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Dimuth Karunaratne: c Carey b Lyon 235.3 Bottom edge, given! Went for the sweep from outside off and gets a thin tickle. Neatly done from Carey who has done well in tough conditions behind the stumps. Australia have their first | 37 for 1 Pathum Nissanka: lbw b Swepson 146.5 Big appeal and given lbw!

Sri Lanka crashed and burned in the second innings, nosediving to 113 all out in 22.5 overs. Four of their top seven fell attempting sweeps or reverse sweeps. And of that top seven, only Dhananjaya de Silva was out not playing and attacking stroke – he left a ball that would have hit leg stump.

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 wickets Australia’s spinners tore through Sri Lanka’s line-up as they lost 10 wickets inside 23 overs in a staggering collapse to lose the opening Test in Galle

Australia 313 for 8 (Green 77, Khawaja 71, Ramesh 4-107) lead Sri Lanka 212 by 101 runs Two sensational seventies from Cameron Green and Usman Khawaja gave Australia a vital lead over Sri Lanka on a weather-affected second day in Galle as the pitch continued to deteriorate quickly. Green made 77, his fifth Test half-century,

Cricket Australia’s free-to-air television broadcaster Channel Seven has filed proceedings in the Federal Court of Australia to terminate their A$82 million-a-year broadcasting agreement which has two years to run citing “multiple quality and standards breaches.” The move by the network continues a long-running battle between Seven and CA that began in 2020 following the onset

Surrey have signed uncapped Australian allrounder Aaron Hardie for the rest of the Vitality Blast, after losing Kieron Pollard to injury. Hardie, who has been in Sri Lanka with Australia A, has joined up with the squad and will be available for Surrey’s Blast game against Kent on Friday. Surrey are top of the South

Western Australia will begin their Sheffield Shield title defence against New South Wales at the WACA, while the details of the expanded WNCL have been locked in with the announcement of the domestic fixtures for the Australian summer. There will be a full men’s domestic programme for the first time since 2018-19 following two disrupted

Who’s still in contention, who isn’t, and who needs to do what to face off for the coveted Test mace in the World Test Championship (WTC) final next year? Here’s the lowdown. How does England’s 3-0 win over New Zealand affect the WTC table? England were already so far behind that even their whitewash of

Hilton Cartwright, the Australia allrounder, has signed on a one-month deal with Derbyshire. He will provide cover for Shan Masood for the remainder of the Vitality Blast and up to three LV= Insurance Championship matches in July. Masood was recently called up for Pakistan’s tour of Sri Lanka next month, having been in prolific form

Sri Lanka’s success on Australia’s previous trip to the island had been driven by the prowess of Herath, who took 28 wickets at an average of 12.75 in a 3-0 whitewash. Australia had at times been woeful against spin in that series, but Karunaratne expects them to be much improved this time. Australia’s most recent

Jon Holland has bolted into contention for a shock Test recall if he can overcome a finger injury in time for Australia’s series opener against Sri Lanka in Galle on Wednesday. Australia received a major boost on Monday, with Mitchell Starc cleared to return from a cut finger after a lengthy centre-wicket training session. Bowling

Stick to your plans. That will be the message to Australia’s batters as they head to Sri Lanka for their biggest batting examination in three years of Test cricket. Pakistan did not quite throw up the batting challenges against spin that were anticipated in March, particularly in the first two Tests, where Australia secured a

Steven Smith has dispelled doubts about his fitness ahead of Australia’s first Test against Sri Lanka, but Mitchell Starc but still faces a crucial lead-in to overcome a finger injury. The two stars of Australia’s last tour to Sri Lanka, Smith and Starc, headline a long injury list for the tourists ahead of the opening

Glenn Maxwell had always held out hope, if not always complete belief, that he would get another chance in Test cricket. But he did not want to tempt fate in Sri Lanka, so did not pack his baggy green. And as it turns out, he’ll need a new one in Galle with the original having

Australia A 254 (Peirson 67*, Rasanjana 5-82) and 370 for 5 (Peirson 128*, Hunt 107, Hardie 78*) beat Sri Lanka A 330 for 9 dec (Dananjaya 92, Udara 63, Arachchige 61, Boland 4-38, Steketee 4-69) and 290 (Dananjaya 77, Arachchige 58, Boland 3-51, Sangha 3-53) by five wickets Queensland wicketkeeper Jimmy Peirson completed an outstanding

Innings break Sri Lanka 160 all out (Chamika 75, Hazlewood 2-22, Cummins 2-22) vs Australia Sri Lanka’s rolling collapse ate up the top order, decimated the middle, and threatened to wipe out the tail, until Chamika Karunaratne intervened with 75 off 74. He lifted Sri Lanka from an embarrassing 85 for 8, to 160 all

Australia have been handed another injury concern ahead of the Test series against Sri Lanka with Travis Head ruled out of the final ODI in Colombo due to a hamstring problem. Head sustained the injury late in the fourth match and has just six days to recover before the first Test in Galle. If he

After two years of planning and delays caused by Covid-19 the BBL has finally unveiled an overseas player draft for the upcoming season. Here is everything you need to know. What is the overseas draft?BBL teams will no longer go out and search for their three overseas players privately. They will select a minimum of

Lisa Sthalekar has become the first woman to be appointed president of the Federation of International Cricketers’ Association (FICA). The former Australia captain was confirmed at the FICA Executive Committee meeting held in Nyon, Switzerland. She will take up a position that has previously been held by former South Africa batter Barry Richards, former West

Australia won the toss and decided to bowl against Sri Lanka Australia 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 the third ODI batting first, however, and are down 2-1 in

Travis Head claims he is already feeling comfortable on Sri Lanka’s wickets after working his way to a second big score of Australia’s tour in their six-wicket ODI loss in Colombo. Head played a starring role in Australia’s innings of 291 for 6 on Sunday, hitting an unbeaten 70 from 65 balls as he anchored

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 bat of captain Dasun Shanaka, were only beaten by a Glenn Maxwell special at

Australia won the toss and decided to bat against Sri Lanka Cameron 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 return. Jhye Richardson has also been brought back into the line-up with

Sri Lanka produced a stirring victory in game two to level the series thanks to an excellent bowling and fielding display. Australia collapsed under the pressure of a chase to lose 5 for 19 and be bowled out for just 189. It was Sri Lanka’s spinners, in the absence of Wanindu Hasaranga, who sparked the

Australian quick Mitchell Starc is still holding out hope of featuring in the ODI series against Sri Lanka, but only if it doesn’t compromise his chances of playing in the Tests. Starc sliced open his left index finger on his shoe spike during his follow through in the T20I series opener last week. The 32-year-old

Australia won the toss and decided to bowl against Sri Lanka Australia 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 called into the squad only yesterday, and gets the chance on the

Australia’s injury woes have deepened on the tour of Sri Lanka with Marcus Stoinis ruled out of the remainder of the ODI series with a side strain while Ashton Agar‘s future on the trip remains doubtful with a similar problem. Travis Head and the uncapped left-arm spinner Matthew Kuhnemann have been called up from the

In other notable movements among bowlers, Hazlewood’s team-mate Ashton Agar gained three places to move up to ninth, while Sri Lanka’s Maheesh Theekshana jumped 16 spots to eighth. Bhuvneshwar Kumar‘s six wickets in three games against South Africa helped him rise three places to No. 11 with a career-best ratings points total of 635.

While the ODI series is their next focus, Australia have twin ambitions over the next couple of weeks in Sri Lanka as they look to take advantage of a world returning to something closer to normal after the many restrictions of the last two years. For the first time since the 2019 tour of England,

Sri Lanka chose to bat vs Australia Sri 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 bowlers. Dunith Wellalage, the 19-year old left-arm spinner who can bat a bit, is making