SL vs AUS: Australian bowlers tightened their grip on the very first day, defeated Sri Lanka at home
The second test match between Sri Lanka and Australia is being played at Galle International Stadium. Sri Lanka, who won the toss and elected to bat first, has scored 229 runs in the first innings by losing 9 wickets till the end of the first day's play. The Kangaroo bowlers dominated the match. Dinesh Chandimal and Kusal Mendis scored half centuries from Sri Lanka's side.
The second test match between Sri Lanka and Australia is being played at Galle International Stadium. Sri Lanka, who won the toss and elected to bat first, have scored 229 runs in the first innings by losing 9 wickets till the end of the first day's play. The Kangaroo bowlers dominated the match. Dinesh Chandimal and Kusal Mendis scored half centuries from Sri Lanka's side.
Talking about the match, Sri Lanka got the first blow at the score of 23. Pathum Nissanka scored 11 runs off 31 balls. Nathan Lyon bowled him. After this, Dimuth Karunaratne and Dinesh Chandimal added 70 runs for the second wicket. Lyon broke this partnership. He bowled Dimuth Karunaratne in the 33rd over. Dimuth Karunaratne scored 36 runs off 83 balls.
Sri Lanka suffered a third blow at the score of 101. Angelo Mathews scored 1 run off 26 balls. Kamindu Mendis was taken by Travis Head on the last ball of the 46th over. Mendis scored 13 runs off 21 balls. In the very next over, captain Dhananjay de Silva lost his wicket on a golden duck. Dinesh Chandimal was stumped out at the score of 150. He scored 74 runs with the help of 6 fours and 1 six.
Apart from him, Ramesh Mendis played an innings of 28 runs on 94 balls. Prabhat Jayasuriya and Nishan Peiris could not even open their account. Kusal Mendis is standing on the crease with 59 runs and Lahiru Kumara is standing without scoring any runs. Mitchell Starc and Nathan Lyon have taken 3-3 wickets from Australia's side. Matthew Kuhnemann took 2 wickets and Travis Head took 1 wicket. Dailymintz
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