Sri Lanka vs Australia 1st Test at Pallekele, 26 Jul, 2016

Toss: Sri Lanka, chose to bat first
Sri Lanka 117/10 (34.2)  &  353/10 (93.4)
Australia 203/10 (79.2)  &  161/10 (88.3)
Sri Lanka won by 106 runs
Man of the Match: Kusal Mendis
  • Josh Hazlewood 0 * (7)
  • Peter Nevill 9 * (115)

  Over 1.0   

Over 0.1 Mitchell Starc bowls a good length delivery to Dimuth Karunaratne, no runs, comes across on the front foot and works it down the leg-side.

Over 0.2 Mitchell Starc bowls a pitched up delivery to Dimuth Karunaratne, 1 run, gets across the line and clips it down to fine-leg.

Over 0.3 Mitchell Starc bowls a pitched up delivery to Kaushal Silva, no runs, gets forward and defends it straight back to the bowler.

Over 0.4 Mitchell Starc bowls a pitched up delivery to Kaushal Silva, 1 run, gets forward and drives it square of the wicket on the off-side and gets off the mark with the single.

Over 0.5 Mitchell Starc bowls a good length delivery to Dimuth Karunaratne, no runs, comes on to the front foot and defends it back to the bowler.

Over 0.6 Mitchell Starc bowls a good length delivery to Dimuth Karunaratne, 1 run, gets forward and works it away through mid-wicket and picks up a single.

  Over 2.0   

Over 1.1 J Hazlewood bowls a good length delivery to Dimuth Karunaratne, 1 run, comes on to the front foot and works it away through mid-wicket and picks up an easy single.

Over 1.2 J Hazlewood bowls a good length delivery to Kaushal Silva, no runs, goes on to the back foot, lifts his bat and let it go through to the keeper.

Over 1.3 J Hazlewood bowls a good length delivery to Kaushal Silva, no runs, gets forward and once again let it go through to the keeper.

Over 1.4 J Hazlewood bowls a pitched up delivery to Kaushal Silva, no runs, gets forward to drive, the ball catches the inner half and dribbles away into the on-side

Over 1.5 J Hazlewood bowls a pitched up delivery to Kaushal Silva, no runs, comes on to the front foot and defends it down the pitch watchfully.

Over 1.6 J Hazlewood bowls a good length delivery to Kaushal Silva, no runs, gets forward and pushes it staight back to the bowler.

  Over 3.0   

Over 2.1 Mitchell Starc bowls a pitched up delivery to Dhananjaya de Silva, 2 runs, comes on to the front foot and works it across the line down to long-on and picks up couple of runs.

Over 2.2 Mitchell Starc bowls a good length delivery to Dhananjaya de Silva, no runs, goes on to the back foot and looks to play across the line but misses and the ball rapped on the pads but may be going down the leg-side.

Over 2.3 Mitchell Starc bangs it short onto the pitch to Dhananjaya de Silva, no runs, goes deep in the crease and ducks under it sways away.

Over 2.4 Mitchell Starc bowls a pitched up delivery to Dhananjaya de Silva, no runs, prods forward and defends it down the pitch watchfully.

Over 2.5 Mitchell Starc bowls a good length delivery to Dhananjaya de Silva, no runs,  gets a nice stride forward and pushes it gently towards mid-off

Over 2.6 Mitchell Starc bangs it short onto the pitch to Dhananjaya de Silva, no runs, goes deep in the crease and ducks under it.

  Over 4.0   

Over 3.1 J Hazlewood bowls a pitched up delivery to Kaushal Silva, no runs, comes on to the front foot and let it go through to the keeper.

Over 3.2 J Hazlewood bangs it short onto the pitch to Kaushal Silva, no runs, goes deep in the crease and tucks it to the off-side.

Over 3.3 J Hazlewood bowls a good length delivery to Kaushal Silva, no runs, gets forward and defends it back to the bowler.

Over 3.4 J Hazlewood bowls a good length delivery to Kaushal Silva, no runs, stays on the front foot and pushes it straight back to the bowler.

Over 3.5 J Hazlewood bowls a good length delivery to Kaushal Silva, no runs, gets forward and defends it straight back to the bowler.

Over 3.6 J Hazlewood bowls a back of length delivery to Kaushal Silva, no runs, stays inside the crease and defends it to the on-side.

  Over 5.0   

Over 4.1 Mitchell Starc bowls a good length delivery to Dimuth Karunaratne, out LBW! Sri Lanka lose their 1st wicket.

Over 4.2 Mitchell Starc bowls a good length delivery to Kusal Mendis, no runs, goes on to the back foot and works it down the leg-side.

Over 4.3 Mitchell Starc bowls it short of length to Kusal Mendis, Boundary! Gets on top of the bounce and punches it beautifully through point and the ball raced away to the fence for four.

Over 4.4 Mitchell Starc bowls a pitched up delivery to Kusal Mendis, Boundary! Comes across and whips it away to long-leg but the ball goes through the hands of fielder and touches the rope.

Over 4.5 Mitchell Starc bowls a back of length delivery to Kusal Mendis, no runs, gets right behind the line on the back foot and blocks it back to the bowler.

Over 4.6 Mitchell Starc bowls a good length delivery to Kusal Mendis, no runs, gets inside the crease and defends it with soft hands.

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