Australia won the second Test match of their series against Sri Lanka by 9 wickets in Galle on Sunday. With this, they won the two-match series 2-0. Australia won the first Test by an innings margin. They won a Test series in Sri Lanka after 13 years. The last time was in 2011. The two series following that ended in a Sri Lankan win and a draw. In the match, Sri Lanka won the toss and opted to bat first, ending up all out for 257 runs in the first innings. Australia scored 414 runs in their first innings and secured a lead of 157 runs. The hosts could not put up a big score in the second innings either and were restricted to 231. Australia chased the paltry target of 75, losing only 1 wicket. The teams are now set to play a two-match ODI series in preparation for the Champions Trophy, with the first game on February 12 in Colombo. Mendis scores 50, Lyon and Kuhnemann scalp 4 wickets each
Sri Lanka started the fourth day on Sunday with a score of 211/8 in the second innings. The team added 20 runs and lost two wickets. Kusal Mendis was out for 50 and Lahiru Kumara for 9 runs. In the second innings for Australia, Matthew Kuhnemann and Nathan Lyon took 4 wickets each. Beau Webster took 2 wickets. Chasing a target of 75 runs, Travis Head was out for 20 runs for Australia. Usman Khawaja returned not out with 27 runs and Marnus Labuschagne with 26. On Day 3, Sri Lanka scored 211 runs for 8 wickets On the third day of the match on Saturday, Sri Lanka scored 211 runs for 8 wickets in their second innings.. Angelo Mathews scored 76 runs in the second innings for Sri Lanka, while Kusal Mendis remained not out with 48. Prabath Jayasuriya took 5 wickets in the first innings for Sri Lanka. On the second day, Smith and Carey scored centuries for Australia On the second day of the match on Friday, Australia scored 330/3 in their first innings by stumps. Steve Smith and Alex Carey returned unbeaten after scoring centuries. Australia lost both their wickets for 37 runs initially. Travis Head scored 21 runs, Usman Khawaja 36, and Marnus Labuschagne 4 runs before getting out. Both century-makers from the previous match, Steve Smith and Alex Carey, took charge of the innings and scored centuries in this match as well. Captain Steve Smith remained unbeaten on 120 runs with the help of 9 fours and 1 six, while Carey remained not out with 139 runs off 156 balls. 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 with 59 runs. Dinesh Chandimal scored 74 runs. For Australia, fast bowler Mitchell Starc and spinner Nathan Lyon took 3 wickets each. Left-arm spinner Matthew Kuhnemann took 2 wickets and off-spinner Travis Head took 1 wicket. Karunaratne bows out with 100 test matches This was the 100th and final Test match of Dimuth Karunaratne's career. He had announced his retirement before the match. On the first day of the match, Sri Lankan players gave him a guard of honor.Original Article