowled – Mitchell Starc 4 / 89, Mitchell Swepson 3 / 103, Nathan Lyon 2 / 194.

Player of the Match : Prabath Jayasuriya – Sri Lanka Best bowling performance by a Sri Lankan on test debut
Player of the Series : Dinesh Chandimal – Sri Lanka

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