An early wrap up of Australian innings gave Sti Lanka chance of putting up a competitive cricket on scene. From 2nd wicket to sixth, all scored 50 plus scores. Losing only three wickets on day 2 and restricting Australia to 364 has already equalised the movement of the match.
Pathum Nissanka lost his wicket early on but Karunaratne and Kusal Mendis shared 152 partnership which put Australia under pressure for an whole session.
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 Test Highlights
Match days: 8,9,10,11,12 July 2022 – day (5-day match)