04/08Result
2nd Test, Australia tour of Sri Lanka at Galle, Aug 4-6 2016
Sri Lanka won by 229 runs
Player of the Match
Dilruwan PereraSri Lanka
04/08Result
2nd Test, Australia tour of Sri Lanka at Galle, Aug 4-6 2016
Sri Lanka won by 229 runs
Player of the Match
Dilruwan PereraSri Lanka

4.30pm Joe Burns on strike. Vishwa Fernando with the new ball. We're ready to go again

For all the talk of the surface taking turn, it's the pace of Starc that's done the trick for Australia, Sri Lanka had their moments, especially in the hour after lunch when Mendis and Mathews took the attack to the visitors. But Mendis' dismissal for 86 somewhat turned the tide as Australia kept chipping away. Make no mistake, this is still a fighting score and Sri Lanka's spinners will definitely have a major say as the game progresses. Australia will have to bat out 14 overs. Light shouldn't be an issue, so we should get all the overs in.

73.1
W
Starc to Herath, OUT, ripper of a delivery to finish off! These are the best bowling figures by a visiting pacer at Galle! The ball tails back in from off stump, just about enough deviation to beat Herath's feeble forward push as the ball crashes into the stumps. Starc leads his team off the park

HMRKB Herath b Starc 14 (26m 19b 2x4 0x6) SR: 73.68

END OF OVER:
73 | 7 Runs | SL: 281/9

  • Vishwa Fernando0 (4b)
  • Rangana Herath14 (18b)
  • Mitchell Marsh9-0-30-1
  • Mitchell Starc16-7-44-4
72.6
0
Marsh to Fernando, no run, he slipped and was on his way to the floor, almost as if he'd fall flat on his chest, while trying to keep that yorker away
72.5
0
Marsh to Fernando, no run, full, incoming delivery on middle, Vishwa is behind the line as he blocks
72.4
1
Marsh to Herath, 1 run, opens the face of the bat late to run it down to third man
72.3
2
Marsh to Herath, 2 runs, he's clobbered that, the ball plonks near deep midwicket, they're back for the second. Length ball on middle, he swung across the line and was so pumped that he hit it right out of the screws that he didn't actually run initially
72.2
4
Marsh to Herath, FOUR, gets an underedge that flies low to Nevill who grasses that. The ball bursts from beneath the gloves and into the boundary
72.1
0
Marsh to Herath, no run, defends a full ball that tails away from middle

Mitch Marsh back into the attack

END OF OVER:
72 | 1 Run 1 Wkt | SL: 274/9

  • Vishwa Fernando0 (2b)
  • Rangana Herath7 (14b)
  • Mitchell Starc16-7-44-4
  • Jon Holland15-0-64-1

Dilshan: "Mr. Kishore, what do you reckon, has Sri Lanka put up enough runs already or have they lost the plot by being too aggressive? " Could have made more, but have got something to work with as the pitch will only deteriorate

71.6
0
Starc to Fernando, no run, he's caught hopping across the crease to avoid the line of the ball, this one came back in with the angle to slide down
71.5
0
Starc to Fernando, no run, this one comes back into middle at a furious pace, the debutant was backing away but somehow manages to keep it out
71.4
W
Starc to Sandakan, OUT, just a matter of time, really. Sandakan throws his bat at the delivery that comes back in at length, swings through the line but is beaten by pace as the ball cannons into the stumps

PADLR Sandakan b Starc 1 (12m 7b 0x4 0x6) SR: 14.28

71.3
0
Starc to Sandakan, no run, not sure how that missed the base of middle, Sandakan, by hook or crook, manages to somehow keep that away as the ball rolls off the edge to the off side
71.2
0
Starc to Sandakan, no run, chases a full delivery outside off, minimal feet movement as he looks to squeeze it behind point, beaten
71.1
1lb
Starc to Herath, 1 leg bye, tails back in a long way to hit the inside of the pad and deflect to fine leg

Starc summoned. Can he finish with a five-for?

END OF OVER:
71 | 3 Runs | SL: 273/8

  • Rangana Herath7 (13b)
  • Lakshan Sandakan1 (4b)
  • Jon Holland15-0-64-1
  • Nathan Lyon18-1-78-2
70.6
1
Holland to Herath, 1 run, gloves the sweep, Khawaja gives it chase to cut it off at short fine leg

Australia tour of Sri Lanka 2016 News

Australia Galled

501

Deliveries faced by Australia batsmen in this match - their fifth lowest in a loss in Tests since 1900.

Perera's all-round effort

4

No. of Sri Lanka players to make a fifty-plus score and take a five-for in a Test including Dilruwan Perera. Previous instance also came in Galle, Malinga v India, in 2010.

Double failure

1

No. of times Australia have lost half their side before scoring 100 runs in both innings of a Test since 2000. They were 92 for 5 and 82 for 5 at Trent Bridge in 2015.

Fastest Sri Lankan

11

No. of Tests taken by Dilruwan Perera to take 50 Test wickets; He is the fastest Sri Lanka bowler to do so. Ajantha Mendis, the fastest before him, took 12.

Carnage at Galle

21

Wickets that fell on the second day's play in Galle - the second highest in a day's play of Tests in Asia. Most wickets - 22 on day 3, SL v England, SSC, 2000-01

Starc's best

8/209

Mitchell Starc's best figures in a match in Tests before this, which had come against South Africa in Perth in 2012-13.

Carnage at Galle

11

Wickets lost in the morning session for just 83 runs scored. There are only four other instances of 11 or more wickets falling in a session in Tests since 2010.

a rare hat-trick

1892

Previous and only other instance of a left-arm orthodox bowler taking a hat-trick in Tests before Rangana Herath, by Johnny Briggs against Australia in Sydney.

Only the second

1

No. of SL bowlers to take hat-trick in Tests before Rangana Herath. Nuwan Zoysa had taken a hat-trick off the first three balls he bowled in Tests, against ZIM in 1999-00

AUS No. 3 and No. 4 in Asia

15

No. of consecutive inns in Asia when Australia's No. 3 and No. 4 haven't contributed 100 runs to teams score. In 10 of those they haven't managed 50 runs.