Australia has lost its grip of the match, Sri Lanka marching towards a massive score of 500 . Sri Lanka batted all day long and had convincing lead over Australia.
All of the batsman have turned out to show reselience and counter attack. Injury to Nathan Lyon hasn’t left any big plans for Australia to control the pace of the match.
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)