The second Test between Sri Lanka and Australia in Galle came alive on Friday, as the visitors opened up a 73-run lead. The side led by Steve Smith finished Day 2 at 330/3 after Sri Lanka were dismissed for 257 in their first innings. Captain Smith led his side from the front, scoring a record-breaking 36th Test hundred. The skipper will resume Day 3 at 120* off 239 runs, while Alex Carey also slammed a ton, he's batting at 139* off 156 balls. Sri Lanka resumed playing from their overnight score of 229/9 and were all out for 257 runs in the first innings. Dinesh Chandimal (74) and Kusal Mendis (85*) scored half-centuries. Mitchell Starc, Matthew Kuhnemann and Nathan Lyon took 3 wickets each for Australia. Centuries from Smith and Carey
Australia lost both their wickets for 37 runs at the start. Travis Head scored 21 runs, Usman Khawaja got 36 and Marnus Labuschagne got out for 4 runs. Steve Smith and Alex Carey, steadied the innings and scored hundreds, to put the Aussies in a commanding position. Sri Lanka lost 9 wickets on the first day On Thursday, Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bat on the first day of the match. By stumps, the team had scored 229 runs for the loss of 9 wickets. Kusal Mendis returned not out after scoring 59 runs. Dinesh Chandimal scored 74 runs. Australia's fast bowler Mitchell Starc and spinner Nathan Lyon took 3 wickets each. Left-arm spinner Matthew Kuhnemann got 2 wickets and off-spinner Travis Head got 1 wicket. Australia won the first Test by an innings
The first Test of the series went to Australia. The team won the match by a huge margin of an innings and 242 runs. In the match, Usman Khawaja scored a double century, while Steve Smith and Josh Inglis scored centuries. Guard of Honor for Karunaratne
Before the match, Sri Lankan players gave a guard of honour to Dimuth Karunaratne. He is playing his 100th Test match. Karunaratne announced his retirement two days ago on February 4, saying that he is playing his last Test match. Cooper Connolly made debut
Cooper Connolly made his debut for Australia. Simon Katich presented him with the Test cap. He became the 471st cricketer to make his Test debut for the Kangaroo team. He was included in the team in place of Todd Murphy.Original Article