Australia in Sri Lanka

Lunch Sri Lanka 499 for 8 (Chandimal 153*, Jayasuriya 0*) lead Australia 364 by 135 runsDinesh Chandimal pushed Sri Lanka's lead to hefty proportions on the fourth morning in Galle as Australia's hopes of being able to overhaul a deficit…

58.4 to M Labuschagne,And just like that Labuschagne is gone! And as fate would have it, Dickwella completes the stumping. Marnus came down the wicket here, but didn't get to the pitch of it. He decides to defend, but Jayasuriya manages to…

LunchSri Lanka 8 for 0 trail Australia 364 (Smith 145*, Labuschagne 104, Jayasuriya 6-118) by 356 runsLeft-arm spinner Prabath Jayasuriya took 6 for 118 on his Test debut to lead a Sri Lanka fightback on the second morning in Galle as…

Australia won the toss and decided to bat against Sri LankaAustralia have decided against altering the balance of their side with Mitchell Starc retaining his place for the second Test in Galle, meaning a comeback for Glenn Maxwell will…

Big Picture There has been plenty of Test cricket recently that you don't want to take your eyes off. England are changing the way people think of the game by charging their way to fourth-innings targets as though it was the most normal…

Australia 321 (Green 77, Khawaja 71, Ramesh 4-112) and 10 for 0 beat Sri Lanka 212 (Dickwella 58, Lyon 5-90) and 113 (Head 4-10, Lyon 4-31) by 10 wicketsAustralia's spinners tore through Sri Lanka's line-up as they lost 10 wickets inside 23…

Tea Australia 233 for 5 (Khawaja 71, Green 48*, Carey 43*, Ramesh 2-74) lead Sri Lanka 212 (Dickwella 58, Mathews 39, Lyon 5-90, Swepson 3-55) by 21 runsA brilliant half-century from Usman Khawaja and a superb unbeaten partnership between…

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Legspinner Jeffrey Vandersay will make his Test debut as Sri Lanka have picked three specialist spinners in their line-up after winning the toss and electing to bat in the opening Test of their two-match series with Australia in…

Big picture Australia's tour to Sri Lanka has been a roaring success already following the special scenes in Colombo of locals dressed in yellow to thank the visitors for touring during a desperate time in their country's history.Sri Lanka…