Australia v Sri Lanka 1st Test – Australia on top after Day 1

Sri Lanka won the toss and decided to bat against Australia on day one of the 1^st Test at the Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane today.

Match Summary

Sri Lanka 144 (Niroshan Dickwella 64; Pat Cummins 4-39, Jhye Richardson 3-36)

Australia 77-2

At Close of Play - Australia trail Sri Lanka by 72 runs with 8 wickets remaining

Scorecard

Jhye Richardson starred on his first day of Test cricket as Australia took control right from the start in the pink-ball Test in Brisbane.#AUSvSL D1 REPORT ?? https://t.co/2Fg74eKG3c pic.twitter.com/gy4L86uuBC

— ICC (@ICC) January 24, 2019

Sri Lanka were bowled out for just 144 in their 1^st innings having opted to bat first. Niroshan Dickwella 64 was the mainstay of their batting and Pat Cummins 4-39 and Jhye Richardson 3-36 the bowling destroyers for Australia.

At the close of play, in reply, Australia were 77-2 – losing Joe Burns and Usman Khawaja.

Congratulations to @mstarc56 who today passed 200 Test wickets for Australia - the 17th man to do so! ??

His strike rate of 51.0 is better than any other Australian with 200+ Test wickets #howzstat #AUSvSL pic.twitter.com/NE3jPuPQw9

— ICC (@ICC) January 24, 2019

Australia - Marcus Harris, Joe Burns, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Travis Head, Kurtis Patterson, Tim Paine(c)(wk), Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Jhye Richardson, Nathan Lyon

Sri Lanka - Lahiru Thirimanne, Dimuth Karunaratne, Dhananjaya de Silva, Kusal Mendis, Dinesh Chandimal(c), Roshen Silva, Niroshan Dickwella(wk), Dilruwan Perera, Dushmantha Chameera, Suranga Lakmal, Lahiru Kumara

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