Sri Lanka v Australia 1st Test

Australia in Sri Lanka - 2022 (2022) · Galle International Stadium, Galle · 29 June 2022

Australia won by 10 wickets

Australia won by 10 wickets. Cameron Green top-scored with 77 for Australia. Nathan Lyon took 5/90.

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MATCH FACTS

Series: Australia in Sri Lanka - 2022 (2022)
Ground: Galle International Stadium, Galle
Dates: 29 June 2022 to 1 July 2022
Toss: Sri Lanka, chose to bat
Result: Australia won by 10 wickets
Player of the match: Cameron Green
Captains: Dimuth Karunaratne (Sri Lanka), Pat Cummins (Australia)
Debut: Jeffrey Vandersay (Sri Lanka)
Umpires: HDPK Dharmasena and Nitin Menon
Match referee: J Srinath

HOW THE MATCH UNFOLDED

Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bat. It was Jeffrey Vandersay's first Test.

Sri Lanka batted first and made 212 all out. Niroshan Dickwella top-scored with 58 off 59 balls. Nathan Lyon took 5 for 90 for Australia. That was well below the 2020s average first-innings total at Galle International Stadium, 334 across 11 Tests.

Australia replied with 321 all out. Cameron Green top-scored with 77 off 109 balls, and Usman Khawaja made 71. Ramesh Mendis took 4 for 112 for Sri Lanka. Australia led by 109 on first innings.

Sri Lanka made 113 all out in their second innings. Dimuth Karunaratne top-scored with 23 off 20 balls. Travis Head took 4 for 10 for Australia. From 95 for 5 they lost 5 wickets for 18 runs, to 113 for 10.

Set 5 to win, Australia made 10 for 0. David Warner top-scored with 10 not out off 4 balls.

Australia won by 10 wickets.

SRI LANKA, FIRST INNINGS: 212 ALL OUT

Batter	How out	R	B
Pathum Nissanka	c Alex Carey b Pat Cummins	23	44
Dimuth Karunaratne	c David Warner b Nathan Lyon	28	84
Kusal Mendis	c Alex Carey b Mitchell Starc	3	15
Angelo Mathews	c David Warner b Nathan Lyon	39	71
Dhananjaya de Silva	c Alex Carey b Mitchell Swepson	14	22
Dinesh Chandimal	c David Warner b Mitchell Swepson	0	1
Niroshan Dickwella	c Alex Carey b Nathan Lyon	58	59
Ramesh Mendis	lbw b Nathan Lyon	22	36
Jeffrey Vandersay	c Mitchell Starc b Mitchell Swepson	6	15
Lasith Embuldeniya	c Usman Khawaja b Nathan Lyon	6	6

Did not bat: Oshada Fernando

Extras 13 · Total 212 all out

Bowler (Australia)	O	M	R	W
Mitchell Starc	9	0	31	1
Pat Cummins	12	4	25	1
Nathan Lyon	25	2	90	5
Mitchell Swepson	13	0	55	3

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)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Dimuth Karunaratne (14) and Pathum Nissanka (23)	38	73
second	Dimuth Karunaratne (1) and Kusal Mendis (3)	4	24
third	Angelo Mathews (18) and Dimuth Karunaratne (13)	32	79
fourth	Angelo Mathews (9) and Dhananjaya de Silva (14)	23	41
fifth	Angelo Mathews (0) and Dinesh Chandimal (0)	0	1
sixth	Angelo Mathews (12) and Niroshan Dickwella (30)	42	41
seventh	Niroshan Dickwella (23) and Ramesh Mendis (22)	54	64
eighth	Jeffrey Vandersay (0) and Niroshan Dickwella (5)	5	10
ninth	Jeffrey Vandersay (2) and Lasith Embuldeniya (6)	8	14
tenth	Jeffrey Vandersay (4) and Asitha Fernando (2)	6	7

AUSTRALIA, FIRST INNINGS: 321 ALL OUT

Batter	How out	R	B
Usman Khawaja	c Pathum Nissanka b Jeffrey Vandersay	71	130
David Warner	lbw b Ramesh Mendis	25	24
Marnus Labuschagne	c Asitha Fernando b Ramesh Mendis	13	19
Steven Smith	run out (Niroshan Dickwella, Kusal Mendis)	6	11
Travis Head	c & b Dhananjaya de Silva	6	16
Cameron Green	lbw b Ramesh Mendis	77	109
Alex Carey	c Dinesh Chandimal b Ramesh Mendis	45	47
Mitchell Starc	c & b Jeffrey Vandersay	10	30
Pat Cummins	b Asitha Fernando	26	18
Nathan Lyon	not out	15	20
Mitchell Swepson	b Asitha Fernando	1	2

Extras 26 · Total 321 all out

Bowler (Sri Lanka)	O	M	R	W
Asitha Fernando	8.5	1	37	2
Dhananjaya de Silva	5	0	8	1
Lasith Embuldeniya	15	0	73	0
Ramesh Mendis	32	0	112	4
Jeffrey Vandersay	10	0	68	2

FALL OF WICKETS

1-47 (David Warner, 9.1 ov), 2-75 (Marnus Labuschagne, 15.2 ov), 3-83 (Steven Smith, 19.1 ov), 4-100 (Travis Head, 26.1 ov), 5-157 (Usman Khawaja, 38.6 ov), 6-241 (Alex Carey, 54.3 ov), 7-278 (Cameron Green, 63.5 ov), 8-278 (Mitchell Starc, 64.2 ov), 9-319 (Pat Cummins, 70.2 ov), 10-321 (Mitchell Swepson, 70.5 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Usman Khawaja (21) and David Warner (25)	47	56
second	Usman Khawaja (15) and Marnus Labuschagne (13)	28	37
third	Usman Khawaja (2) and Steven Smith (6)	8	22
fourth	Usman Khawaja (10) and Travis Head (6)	17	42
fifth	Usman Khawaja (23) and Cameron Green (23)	57	77
sixth	Alex Carey (45) and Cameron Green (31)	84	93
seventh	Mitchell Starc (10) and Cameron Green (23)	37	56
eighth	Mitchell Starc (0) and Pat Cummins (0)	0	3
ninth	Nathan Lyon (14) and Pat Cummins (26)	41	36
tenth	Nathan Lyon (1) and Mitchell Swepson (1)	2	3

SRI LANKA, SECOND INNINGS: 113 ALL OUT

Batter	How out	R	B
Pathum Nissanka	lbw b Mitchell Swepson	14	19
Dimuth Karunaratne	c Alex Carey b Nathan Lyon	23	20
Kusal Mendis	c Mitchell Swepson b Nathan Lyon	8	15
Oshada Fernando	c Steven Smith b Mitchell Swepson	12	18
Dhananjaya de Silva	lbw b Travis Head	11	20
Dinesh Chandimal	b Travis Head	13	21
Niroshan Dickwella	c Marnus Labuschagne b Nathan Lyon	3	7
Ramesh Mendis	c Usman Khawaja b Nathan Lyon	0	2
Jeffrey Vandersay	b Travis Head	8	8
Lasith Embuldeniya	lbw b Travis Head	0	6

Did not bat: Angelo Mathews

Extras 21 · Total 113 all out

Bowler (Australia)	O	M	R	W
Mitchell Starc	2	0	23	0
Nathan Lyon	11	1	31	4
Mitchell Swepson	7	0	34	2
Travis Head	2.5	0	10	4

FALL OF WICKETS

1-37 (Dimuth Karunaratne, 5.3 ov), 2-39 (Pathum Nissanka, 6.5 ov), 3-59 (Kusal Mendis, 11.1 ov), 4-63 (Oshada Fernando, 12.2 ov), 5-95 (Dinesh Chandimal, 18.2 ov), 6-96 (Dhananjaya de Silva, 18.5 ov), 7-97 (Ramesh Mendis, 19.4 ov), 8-108 (Niroshan Dickwella, 21.2 ov), 9-108 (Jeffrey Vandersay, 22.1 ov), 10-113 (Lasith Embuldeniya, 22.5 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Dimuth Karunaratne (23) and Pathum Nissanka (12)	37	34
second	Kusal Mendis (0) and Pathum Nissanka (2)	2	8
third	Oshada Fernando (12) and Kusal Mendis (8)	20	26
fourth	Oshada Fernando (0) and Dhananjaya de Silva (4)	4	7
fifth	Dinesh Chandimal (13) and Dhananjaya de Silva (7)	32	36
sixth	Niroshan Dickwella (1) and Dhananjaya de Silva (0)	1	3
seventh	Niroshan Dickwella (1) and Ramesh Mendis (0)	1	5
eighth	Jeffrey Vandersay (8) and Niroshan Dickwella (1)	11	10
ninth	Jeffrey Vandersay (0) and Lasith Embuldeniya (0)	0	5
tenth	Asitha Fernando (5) and Lasith Embuldeniya (0)	5	4

AUSTRALIA, SECOND INNINGS: 10 FOR 0

Batter	How out	R	B
David Warner	not out	10	4
Usman Khawaja	not out	0	–

Did not bat: Marnus Labuschagne, Steven Smith, Travis Head, Cameron Green, Alex Carey, Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins, Nathan Lyon, Mitchell Swepson

Extras 0 · Total 10 for 0

Bowler (Sri Lanka)	O	M	R	W
Ramesh Mendis	0.4	0	10	0

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Usman Khawaja (0) and David Warner (10)	10	4

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