Sri Lanka vs Australia 1st Test Day 1 Highlights: Steve Smith Shines As Australia Dominate Opening Day
SL vs AUS 1st Test Day 1 Highlights: Steve Smith stood unbeaten on 104 and helped Australia pummel Sri Lanka.
SL vs AUS 1st Test Day 1 Highlights: Steve Smith stood unbeaten on 104 after crossing 10,000 Test runs and helped Australia pummel Sri Lanka alongside fellow centurion Usman Khawaja on day one of the opening Test on Wednesday. Australia reached 330-2 in 81.1 overs when rain stopped play for the day after the tourists elected to bat first in Galle at the start of the two-match series. Left-handed opener Khawaja, on 147, and skipper Smith put on an unbeaten stand of 195 to thwart the opposition attack in two wicketless afternoon sessions. (Scorecard)
Australia XI: Usman Khawaja, Travis Head, Marnus Labuschagne, Steven Smith (capt.), Josh Inglis, Beau Webster, Alex Carey (wk), Mitchell Starc, Mathew Kuhnemann, Nathan Lyon, Todd Murphy
Sri Lanka XI: Dimuth Karunaratne, Oshada Fernando, Dinesh Chandimal, Angelo Mathews, Kamindu Mendis, Dhananjaya de Silva (capt.), Kusal Mendis (wk), Prabath Jayasuriya, Nishan Peiris, Jeffrey Vandersay, Asitha Fernando
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SL vs AUS, 1st Test Day 1 Highlights
No run.
1 run.
Down the leg side, helped towards square leg.
Short, outside off, spinning away, Inglis waits for the ball to land and turn away, before punching it through the covers for a single.
Landed outside off, goes straight through, Josh Inglis lets it pass.
Around off, well defended.
Fuller, around middle, worked towards square leg.
A touch short now, outside off, Uzzie punches it through point for a couple.
LBW shout but not out. Full, outside off, Usman keeps his bat inside the line and looks to defend but gets hit on the pads. Now, technically, that is not out as the impact was outside off but was Khawaja playing a shot, with his bat behind the pad? In that case, the impact does not matter, right?
Excellent delivery. Flighted, outside off, Khawaja looks to drive it through the covers but the ball spins back in, takes the inside edge and goes through mid on. Short mid-wicket dives to his right and makes a good stop.
Jeffrey Vandersay into the attack now. Fuller ball, on middle and leg, turns down the leg side, as Usman Khawaja misses his flick.
Quicker again, fired outside off, Josh lets it go. That's 50 overs in this innings alone for Jayasuriya and if Australia don't enforce the followon, there is potentially three more innings left in this series.
Quicker and flatter outside off, short in length, Inglis looks to cut but misses.
A bit quicker, down the leg side, Usman helps it behind square leg for one. His score is now 222.
Slower through the air, around leg stump, Khawaja tucks it towards square leg.
Tossed up, outside off, Josh Inglis jumps down the track and works it through square leg for a run.
On middle and off, Usman Khawaja works it behind square leg for a single.
This is the third successive Test match for Australia where a debutant has scored a half century for them. Sam Konstas made 60 against India at the MCG, which was followed by Beau Webster's 57 at the SCG and now, Josh Inglis. Prabath Jayasuriya is forced back on again. 49-7-163-1 so far.
Slower through the air, on middle and leg, Usman tucks it behind square leg for a single.
Floated, on middle, Khawaja comes forward and defends.