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SL vs AUS LIVE: Sri Lanka script FAMOUS WIN at Galle, thrash Australia by an innings an 39 runs to level series: Check HIGHLIGHTS

SL vs AUS LIVE: Sri Lanka script FAMOUS WIN at Galle, thrash Australia by an innings an 39 runs to level series: Check HIGHLIGHTS

SL vs AUS LIVE: Sri Lanka vs Australia 2nd TEST LIVE: Sri Lanka have scripted a famous win at Galle, thrashing Australia by an innings and 39 runs to level series 1-1. Dinesh Chandimal set the stage with a fantastic double century while Prabath Jayasuriya did the rest. He bagged five wickets in the second innings, […]

SL vs AUS LIVE: Sri Lanka vs Australia 2nd TEST LIVE: Sri Lanka have scripted a famous win at Galle, thrashing Australia by an innings and 39 runs to level series 1-1. Dinesh Chandimal set the stage with a fantastic double century while Prabath Jayasuriya did the rest. He bagged five wickets in the second innings, following up his six-wicket haul in the first to bowl out Pat Cummins & Co for just 151. Follow SL vs AUS  LIVE updates with InsideSport.IN.

  • This was Australia’s first defeat of this WTC cycle.
  • The loss also meant, Australia lose TOP SPOT in WTC Points Table to South Africa.
  • The win helped Sri Lanka level the series.
  • This was Australia’s first innings defeat since 2016.
  • The last time Australia lost a match was at the Gabba in Brisbane against India.
  • Australia’s last innings defeat was back in 2016 against South Africa when they lost by an innings and 80 runs.

SL vs AUS LIVE: Sri Lanka script FAMOUS WIN at Galle, thrash Australia by an innings an 39 runs to level series: Check HIGHLIGHTS

It was Dinesh Chandimal who set the stage with a brilliant unbeaten 206. It helped Sri Lanka take a 190-run first-innings lead. With Sri Lanka posting 554 in the first innings, the hosts took a mammoth 190-run lead. Besides Chandimal, four other Lankan batters made merry, smashing half-centuries to put Sri Lanka in the driver’s seat.


SL vs AUS LIVE: Sri Lanka script FAMOUS WIN at Galle, thrash Australia by an innings an 39 runs to level series: Check HIGHLIGHTS

Jayasuriya, a left-arm spinner, then took six wickets to help dismiss Australia for 151 in the final session on day four as the hosts bounced back from their opening loss to end the series at 1-1.

The tourists posted 364 with Steve Smith hitting an unbeaten 145 in the first innings but their batting faltered the second time around.

Off-spinner Ramesh Mendis trapped David Warner lbw for 24 before tea and Jayasuriya soon took over with his left-arm spin in the final session to send back Usman Khawaja (29) and Steve Smith (0) in one over to rattle the opposition batting.

The 30-year-old Jayasuriya, who claimed a six-for in the first innings, kept up the charge with another twin strike to expose the Australian tail.

SL vs AUS LIVE: Sri Lanka script FAMOUS WIN at Galle, thrash Australia by an innings an 39 runs to level series: Check HIGHLIGHTS

SL vs AUS LIVE: Sri Lanka script FAMOUS WIN at Galle, thrash Australia by an innings an 39 runs to level series: Check HIGHLIGHTS

Ramesh and debutant spinner Maheesh Theekshana took two each and Jayasuriya got the final wicket to trigger celebrations in the Sri Lankan camp and crowd.

Jayasuriya’s match figures of 12-177 are the best ever by a Sri Lankan bowler on debut as he went one better than Praveen Jayawickrama, who took 11 wickets in his first Test last year.

But Chandimal set up victory after he launched an assault on the opposition bowlers with his final 47 runs coming from just 28 balls.

SL vs AUS LIVE: Sri Lanka script FAMOUS WIN at Galle, thrash Australia by an innings an 39 runs to level series: Check HIGHLIGHTS

Chandimal, 32, smashed left-arm quick Mitchell Starc for a four and two sixes on consecutive balls to go past 200 as he leapt in joy amid raucous applause from the crowd.

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Starc took four wickets while leg-spinner Mitchell Swepson took three to polish off the tail. The hosts began the day on 431-6 in response to Australia’s first innings 364.

Opening batsman Pathum Nissanka was ruled out before play started Monday with Covid-19, becoming the sixth Sri Lanka player to contract the virus during the past two weeks.

The overnight pair of Chandimal and Ramesh added 68 before Starc broke through. Chandimal, who recorded his 13th Test hundred on Sunday, took on the opposition bowlers after losing Jayasuriya for nought as he went past his previous best of 164.

Chandimal and debutant Kamindu Mendis, who made 61, put together 133 runs for the fifth wicket to take the team into the lead on day three.

SL vs AUS LIVE: Sri Lanka script FAMOUS WIN at Galle, thrash Australia by an innings an 39 runs to level series: Check HIGHLIGHTS

Australia 2nd Innings:

Batsmen R B 4S 6S SR
David Warner lbw b Ramesh Mendis 24 44 4 0 54.55
Usman Khawaja c (sub O Fernando) b NGRP Jayasuriya 29 47 4 0 61.70
Marnus Labuschagne lbw b NGRP Jayasuriya 32 59 3 0 54.24
Steven Smith lbw b NGRP Jayasuriya 0 4 0 0 0.00
Travis Head b Ramesh Mendis 5 4 1 0 125.00
Cameron Green st N Dickwella b NGRP Jayasuriya 23 32 2 0 71.88
Alex Carey (WK) Not out 15 27 0 0 55.56
Mitchell Starc c K Mendis b NGRP Jayasuriya 0 2 0 0 0.00
Pat Cummins (C) lbw b M Theekshana 16 18 1 1 88.89
Nathan Lyon lbw b M Theekshana 5 3 1 0 166.67
Extra 1 (b 1, w 0, nb 0, lb 0)
Total 150/9 (40)
Yet To Bat Mitchell Swepson
BOWLING O M R W ECON
Kasun Rajitha 5 1 16 0 3.20
Maheesh Theekshana 5 0 28 2 5.60
Ramesh Mendis 15 2 47 2 3.13
Prabath Jayasuriya 15 2 58 5 3.87
Fall Of Wickets FOW Over
David Warner 1-49 13.1
Usman Khawaja 2-59 18.1
Steven Smith 3-59 18.5
TM Head 4-74 21.1
Marnus Labuschagne 5-112 30.6
C Green 6-117 32.2
Mitchell Starc 7-117 32.4
Pat Cummins 8-144 39.2
Nathan Lyon 9-150 39.6

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Sri Lanka 1st Innings:

Batsmen R B 4S 6S SR
Pathum Nissanka c C Green b Mitchell Starc 6 25 0 0 24.00
Dimuth Karunaratne (C) lbw b Mitchell Swepson 86 165 10 0 52.12
Kusal Mendis lbw b Nathan Lyon 85 161 9 0 52.80
Angelo Mathews c Marnus Labuschagne b Mitchell Starc 52 117 4 0 44.44
Dinesh Chandimal Not out 206 326 16 5 63.19
Kamindu Mendis b Mitchell Swepson 61 137 7 0 44.53
Niroshan Dickwella (WK) c Pat Cummins b Nathan Lyon 5 13 0 0 38.46
Ramesh Mendis lbw b Mitchell Starc 29 98 1 0 29.59
Maheesh Theekshana b Pat Cummins 10 27 2 0 37.04
Prabath Jayasuriya b Mitchell Starc 0 9 0 0 0.00
Kasun Rajitha lbw b Mitchell Swepson 0 9 0 0 0.00
Extra 14 (b 4, w 3, nb 1, lb 6)
Total 554/10 (181)
Yet To Bat
BOWLING O M R W ECON
Mitchell Starc 29 3 89 4 3.07
Pat Cummins 30 5 95 1 3.17
Nathan Lyon 64 5 194 2 3.03
Cameron Green 6 0 20 0 3.33
Mitchell Swepson 38 2 103 3 2.71
Travis Head 8 0 27 0 3.38
Marnus Labuschagne 6 0 16 0 2.67
Fall Of Wickets FOW Over
Pathum Nissanka 1-12 8.3
D Karunaratne 2-164 54.4
K Mendis 3-186 65.2
A Mathews 4-269 90.3
Kamindu Mendis 5-402 133.2
N Dickwella 6-409 136.4
Ramesh Mendis 7-477 164.1
M Theekshana 8-498 171.4
NGRP Jayasuriya 9-505 174.5
K Rajitha 10-554 180.6

 

SL vs AUS LIVE: Sri Lanka script FAMOUS WIN at Galle, thrash Australia by an innings an 39 runs to level series: Check HIGHLIGHTS

AUS  Scorecard, 1st Innings:

Batsmen R B 4S 6S SR
Usman Khawaja b Ramesh Mendis 37 77 4 0 48.05
David Warner b K Rajitha 5 13 1 0 38.46
Marnus Labuschagne st N Dickwella b NGRP Jayasuriya 104 156 12 0 66.67
Steven Smith Not out 145 272 16 0 53.31
Travis Head b NGRP Jayasuriya 12 36 0 0 33.33
Cameron Green lbw b NGRP Jayasuriya 4 14 0 0 28.57
Alex Carey (WK) c Ramesh Mendis b NGRP Jayasuriya 28 61 4 0 45.90
Mitchell Starc c Kamindu Mendis b NGRP Jayasuriya 1 8 0 0 12.50
Pat Cummins (C) lbw b K Rajitha 5 6 1 0 83.33
Nathan Lyon lbw b NGRP Jayasuriya 5 6 1 0 83.33
Mitchell Swepson lbw b M Theekshana 3 14 0 0 21.43
Extra 15 (b 5, w 1, nb 3, lb 6)
Total 364/10 (110)
Yet To Bat
BOWLING O M R W ECON
Kasun Rajitha 25 4 70 2 2.80
Ramesh Mendis 33 1 117 1 3.55
Maheesh Theekshana 16 2 48 1 3.00
Prabath Jayasuriya 36 3 118 6 3.28

Sri Lanka (Playing XI): Dimuth Karunaratne (c), Pathum Nissanka, Angelo Mathews, Kusal Mendis, Kamindu Mendis, Niroshan Dickwella, Dinesh Chandimal, Ramesh Mendis, Maheesh Theekshana, Prabath Jayasuriya, Kasun Rajitha

Australia (Playing XI): Pat Cummins (c), Alex Carey, Cameron Green, Travis Head, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Nathan Lyon, Steve Smith, Mitchell Starc, Mitchell Swepson, David Warner

SL vs AUS LIVE: Sri Lanka script FAMOUS WIN at Galle, thrash Australia by an innings an 39 runs to level series: Check HIGHLIGHTS

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