Sri Lanka vs Australia 1st Test at Pallekele, 26 Jul, 2016

Toss: Sri Lanka, chose to bat first
Sri Lanka 117/10 (34.2)  &  353/10 (93.4)
Australia 203/10 (79.2)  &  161/10 (88.3)
Sri Lanka won by 106 runs
Man of the Match: Kusal Mendis
  • Josh Hazlewood 0 * (7)
  • Peter Nevill 9 * (115)

Over 2.2 Mitchell Starc bowls a pitched up delivery to MDKJ Perera,  out Lbw!! Early blow for sri Lanka. Perera plays all around it trying to clip and looked all at sea against a hint of curl in and a bit of pace. Missed and that was struck into the middle and leg,

Over 2.5 Mitchell Starc bowls a good length delivery to Dimuth Karunaratne, out Lbw!! Karunaratne was caught in his crease as he looked to work it towards the on-side, the bat came across the front pad,  he missed, it was rapped bang in front of middle and leg.

Over 12.2SJN O'Keefe bowls flatter trajectory delivery to Kaushal Silva, he is struck on the pad and the Umpire has given that out LBW.Out LBW

Over 27.1Nathan Lyon bowls flighted delivery to AD Mathews, gets a bat pad edge which is taken by the close-in fielder.He is Caught

Over 58.1 MR Marsh bowls a good length delivery to LD Chandimal, out Lbw!! End of a lovely stand Chandimal is pinned back in his crease looking to clip. Misses and that was hitting the middle and leg

Over 77.3 Nathan Lyon to Dhananjaya de Silva, out Caught by Khawaja!! Floated up invitingly outside off, held up a bit on the wicket, Silva lunged forward to drive, was early in the shot and lobbed it off the inner part to mid-off. 

Over 82.1Mitchell Starc bowls good length delivery to KusalMendis, gets an outside edge which is caught by the Keeper.He is Caught

Over 87.4J Hazlewood bowls good length delivery to DilruwanPerera, he is struck on the pad and the Umpire has given that out LBW.Out LBW

Over 88.5Mitchell Starc bowls good length delivery to Lakshan Sandakan, and that’s the end of his stay in the middle, clean bowled! .Bowled him!

Over 93.4J Hazlewood bowls good length delivery to HMRKB Herath, and he is caught by the fielder in the infield.He is Caught