Sri Lanka vs Australia, 2nd Test Day 1, Live Score Updates

No run.

Nagging length, around off, Chandimal gets squared up and defends it.

Tossed up, around middle, Dinesh Chandimal drops it down towards right to the bowler.

Similar ball, this time Dimuth works it in between short leg and short mid-wicket for a single to deep mid-wicket. The stand moves to 70 now.

A touch short, on leg stump, 84 kph, Karunaratne works it past short leg but cannot beat short mid-wicket.

Flighted, around leg stump, Dimuth Karunaratne flicks it straight to short mid-wicket.

Matthew Kuhnemann will bowl from the other end. 10-1-31-0 so far.

FOUR! PUNCHED AWAY NICELY! Lyon drops it short a bit, outside off, Dinesh Chandimal presses back quickly and cuts it in the gap towards deep backward point for a boundary to end the over.

Floated up, around off, Chandimal drops it down back to the bowler.

Tossed up, outside off, Dinesh Chandimal takes out his front leg forward and drives it toe extra cover.

Punishes the width this time. Short and wide outside off, Chandimal cracks a punch through the covers but Beau Webster pulls off an excellent diving stop to his left.

Wide outside off, 86 kph, fuller in length, Dinesh Chandimal lunges but then lets the ball go.

Full, on middle and leg, Dimuth Karunaratne works it through mid-wicket for a single, to get the scoreboard rolling straightaway.

Warm, bright sunshine welcomes us for the second session of play. Given that 30 overs have been bowled, the overrate is good but not excellent. 22 of those 30 overs were bowled by spin, so they could have bowled a lot more. But it is pretty evident that Australia do not want to bowl more than 30 overs in a session, expecting a long first-innings haul. Out walk the Lankan batters, Karunaratne and Chandimal. It will be Nathan Lyon to start off proceedings after Lunch, to Karunaratne. Here we go...

... DAY 1, SESSION 2 ...

Building more on the Stoinis retirement, the statement he has given indicates that he will still be available to play for his country in the T20 format. One believes that the decision to retire from ODIs comes on the back of two causes - 1. Stoinis' form has been really patchy in both, ODIs and T20s. 2. Towards the end of the SA20 League, Stoinis seemed to pick up a niggle. Add to it, the big season of the Indian T20 League is coming up as well and one feels that The Hulk is not at his fittest. What this now does is - puts a lot of conundrum on the Aussie selectors. Already there is no Cameron Green. No Mitchell Marsh either. No Marcus Stoinis now. Additionally, we hear that Pat Cummins and Josh Hazlewood are not going to feature either. Seems like the Aussies will be forced to select a second-string squad for the Champions Trophy. Of course, another way to look at that is a ton of opportunities for Australia's future.

Just 30 overs done in the match, but this already seems like a good toss to win. Sri Lanka have got a good platform and the experienced Dimuth Karunaratne and Dinesh Chandimal will be looking to build on it, in what is usually called as a session for the batters. It is easy to say in hindsight but now, Australia will feel that they did a big mistake by leaving out Todd Murphy. They have as many as 8 bowling options, but only three of them are frontline bowlers. That selection policy could end up issuing a massive workload for Lyon and Kuhnemann. The second session is scheduled to start at 7.10 am GMT.

Australia have probably done all that they could. They got the new ball to swing and Mitchell Starc got the opening batters in a bit of trouble. Then, when the pitch started to show some signs of spin, Nathan Lyon got rid of Pathum Nissanka. But after that, the pitch settled down and with Australia aiming to hit the areas outside the stumps aiming for massive turn, were rendered ineffective, allowing the batters to settle down in their innings. Steven Smith has been constantly marshalling his troups, keeping on changing his bowlers and the field. But barring a couple of close moments in the last half hour of the session, nothing much has gone Australia's way.

There was a lot of turn in the first half hour of the day and plenty of puffs of dust were seen as well. The ball was keeping low too. But after those first 30 minutes, the pitch seems to have settled down nicely. Just like the first Test, the batters are making good use of the conditions on Day 1, not taking much risks, clearly understanding that batting will get difficult as the game wears on. Dimuth Karunaratne has looked solid as a rock while Dinesh Chandimal started briskly, using his feet against the spinners and rotating the strike effectively. But after a point, he too, settled down, milking the bowling and taking the odd opportunity to score a boundary.

A very good session for Sri Lanka. They lost Pathum Nissanka early in the session but that's the only one they have lost and have raised a strong foundation for a good first innings total. The batters have made one strong change to their approach from the previous Test, avoiding any sweep shots. They have mostly played with a straight bat and only looked to score in front of the wicket, unless the ball was such that it needed to be worked behind the wickets.