- BATSMENRB4s6sSR7.4 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 93/238.3 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 127/5Extras7 (b 4, lb 1, nb 2)TOTAL144/5 (58 Overs, RR: 2.48)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)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB MA Starc 10 3 18 1 1.8 0 0 MP Kuhnemann 18 4 40 0 2.22 0 0 NM Lyon 21 3 47 3 2.23 0 0 BJ Webster 3 0 13 0 4.33 0 2 C Connolly 2 1 3 0 1.5 0 0 TM Head 4 0 18 1 4.5 0 0 Australia Team Usman Khawaja Travis Head Marnus Labuschagne Steven Smith (c) Josh Inglis Alex Carey † Wicketkeeper Beau Webster Allrounder Cooper Connolly Allrounder Mitchell Starc Bowler Nathan Lyon Bowler Matthew Kuhnemann Bowler
Current Run Rate
CRR
2.48
Minimum Ov. Rem
Min. Ov. Rem
32.0
Last 10 Ov (Run Rate)
Last 10 Ov (RR)
15/0 (1.5)
Current Run Rate
CRR
2.48
Minimum Ov. Rem
Min. Ov. Rem
32.0
Last 10 Ov (Run Rate)
Last 10 Ov (RR)
15/0 (1.5)
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
Match Notes
- 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)
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