Australia, Sri Lanka and Galle

Australia routs Sri Lanka to hand hosts their biggest loss in test cricket
Australia wrapped up the first test against Sri Lanka with a session and a day to spare, handing the hosts their biggest defeat in test cricket on Saturday. Sri Lanka were skittled out for 247 in their second innings,
Australia beat Sri Lanka by innings and 242 runs in Galle test
Australia beat Sri Lanka by an innings and 242 runs on day four of the opening test in Galle on Saturday.
Australia hammer Sri Lanka as hosts suffer record defeat in first Test of series in Galle
Australia hammer hosts Sri Lanka by an innings and 242 runs on day four of the first Test; Nathan Lyon and Matthew Kuhnemann take four wickets each during Sri Lankas second innings; Second Test starts
Australia inflict heaviest Test defeat on Sri Lanka
Australia take 15 wickets on day four of the first Test in Galle to send Sri Lanka to defeat by an innings and 242 runs.
Matthew Kuhnemann and Nathan Lyon bowl Australia to cricket innings victory against Sri Lanka
Spin twins Matthew Kuhnemann and Nathan Lyon combined to dismantle Sri Lanka and bowl Australia to a crushing victory by an innings and 242 runs in the opening test in Galle on Saturday. Read more at straitstimes.
Sri Lanka crash to worst Test defeat in Australia thrashing
Sri Lanka suffered their heaviest defeat in Test cricket history on Saturday as Australia flexed their muscles to take a 1 0 lead
Sri Lanka struggles to 136 for five in reply to Australia's 654 in 1st cricket test
Dinesh Chandimal scored an unbeaten 63 as Sri Lanka struggled to 136 for five at lunch Friday in response to Australia’s imposing first innings of 654 for six declared. A rain-curtailed morning session on Day 3 of the first test did little to ease Sri Lanka's woes,
Matthew Kuhnemann dismantles Sri Lanka with fifer in Galle Test
Australia have seized a stronghold in the first Test against Sri Lanka, courtesy of a brilliant show by spinners Matthew Kuhnemann and Nathan Lyon. The pair ruled the fourth day of the play, as Sri Lanka crumbled at 165/10 in their first innings.
Australia hand Sri Lanka their biggest Test defeat as Kuhnemann, Lyon star in Galle
Australia were no-match for Sri Lanka in the first Test of the two-match series in Galle as they consigned the Lankan Lions to their biggest defeat in the format. Matthew Kuhnemann and Nathan Lyon starred with the ball after Usman Khawaja,
Australia v Sri Lanka Test 1 Day 4: Live scores, updates from Galle
Steve Smith has been labelled a tactical “genius” by Australian spinner Matt Kuhnemann after the stand-in skipper helped set up the wicket of Sri Lankan captain Dhananjaya de Silva on Friday.
Australia closes in on big win over Sri Lanka in the first cricket test at Galle
The defending world champion Australians are closing in on a big win in Galle after enforcing the follow-on and reducing Sri Lanka to 75 for three at lunch on the fourth day of the first cricket test.
Australian spinners storm Galle fortress, as Sri Lanka slumps to worst defeat ever
As spin twins Matt Kuhnemann and Nathan Lyon obliterated Sri Lanka in the first Test, one of the home team’s batters suffered ...
Sri Lanka on the ropes after Australia batting blitz rewrites records
Sri Lanka is staring down the barrel at 44-3 after Australia achieved its largest ever total in Asia — 654-6 declared — on ...
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Kuhnemann unwinds Sri Lanka, Aussies enforce follow-on - with time ticking on forecast
Sri Lanka’s hopes are slipping further and further away as Australia picked up exactly were they left off on Day four in Galle, taking the last five wickets in quick succession to dismiss the hosts ...
Sri Lanka series was ideal for investing in the future. Instead, Konstas is batting in the nets
Australia may well have traded short-term gain for long-term pain with Sam Konstas – to win a Test that doesn’t need to be ...
Rain and Chandimal frustrate Australia in Galle test
Dinesh Chandimal's unbeaten half-century and persistent rain in Galle delayed Australia's push for victory in the opening ...