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.
Full, at the stumps, Usman Khawaja blocks it to the right of the bowler.
Drinks! Australia continue to cruise along effortlessly, navigating the first half of the session without any hiccups. Sri Lanka, meanwhile, seems to be running out of ideas, relying more on the batters to make mistakes rather than creating opportunities. With the scoreboard ticking over comfortably and Josh Inglis starting to switch gears for the visitors, Sri Lanka are slowly slipping further behind in this contest. They’ll need to stay patient, keep their energy levels up, and find a breakthrough without letting their shoulders drop any further.
FOUR! Poor ball and rightly punished! A half-tracker on off, Josh Inglis makes some room and caresses it through cover-point for a boundary.
Full, outside off, doesn't quite turn in as Khawaja patiently waits back. He then taps it to cover for one.
Short and on off, Inglis pushes it to deep point for one.
SIX! Great shot! Tossed up, on middle, Josh Inglis skips down to the pitch of the ball and gets a bit too close to the line. Still manages to muscle it over mid on for a biggie.
Turning in, on a fuller length, Usman Khawaja tucks it to deep backward square leg for one.
Flights it up, outside off, fuller in length, Usman Khawaja skips towards the line and pads it out.
Very full at the stumps, Khawaja just taps it to long off and takes a single. Moves to 230 runs.
Fired in full, on leg, keeps a tad bit low as well, Khawaja turns it around to square leg.
Quicker, full and outside off, Josh Inglis punches it to sweeper cover and picks up a single.
Fuller and on the hips, Khawaja clips it to deep square leg for one.
Short and on the pads, Usman Khawaja goes back and tucks it past leg slip for a couple of runs.
Full, outside off, Josh Inglis sweeps it aerially to deep square leg for a single.
Very full, on middle, well blocked out.
Full, around off, well defended.
Full, around off, Josh gets down and across and sweeps it behind square leg for a run.
Outside off, pushed through the covers for a run.
Outside off, punched through point for a single.