Sri Lanka vs Australia, 1st Test Day 1: Lyon and Swepson spin out Sri Lanka for 212

Nathan Lyon and Mitchell Swepson spun out Sri Lanka, in their 1^st Innings for 212, before Australia then lost three wickets and trail the hosts by 114 runs at the close of play on day one, at the Galle International Stadium, Galle.

Match Summary

Sri Lanka vs Australia, 1st Test, Australia tour of Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka 212/10 (59 ov)

Australia *98/3 (25 ov)

Day Break : Day 1 Australia trail by 114 runs

Scorecard

13 wickets fell on the opening day!

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Match Stats

Sri Lanka 1^st Innings Fall of wickets: 1-38 (Pathum Nissanka - 12.1 ov), 2-42 (Kusal Mendis - 16.1 ov), 3-74 (Dimuth Karunaratne - 29.2 ov), 4-97 (Dhananjaya de Silva - 36.1 ov), 5-97 (Dinesh Chandimal - 36.2 ov), 6-139 (Angelo Mathews - 43.1 ov), 7-193 (Ramesh Mendis - 53.5 ov), 8-198 (Niroshan Dickwella - 55.3 ov), 9-206 (Lasith Embuldeniya - 57.5 ov), 10-212 (Jeffrey Vandersay - 58.6 ov)

Australia 1^st Innings Fall of wickets: 1-47 (David Warner - 9.1 ov), 2-75 (Marnus Labuschagne - 15.2 ov), 3-83 (Steven Smith - 19.1 ov)

Playing XIs

Sri Lanka - Pathum Nissanka, Dimuth Karunaratne(c), Kusal Mendis, Angelo Mathews, Dhananjaya de Silva, Dinesh Chandimal, Niroshan Dickwella(wk), Ramesh Mendis, Jeffrey Vandersay, Lasith Embuldeniya, Asitha Fernando

Australia - David Warner, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Steven Smith, Travis Head,, Cameron Green, Alex Carey(wk), Pat Cummins(c), Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Mitchell Swepson

Match Details

Start Time: 05:30

Toss: Sri Lanka won the toss and decided to bat

Venue: Galle International Stadium, Galle

Officials: Handunnettige Dharmasena, Nitin Menon, Michael Gough, Ruchira Palliyaguruge, Javagal Srinath

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