Player of the Match
Player of the Match

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Statistics

Best performances - Batsmen

C Green
C Green
77(109) 6x4 - 0x6
Control %74%
  • Productive Shot
  • sweep shot
  • 25 runs
  • 4x4 - 0x6
4 6 7 4 14 9 7 26
UT Khawaja
71(130) 7x4 - 0x6
Control %74%
  • Productive Shot
  • flick
  • 13 runs
  • 0x4 - 0x6
6 7 12 3 17 8 3 15

Best performances - Bowlers

NM Lyon
NM Lyon
O25
M2
R90
W5
Eco3.60
RHB
OFFLEG
1W1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
3W
TM Head
TM Head
O2.5
M0
R10
W4
Eco3.52
RHB
OFFLEG
3W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W

Match Details

Toss

Sri Lanka , elected to bat first

Player Of The Match

Series result

Australia led the 2-match series 1-0

Match number

Season

Match days

29,30 June, 1 July 2022 (5-day match)

Sri Lanka replacement

BOP Fernando for AD Mathews (Australia 1st innings, 69.6 ov)

Reserve Umpire

Match Referee

Points

Australia 12, Sri Lanka 0

Scorecard Summary

SRI LANKA 212(59 OVERS)
1ST INNINGS

AUSTRALIA 321(70.5 OVERS)
1ST INNINGS

SRI LANKA 113(22.5 OVERS)
2ND INNINGS

AUSTRALIA 10/0(0.4 OVERS)
2ND INNINGS

Scorer: Binoy George | Commentator: Madushka Balasuriya

And on that note, it's been a pleasure covering this Test, despite its truncated nature. Thanks for tuning in, and be sure to join us again for the second and final Test starting next Friday. But till then, for myself, Andrew McGlashan and Binoy George, it's farewell!

Asher: "Bowlers rarely get PotM awards on flat wickets where a batter makes a big hundred. Let's let a bowler have this one"

Shayan: "Just can not believe this a player took 9 wickets and scored 15 runs but MOM goes to 77 run batter.. " Scoring the runs was arguably the tougher of the two tasks on this track, Shayan.

Ine: "Is this the shortest 4th innings." Surprisingly, not even close. As Sampath from stats points out, it doesn't even make the top 10. In fact, Sri Lanka once conceded a target of two runs without bowling a legitimate delivery.

Australia Captain Pat Cummins: "Amazing win. Turning up this morning I didn't think it was going to happen that fast. Really proud of the squad. It's really foreign conditions for us. Although the way everyone played was outstanding. I don't think we were surprised [by the conditions], but we were really clear in our planning, how everyone was going to go about it. I thought the bravery and especially the proactiveness shown by our batters was fantastic. It was really tough, but it was the same for both teams. Totally agree [that the young guys stood up]. Someone like Green has grown up at the WACA and over in Perth it's so different to here. Players go through their whole careers looking for a method in these conditions, and in he's first knock he's found it. Really happy for him, he was the difference."

SL Captain Dimuth Karunaratne: "Yeah [it's a shock]. It's been disappointing, to win the toss and get out for 212 - disappointed as a batting unit. There was something for the bowlers, but our bowlers couldn't hurt the Australians. And they also batted really well. I think as a batting unit, we needed to put our hands up and put up a good score, to put them under pressure. That's what we expect. We've been playing in these conditions, we know how to play turn, but the decisions we took were horrible. We've played with these boys [the spinners] for the last couple of years, I think they're good enough to know how to do their job over here. We bowled well in patches - I think Ramesh bowled really well but the others couldn't support him. When we bat second it's not easy, especially against Lyon who was turning the ball heavily. We just wanted to put pressure on him, and play a couple of shots. The approach was really good, the intention was really good, but I think sometimes we took bad decisions."

Cameron Green is the Man of the Match: "yeah definitely [a special innings]. Playing in the subcontinent you've got a few unknowns, but you've got a lot of experienced guys in the dressing room to help out. Good first game. A few guys said just to be proactive. If you go out there just defending, you get yourself in trouble. Looking to score is how you give yourself the best chance. You're gonna get out at some point so you might as well play some shots."

Alright time for the presentation...

Surath: "You guys didn't publish my comment today morning but it's exactly what I said! Won the toss, failed to bat 90 overs and SL don't deserve to win or draw this game. Aussies did brilliantly well with what they have. Hope to see Theekshana and Wellalage in the next game." Neither Theekshana or Wellalage in the Test squad, Surath.

Shishank Dahiya: "One of Green or Khawaja should get MoM. On a bowlers' wicket makes sense to award it to a batter"

Joydeepsinghgil: "Australia extremely well in Asian conditions this wtc cycle they won the test series from Pakistan first and now over here have levelled the series "

Turns out the is the first time Australia have won a Test match in Sri Lanka where they batted second. All their previous seven Test wins in Sri Lanka came when they batted first.

The presentation should take place shortly.

12.10pm So a comfortable 10-wicket win in the end for Australia, but this will give Sri Lanka a lot to think about. The next Test is in exactly a week, and this Galle surface is unlikely to change too much. Spin will likely be the order of the day once more, and the hosts's spinners will need to take a hard look at how much better the Australian counterparts utilised the conditions. The batters, meanwhile, will also no doubt look at working on plans to counteract the quality spin offered up by their opponents.

0.4
6
RTM Mendis to Warner, SIX, Shuffles down and whips it over the deep midwicket boundary! What a way to finish, and a deserved win for the Australians, who completely dominated this Test. They take a 1-0 lead in the series.
0.3
4
RTM Mendis to Warner, FOUR, And the scores are level! Reverse swept past short third. Almost there.
0.2
0
RTM Mendis to Warner, no run, Attempted sweep, struck on the the chest but it's outside the line
0.1
0
RTM Mendis to Warner, no run, Length outside off, looks for the cut and but into the turf

Alright we're almost underway on the chase.

12pm Well what a procession that was! And Australia need just 5 runs to take a 1-0 lead in this two-Test series. Sri Lanka realised that a positive approach was the best one on this wicket, but the Aussie spinners were far more adept at utilising the pitch than their Lankan counterparts and, in the end, that proved extremely telling. Not to mention, the Sri Lankan batters' almost suicidal use of the sweep and reverse. Nathan Lyon, Travis Head and Mitchell Swepson accounted for all 10 wickets, with the former two picking up 4 apiece. Head's inspired turn (pun very much intended) was the surprise package, as he accounted for the wickets of Dinesh Chandimal and Dhananjaya de Silva in the span of a single over - his first in Test cricket - to really handicap the Lankan innings. Then he cleaned up the tail. What that meant though was Lyon unfortunately fell one short of a 10-for, though I don't think he'll mind too much.

22.5
W
Head to Embuldeniya, OUT, Is that the innings wrapped up?! This is tossed up from Head on middle and leg, and it beats the bat as the batter looks to work this onside. He's struck on the front pad and given not out, Australia review. This could be going down leg, but has it straightened enough? Yes, yes it has! Three reds as this is shown to hit leg. And Sri Lanka are all out for 113!

L Embuldeniya lbw b Head 0 (8m 6b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0.00

22.4
0
Head to Embuldeniya, no run,