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Australia won the second Test against Sri Lanka by 9 wickets. The team won the two-match series 2–0 with this. Australia won the first Test by a margin. The Australian team has won the Test series in Sri Lanka after 13 years. Earlier won in 2011. After this, 2 series were played, one was won by Sri Lanka and the other was a draw.
The first match of the two -match ODI series between the two teams will be played in Colombo on 12 February.
In the match played in Gaul, Sri Lanka won the toss and was batting first for 257 runs in the first innings. Australia scored 414 runs in the first innings. On this basis, the team gained 157 runs. Host Sri Lanka could not score a big score even in the second innings and was reduced to 231. In this way, the Kangaroo team got a target of 75 runs, which the team achieved by losing 1 wicket.
Sri Lanka scored 211 for 8 wickets in the second innings on the third day On the third day of the match on Saturday, Sri Lanka scored 211 for 8 wickets in their second innings. The team scored 257 runs in the first innings. Australia scored 414 runs in the first innings, so the team is currently lagging behind by 54 runs. In the second innings from Sri Lanka, Angelo Mathews scored 76 runs, while Kusal Mendis was not out for 48 runs. Prabath Jayasuriya took 5 wickets in the first innings from the team. Australia won the first Test by a margin. Read full news …
Smith and Carrie’s century from Australia on the second day
On the second day of the match on Friday, Australia scored 330/3 in the first innings till stumps. Steve Smith and Alex Carrie returned unbeaten with a century. Australia lost both their wickets for the initial 37 runs. Travis Head 21 runs, Usman Khwaja 36 and Marnas Labushen were dismissed for 4 runs. Both centuries of the last match, Steve Smith and Alex Carrie, took the innings and scored a century in this match as well. Captain Steve Smith remained unbeaten on 120 runs with the help of 9 fours and 1 six, while Carrie was not out after scoring 139 runs on 156 balls. Read full news …
Sri Lanka lost 9 wickets on the first day
On the first day of the match on Thursday, Sri Lanka won the toss and chose batting. Till the stumps, the team scored 229 runs losing 9 wickets. Kusal Mendis returned not out after scoring 59 runs. Dinesh Chandimal scored 74 runs. Fast bowler Mitchell Starc and spinner Nathan Lyion from Australia took 3-3 wickets. Left arm spinner Matthew Kuhnemann got 2 and Op Spinner Travis Head got 1 wicket. Read full news …
Australia won the first Test innings by margin The first Test of the series was named after Australia. The team won the match with a big margin of innings and 242 runs. In the match, Usman Khwaja scored a double century, while Steve Smith and Josh English had a century. Read full news …