Australia tour of Sri Lanka, 2025, Sri Lanka vs Australia, 2nd Test, Day 1, Match Update, Sri Lanka Chose to Bat

Sri Lanka 229/9

Australia

Sri Lanka Chose to Bat

Sri Lanka1st Innings

Batting		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Pathum Nissanka	b Lyon	11	31	2	0	35.48
Dimuth Karunaratne	b Lyon	36	83	3	0	43.37
Dinesh Chandimal	st †Carey b Kuhnemann	74	163	6	1	45.39
Angelo Mathews	c †Carey b Lyon	1	26	0	0	3.84
Kamindu Mendis	c Smith b Head	13	21	2	0	61.90
Dhananjaya de Silva (c)	c Webster b Starc	0	1	0	0	0.00
Kusal Mendis †	not out	59	107	6	1	55.14
Ramesh Mendis	c †Carey b Starc	28	94	2	0	29.78
Prabath Jayasuriya	c Smith b Starc	0	1	0	0	0.00
Nishan Peiris	b Kuhnemann	0	3	0	0	0.00
Lahiru Kumara	not out	0	12	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 4, lb 1, nb 2)	7
Total	90 Ov (RR: 2.54)	229/9

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	NB
Mitchell Starc	16	3	37	3	2.31	0
Matthew Kuhnemann	30	9	53	2	1.76	0
Nathan Lyon	30	5	78	3	2.60	0
Beau Webster	3	0	13	0	4.33	2
Cooper Connolly	3	1	12	0	4.00	0
Travis Head	8	0	31	1	3.87	0

Match Flow

Day 1

Over 1.6: Review by Australia (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - AT Holdstock, Batter - P Nissanka (Struck down - Umpires Call)
Drinks: Sri Lanka - 47/1 in 15.0 overs (FDM Karunaratne 21, LD Chandimal 10)
Sri Lanka: 50 runs in 16.2 overs (98 balls), Extras 5
2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 101 balls (FDM Karunaratne 20, LD Chandimal 31, Ex 1)
Lunch: Sri Lanka - 87/1 in 30.0 overs (FDM Karunaratne 34, LD Chandimal 35)
Sri Lanka: 100 runs in 38.1 overs (231 balls), Extras 7
Over 40.5: Review by Sri Lanka (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - JS Wilson, Batter - PHKD Mendis (Upheld)
LD Chandimal: 50 off 105 balls (4 x 4, 1 x 6)
Drinks: Sri Lanka - 117/3 in 45.0 overs (LD Chandimal 53, PHKD Mendis 9)
Tea: Sri Lanka - 144/5 in 58.0 overs (LD Chandimal 70, BKG Mendis 6)
Sri Lanka: 150 runs in 60.1 overs (363 balls), Extras 7
Over 70.2: Review by Australia (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - JS Wilson, Batter - BKG Mendis (Struck down)
Sri Lanka: 200 runs in 72.5 overs (439 balls), Extras 7
7th Wicket: 50 runs in 75 balls (BKG Mendis 29, RTM Mendis 21, Ex 0)
Drinks: Sri Lanka - 201/6 in 73.0 overs (BKG Mendis 37, RTM Mendis 22)
Second new ball taken at 81.1 overs
BKG Mendis: 50 off 90 balls (4 x 4, 1 x 6)
End Of Day: Sri Lanka - 229/9 in 90.0 overs (BKG Mendis 59, CBRLS Kumara 0)