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
SL in AUS 2018-19 News
Steven Smith could miss World Cup as part of staggered return
David Warner is set to be part of the World Cup squad but Smith's elbow injury may persuade the selectors to hold him back for the Ashes
No quick fixes, Sri Lankan cricket needs a bottom-up overhaul
Merely changing the personnel who must deal with the next phase of an almighty crisis won't solve the problem
Through clouds of overthought and failure, a better Australian team emerges
Equally important as the series sweep over Sri Lanka is that the Australians have earned back some of the respect they had lost
Tim Paine targets Ashes glory after Sri Lanka sweep
The possible returns of Steven Smith and David Warner have also raised the Australia captain's hopes
Starc's ten-for powers Australia towards crushing victory
Sri Lanka subsided again with the bat as they slid to a 366-run defeat before tea on the fourth day
