What a turn around of luck and fate this has been. Australia must perceive it as shocking that after a long time, they have lost a match with margin of an innings.
Credit to Dinesh Chandimal for putting up an innings of his career, scoring 205 runs. He became the first Sri Lankan player to score a double century against Australia.
Sri Lanka scored 554 runs having lead of 190 runs. Australia, while chasing fell in catacombs of Sri Lankan spinners who bundled them out at 151 runs.
SCORECARD SUMMARY
AUSTRALIA • 364/10 (110 Overs)
1ST INNINGS
Steven Smith * 145 (272)
Marnus Labuschagne 104 (156)
Prabath Jayasuriya 6/118 (36)
Kasun Rajitha 2/70 (25)
SRI LANKA • 554/10 (181 Overs)
1ST INNINGS
Dinesh Chandimal* 206 (326)
Dimuth Karunaratne 86 (165)
Mitchell Starc 4/89 (29)
Mitchell Swepson 3/103 (38)
AUSTRALIA • 151/10 (41 Overs)
2ND INNINGS
Marnus Labuschagne 32 (59)
Usman Khawaja 29 (47)
Prabath Jayasuriya 6/59 (16)
Ramesh Mendis 2/47 (15)
MATCH DETAILS
Venue: Galle International Stadium
Toss: Australia, elected to bat first
Series: Australia tour of Sri Lanka
ICC World Test Championship
Season: 2022
Series result: 2-match series drawn 1-1
Event: Sri Lanka vs Australia Highlights
Match days: 8,9,10,11,12 July 2022 – day (5-day match)