Best performances - Batsmen
TM Head
84(187) 10x4 - 0x6
Control %91%
- Productive Shot
- cover drive
- 18 runs
- 2x4 - 0x6
M Labuschagne
81(150) 3x4 - 0x6
Control %89%
- Productive Shot
- flick
- 21 runs
- 0x4 - 0x6
23/01Result
1st Test (D/N), Sri Lanka tour of Australia at Brisbane, Jan 24-26 2019
-
![Sri Lanka]( "Sri Lanka")
144 & 139 (50.5 ov) -
![Australia]( "Australia")
Player of the Match
23/01Result
1st Test (D/N), Sri Lanka tour of Australia at Brisbane, Jan 24-26 2019
-
![Sri Lanka]( "Sri Lanka")
144 & 139 (50.5 ov) -
![Australia]( "Australia")
Player of the Match
Best performances - Bowlers
PJ Cummins
- O15
- M8
- R23
- W6
- Eco1.53
| 3W | ||||
| 1W | ||||
- FTFULL TOSS
- YYORKER
- FFULL LENGTH
- GGOOD LENGTH
- SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
- SSHORT LENGTH
| 1W | ||||
| 1W | ||||
RAS Lakmal
- O27
- M9
- R75
- W5
- Eco2.77
| 3W | ||||
- FTFULL TOSS
- YYORKER
- FFULL LENGTH
- GGOOD LENGTH
- SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
- SSHORT LENGTH
| 2W | ||||
Partnerships
- SL - 1st
- AUS - 1st
- SL - 2nd
Sri Lanka - 1st - Innings
Australia - 1st - Innings
Sri Lanka - 2nd - Innings
Match Coverage
All Match NewsJustin Langer admits to sleepless nights leading up to Brisbane Test
The Australia coach was anxious for his team to not spoil their enviable Brisbane record, and also about how Kurtis Patterson's late inclusion would be received
Sri Lanka flunk the Gabba examination
It was always going to be a tough ask on the type of surface the Australians have dreamed of all season, but it was still disappointing that the visitors capitulated twice
Present tense but future can be perfect for Tim Paine's young Australia
The roles played by debutant Richardson and inexperienced batting pair of Labuschagne and Head left Paine especially satisfied following the series loss to India
Lahiru Kumara ruled out of Canberra Test, South Africa tour
The news is a serious blow to Sri Lanka's chances in the next Test, and the consequences of this hamstring injury may also be keenly felt in South Africa
Pat Cummins' career-best fashions Australia's innings win
Sri Lanka's batting failed abysmally again, as they crashed to 139 all out, to lose in roughly two-and-a-half days
