- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR7.4 bowled him round his legs! Goes for the sweep, gets too far across, misses and it clips leg stump. Nissanka can't quite work out what happened. Just clipped the leg bail 23/132.3 through him! Lyon strikes. Slides on from round the wicket, Karunaratne is on back foot, he is late bringing the bat down and gets the toe end into the leg stump. That's some lovely variation by Lyon 93/260.2 has Carey got him?! He's confident. Lovely piece of bowling. Spins and bounces past the edge as Chandimal presses forward. More lovely glovework from Carey. Did the back foot lift or drag? Nothing behind the line, he's gone 150/638.3 edged, gone! That's loose from Mathews. Very wide outside off, touch of drift takes it wider, he reaches well away from the body, gets a thin edge which is well held by Carey. Mathews batted himself into a hole 101/345.6 golden arm does it! Smith pouches the edge at slip! Head shakes his hand suggesting his spinning fingers are on fire again! Good length, fourth stump, some decent spin, not the length or line to force off the back foot, he tries to punch from the crease and gets a thick edge that flies quickly to Smith at slip and he pouches it beautifully 126/446.2 steered to gully! Great catch by Webster! 138kph, full and wide, very full, hint of tail away, he square drives half-heartedly and steers it off a thick edge low to Webster and it disappears into the big Tasmanian buckets in the gully 127/583.4 caught behind! Too much pace. 144kph, good length, scrambled seam angled across, he was caught on the crease unsure whether to play or leave, tried to withdraw the bat late but gets a touch through to Carey 215/783.5 taken at slip! Great catch by Smith! Starc on a hat-trick. 137kph, good length, angled across on off, he's caught on the crease pushing down the wrong line, he gets a thick edge and Smith moves low to his left to take the catch 215/886.1 bowled him! 85kph, tossed up into the footmarks outside off, he plays for too much turn, it beats the outside edge as he is barely beyond the popping crease with his front foot and crashes into off 224/997.4 taken at second slip! Superb catch by Webster! Tossed up into the footmarks, he defends on the front foot but plays the wrong line and gets a thick edge that flies low to Webster and he takes a brilliant reflex catch 257/10Extras7 (b 4, lb 1, nb 2)TOTAL257 all out (97.4 Overs, RR: 2.63)Fall of wickets: 1-23 (Pathum Nissanka, 7.4 ov), 2-93 (Dimuth Karunaratne, 32.3 ov), 3-101 (Angelo Mathews, 38.3 ov), 4-126 (Kamindu Mendis, 45.6 ov), 5-127 (Dhananjaya de Silva, 46.2 ov), 6-150 (Dinesh Chandimal, 60.2 ov), 7-215 (Ramesh Mendis, 83.4 ov), 8-215 (Prabath Jayasuriya, 83.5 ov), 9-224 (Nishan Peiris, 86.1 ov), 10-257 (Lahiru Kumara, 97.4 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB MA Starc 16 3 37 3 2.31 0 0 MP Kuhnemann 33.4 9 63 3 1.87 0 0 NM Lyon 34 5 96 3 2.82 0 0 BJ Webster 3 0 13 0 4.33 0 2 C Connolly 3 1 12 0 4 0 0 TM Head 8 0 31 1 3.87 0 0
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2nd Test, Australia tour of Sri Lanka at Galle, Feb 6-10 2025
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267/3 * (68 ov)
Current Run Rate
CRR
3.92
Minimum Ov. Rem
Min. Ov. Rem
12.0
Last 10 Ov (Run Rate)
Last 10 Ov (RR)
41/0 (4.1)
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2nd Test, Australia tour of Sri Lanka at Galle, Feb 6-10 2025
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267/3 * (68 ov)
Current Run Rate
CRR
3.92
Minimum Ov. Rem
Min. Ov. Rem
12.0
Last 10 Ov (Run Rate)
Last 10 Ov (RR)
41/0 (4.1)
- BATSMENRB4s6sSR6.4 edged, taken at slip! Head using his feet, looks to loft down the ground, turns (there's a puff of dust as well) takes a thick edge which is comfortably taken by the captain 32/124.5 Khawaja given lbw! He reviews. It's Wilson again. This looks plumb though. Good length drifting in and skidding on, he tries to pull but it's not the length. No bat as it thuds into the back leg infront of middle. Three reds on ball tracking. This is smashing middle and leg. Khawaja misjudged the length and line and takes a review with him 91/37.5 huge appeal! Not given! Jayasuriya is pleading. They have called for the review. This slides on, beats Labuschagne on the back foot. Has it straightened enough? Can see off and middle stumps. Three reds! Smashing leg stump. He was a long way back, the ball didn't have far to go. Lovely piece of bowling from Jayasuriya 37/2Extras10 (b 6, lb 4)TOTAL267/3 (68 Overs, RR: 3.92)Fall of wickets: 1-32 (Travis Head, 6.4 ov), 2-37 (Marnus Labuschagne, 7.5 ov), 3-91 (Usman Khawaja, 24.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB CBRLS Kumara 4 1 24 0 6 0 0 DM de Silva 5 0 18 0 3.6 0 0 KN Peiris 19 2 56 2 2.94 0 0 NGRP Jayasuriya 19 3 76 1 4 0 0 RTM Mendis 18 0 65 0 3.61 0 0 PHKD Mendis 3 0 18 0 6 0 0
Match Details
Toss
Sri Lanka , elected to bat first
Match number
Season
Hours of play (local time)
10.00 start, Lunch 12.00-12.40, Tea 14.40-15.00, Close 17.00
Match days
6,7,8,9,10 February 2025 (5-day match)
Test debut
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Close of Play
- day 1 - Sri Lanka 1st innings 229/9 (BKG Mendis 59*, CBRLS Kumara 0*, 90 ov)
Match Notes
- Over 94.3: Review by Australia (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - AT Holdstock, Batter - BKG Mendis (Struck down)
- Sri Lanka: 250 runs in 94.5 overs (571 balls), Extras 7
- Innings Break: Sri Lanka - 257/10 in 97.4 overs (BKG Mendis 85)
- Over 7.5: Review by Sri Lanka (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - AT Holdstock, Batter - M Labuschagne (Upheld)
- Over 7.6: Review by Sri Lanka (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - AT Holdstock, Batter - SPD Smith (Struck down)
- Drinks: Australia - 49/2 in 10.0 overs (UT Khawaja 21, SPD Smith 1)
- Australia: 50 runs in 11.3 overs (69 balls), Extras 2
- Lunch: Australia - 85/2 in 21.0 overs (UT Khawaja 34, SPD Smith 23)
- Over 22.2: Review by Australia (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - JS Wilson, Batter - SPD Smith (Upheld)
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 91 balls (UT Khawaja 24, SPD Smith 24, Ex 2)
- Over 24.5: Review by Australia (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - JS Wilson, Batter - UT Khawaja (Struck down)
- Australia: 100 runs in 27.5 overs (167 balls), Extras 3
- Drinks: Australia - 135/3 in 36.0 overs (SPD Smith 48, AT Carey 23)
- 4th Wicket: 50 runs in 71 balls (SPD Smith 21, AT Carey 29, Ex 0)
- SPD Smith: 50 off 98 balls (5 x 4, 1 x 6)
- Australia: 150 runs in 37.6 overs (228 balls), Extras 3
- 4th Wicket: 100 runs in 144 balls (SPD Smith 47, AT Carey 47, Ex 6)
- Tea: Australia - 197/3 in 50.0 overs (SPD Smith 78, AT Carey 49)
- AT Carey: 50 off 68 balls (4 x 4, 1 x 6)
- Australia: 200 runs in 51.1 overs (307 balls), Extras 9
- Over 59.3: Review by Sri Lanka (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - AT Holdstock, Batter - SPD Smith (Struck down)
- 4th Wicket: 150 runs in 224 balls (SPD Smith 69, AT Carey 74, Ex 7)
- SPD Smith: 100 off 191 balls (9 x 4, 1 x 6)
- Australia: 250 runs in 63.3 overs (381 balls), Extras 10
- Drinks: Australia - 251/3 in 64.0 overs (SPD Smith 101, AT Carey 79)
- Over 1.6: Review by Australia (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - AT Holdstock, Batter - P Nissanka (Struck down - Umpires Call)
- Drinks: Sri Lanka - 47/1 in 15.0 overs (FDM Karunaratne 21, LD Chandimal 10)
- Sri Lanka: 50 runs in 16.2 overs (98 balls), Extras 5
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 101 balls (FDM Karunaratne 20, LD Chandimal 31, Ex 1)
- Lunch: Sri Lanka - 87/1 in 30.0 overs (FDM Karunaratne 34, LD Chandimal 35)
- Sri Lanka: 100 runs in 38.1 overs (231 balls), Extras 7
- Over 40.5: Review by Sri Lanka (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - JS Wilson, Batter - PHKD Mendis (Upheld)
- LD Chandimal: 50 off 105 balls (4 x 4, 1 x 6)
- Drinks: Sri Lanka - 117/3 in 45.0 overs (LD Chandimal 53, PHKD Mendis 9)
- Tea: Sri Lanka - 144/5 in 58.0 overs (LD Chandimal 70, BKG Mendis 6)
- Sri Lanka: 150 runs in 60.1 overs (363 balls), Extras 7
- Over 70.2: Review by Australia (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - JS Wilson, Batter - BKG Mendis (Struck down)
- Sri Lanka: 200 runs in 72.5 overs (439 balls), Extras 7
- 7th Wicket: 50 runs in 75 balls (BKG Mendis 29, RTM Mendis 21, Ex 0)
- Drinks: Sri Lanka - 201/6 in 73.0 overs (BKG Mendis 37, RTM Mendis 22)
- Second new ball taken at 81.1 overs
- BKG Mendis: 50 off 90 balls (4 x 4, 1 x 6)
- End Of Day: Sri Lanka - 229/9 in 90.0 overs (BKG Mendis 59, CBRLS Kumara 0)
Match Coverage
All Match NewsSri Lanka up against it as Australia sight lead with Smith and Carey
Kusal Mendis had earlier lifted Sri Lanka past 250 after a useful final-wicket stand with Lahiru Kumara
Brace yourselves, it's going to get spicy in Galle
Offbreaks pitching on the straight, and whizzing past a batter's ears, on occasion - that's not just tricky, these are serious warning signs. It's about to get mad
Kusal Mendis fights for Sri Lanka as Starc and Lyon stand out
The home side were promisingly placed after lunch but lost their way before two Mendis' staged a recovery
Cooper Connolly exceeds high expectations in rapid rise to Test cricket
Connolly had played just four first class games and was wicketless from his 96 deliveries before his Test debut in Galle
Sri Lanka hit as Kamindu Mendis' runs dry up
Sri Lanka's batting coach Thilina Kandamby thinks that Kamindu's 2024 excellence may have covered up failures elsewhere in the batting order
