Australia in Sri Lanka

Shanaka collects the trophy and the players line up for the winning photograph. All smiles in the camp. That ends our coverage for the series, which has been played in excellent spirits. The Australians took the T20I series while the ODI…

Innings break Sri Lanka 160 all out (Chamika 75, Hazlewood 2-22, Cummins 2-22) vs AustraliaSri Lanka's rolling collapse ate up the top order, decimated the middle, and threatened to wipe out the tail, until Chamika Karunaratne intervened…

Australia won the toss and decided to bowl against Sri LankaAustralia have won the toss and chosen to bowl first in the fourth ODI at Khettarama. This is an unusual choice at a venue on which chases are historically difficult. They had lost…

Big Picture Other than the opening T20I which was a very one-sided affair, Sri Lanka have heaped the pressure on Australia during this tour. They nearly stole a low-scoring clash in the second T20I, thrillingly won the third game off the…

Umpire Kumar Dharmasena's viral pic shows him going for catch during AUS vs SL 3rd ODISri Lanka defeated Australia in the 3rd ODI of the ongoing series on Sunday in Colombo after Pathum Nissanka's century helped them take a 2-1 lead in the…

Australia won the toss and decided to bat against Sri LankaCameron Green and Mitchell Marsh will play their first matches of the ODI series but Steven Smith misses out with his quad injury and Mitchell Starc waits a bit longer for his…

Australia won the toss and decided to bowl against Sri LankaAustralia won the toss and chose to bowl first in the second ODI, as both sides made changes forced by injury.Left-arm spinner Matt Kuhnemann makes his debut for Australia. He was…

Big picture Australia claimed a 1-0 series lead thanks to some Glenn Maxwell magic, but Sri Lanka exposed some vulnerabilities and will believe they can level the series although will have to do it without the injured Wanindu…

Sri Lanka chose to bat vs AustraliaSri Lanka won the toss and chose to bat first in the first ODI against Australia, at Pallekele. The hosts are again playing with six recognised batters, plus two allrounders, and three specialist…

Big pictureWelcome back to the five-match ODI series, although, maybe, for the last time? Not since before the 2019 World Cup has there been a bilateral contest of this length in the format. For Sri Lanka and Australia, it's an extended…