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Sri Lanka
| 2/72 Australia trail Sri Lanka by 72 runs with 8 wickets remaining |
| 1/27 (9.0) | *Lakmal | O: 25.0 | Harris* | 40 (82) |
| 1/4 (3.0) | Perera | RR:2.47 | Lyon | 0 (11) |
| b. Perera |  | 22.1 2/72 |  | Khawaja 11(29) |
| c. Mendis b. Lakmal | | 10.3 1/37 | | Burns 15(30) |
| First Innings: Sri Lanka | 144 all out | RR: 2.20 | O: 56.4 |
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| First Innings: Sri Lanka | 144 all out | RR: 2.20 | O: 56.4 |
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| Batsmen | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
F.D.M. Karunaratne c. Paine b. Lyon | 24 | 70 | 1 | 0 | 34.29 |
H.D.R.L. Thirimanne c. Labuschagne b. Cummins | 12 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 40.00 |
L.D. Chandimal* c. Burns b. Richardson | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 71.43 |
B.K.G. Mendis b. Richardson | 14 | 44 | 1 | 0 | 31.82 |
A.R.S. Silva c. Paine b. Cummins | 9 | 56 | 1 | 0 | 16.07 |
D.M. de Silva c. Paine b. Richardson | 5 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 29.41 |
D.P.D.N. Dickwella+ c. Patterson b. Cummins | 64 | 78 | 6 | 1 | 82.05 |
M.D.K. Perera c. Labuschagne b. Starc | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 6.25 |
R.A.S. Lakmal c. Labuschagne b. Starc | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 175.00 |
P.V.D. Chameera c. Patterson b. Cummins | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
C.B.R.L.S. Kumara not out | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
Extras (b 0, lb 0, w 1, nb 2) | 3 | ||||
| Total | 144 | ||||
| Bowlers | O | M | R | W | Ec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M.A. Starc | 12.0 | 2 | 41 | 2 | 3.42 |
| J.A. Richardson | 14.0 | 5 | 26 | 3 | 1.86 |
| P.J. Cummins | 14.4 | 3 | 39 | 4 | 2.66 |
| N.M. Lyon | 16.0 | 3 | 38 | 1 | 2.38 |
| First Innings: Australia | 2/72 | RR: 2.47 | O: 25.0 |
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| Batsmen | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M.S. Harris not out | 40 | 82 | 5 | 0 | 48.78 |
J.A. Burns c. Mendis b. Lakmal | 15 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 50.00 |
U.T. Khawaja b. Perera | 11 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 37.93 |
N.M. Lyon not out | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
M. Labuschagne | |||||
T.M. Head | |||||
K.R. Patterson | |||||
T.D. Paine*+ | |||||
P.J. Cummins | |||||
M.A. Starc | |||||
J.A. Richardson | |||||
Extras (b 0, lb 3, w 1, nb 2) | 6 | ||||
| Total | 72 | ||||
| Bowlers | O | M | R | W | Ec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R.A.S. Lakmal | 9.0 | 3 | 27 | 1 | 3.00 |
| C.B.R.L.S. Kumara | 6.0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 4.00 |
| P.V.D. Chameera | 7.0 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 2.00 |
| M.D.K. Perera | 3.0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1.33 |
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Australia will look to turn their Test cricket fortunes around when they take on a struggling Sri Lankan side in Brisbane for the first of two Tests. Follow all the action here on The Roar with our live scores and blog from 2pm (AEDT).
Look at Australia and Sri Lanka’s Test match performances since the start of 2018 and it’s not too hard to understand why they are ranked fifth and sixth in the world respectively.
Sri Lanka have won four of the 12 Tests they have played while it’s been even worse for Australia, who have won just three from 11. Of the original set of ten Test-playing nations, only Bangladesh and the West Indies have a worse record over that period.
While Australia’s troubles began with the tour of South Africa in early 2018, Sri Lanka’s issues run deeper. They have registered a few wins at home but also produced disappointing results, including their most recent 3-0 drubbing when they hosted England.
Despite these woes, Sri Lankan bowling coach Rumesh Ratnayake reckons this is a very good chance for them to register a win in Australia, something the Island nation had never done in the past.
Of course, one of the reasons for the tourists’ confidence stems from Australia’s selection issues.
There’s been so much confusion around the make-up of the current side that Kurtis Patterson, after not being selected in the original squad, was hurried into the XI at the expense of those selected before him after hitting two centuries during the CA XI warm-up game against Sri Lanka.
Patterson’s selection makes a lot of sense but he should have been in the original squad. Thankfully the selectors put their egos to one side, admitted their selection gaffe and brought him right in.
Will Pucovski and Matthew Renshaw will, as a result, sit this one out along with Peter Siddle, as Jhye Richardson replaces the injured Josh Hazlewood in the line-up.
Prediction
Australia begin as favourites in this home day-night Test but with a fragile batting order, they need to be careful not to fall to the swing and seam of the Sri Lankan bowlers.
Be sure to join The Roar for live coverage of this first day of the first Test at the Gabba from 2pm (AEDT) and don’t forget to drop a comment in the section below.
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