Australia tour of Sri Lanka, 2025, Sri Lanka vs Australia, 2nd Test, Day 2, Match Update, Australia Lead By 73 Runs

Sri Lanka 257

Australia 330/3

Australia Lead By 73 Runs

Sri Lanka1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Pathum Nissanka	b Lyon	11	31	33	2	0	35.48
Dimuth Karunaratne	b Lyon	36	83	124	3	0	43.37
Dinesh Chandimal	st †Carey b Kuhnemann	74	163	207	6	1	45.39
Angelo Mathews	c †Carey b Lyon	1	26	21	0	0	3.84
Kamindu Mendis	c Smith b Head	13	21	28	2	0	61.90
Dhananjaya de Silva (c)	c Webster b Starc	0	1	2	0	0	0.00
Kusal Mendis †	not out	85	139	214	10	1	61.15
Ramesh Mendis	c †Carey b Starc	28	94	93	2	0	29.78
Prabath Jayasuriya	c Smith b Starc	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
Nishan Peiris	b Kuhnemann	0	3	11	0	0	0.00
Lahiru Kumara	c Webster b Kuhnemann	2	26	44	0	0	7.69
Extras	(b 4, lb 1, nb 2)	7
Total	97.4 Ov (RR: 2.63)	257

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	NB
Mitchell Starc	16	3	37	3	2.31	0
Matthew Kuhnemann	33.4	9	63	3	1.87	0
Nathan Lyon	34	5	96	3	2.82	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

Australia1st Innings

Batting		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Travis Head	c de Silva b Peiris	21	22	3	0	95.45
Usman Khawaja	lbw b Peiris	36	57	3	0	63.15
Marnus Labuschagne	lbw b Jayasuriya	4	6	1	0	66.66
Steven Smith (c)	not out	120	239	9	1	50.20
Alex Carey †	not out	139	156	13	2	89.10
Extras	(b 6, lb 4)	10
Total	80 Ov (RR: 4.12)	330/3

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON
Lahiru Kumara	7	1	37	0	5.28
Dhananjaya de Silva	5	0	18	0	3.60
Nishan Peiris	21	2	70	2	3.33
Prabath Jayasuriya	25	3	107	1	4.28
Ramesh Mendis	19	0	70	0	3.68
Kamindu Mendis	3	0	18	0	6.00

Match Flow

Day 2

Over 94.3: Review by Australia (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - AT Holdstock, Batter - BKG Mendis (Struck down)
Sri Lanka: 250 runs in 94.5 overs (571 balls), Extras 7
Innings Break: Sri Lanka - 257/10 in 97.4 overs (BKG Mendis 85)
Over 7.5: Review by Sri Lanka (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - AT Holdstock, Batter - M Labuschagne (Upheld)
Over 7.6: Review by Sri Lanka (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - AT Holdstock, Batter - SPD Smith (Struck down)
Drinks: Australia - 49/2 in 10.0 overs (UT Khawaja 21, SPD Smith 1)
Australia: 50 runs in 11.3 overs (69 balls), Extras 2
Lunch: Australia - 85/2 in 21.0 overs (UT Khawaja 34, SPD Smith 23)
Over 22.2: Review by Australia (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - JS Wilson, Batter - SPD Smith (Upheld)
3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 91 balls (UT Khawaja 24, SPD Smith 24, Ex 2)
Over 24.5: Review by Australia (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - JS Wilson, Batter - UT Khawaja (Struck down)
Australia: 100 runs in 27.5 overs (167 balls), Extras 3
Drinks: Australia - 135/3 in 36.0 overs (SPD Smith 48, AT Carey 23)
4th Wicket: 50 runs in 71 balls (SPD Smith 21, AT Carey 29, Ex 0)
SPD Smith: 50 off 98 balls (5 x 4, 1 x 6)
Australia: 150 runs in 37.6 overs (228 balls), Extras 3
4th Wicket: 100 runs in 144 balls (SPD Smith 47, AT Carey 47, Ex 6)
Tea: Australia - 197/3 in 50.0 overs (SPD Smith 78, AT Carey 49)
AT Carey: 50 off 68 balls (4 x 4, 1 x 6)
Australia: 200 runs in 51.1 overs (307 balls), Extras 9
Over 59.3: Review by Sri Lanka (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - AT Holdstock, Batter - SPD Smith (Struck down)
4th Wicket: 150 runs in 224 balls (SPD Smith 69, AT Carey 74, Ex 7)
SPD Smith: 100 off 191 balls (9 x 4, 1 x 6)
Australia: 250 runs in 63.3 overs (381 balls), Extras 10
Drinks: Australia - 251/3 in 64.0 overs (SPD Smith 101, AT Carey 79)
AT Carey: 100 off 118 balls (9 x 4, 1 x 6)
4th Wicket: 200 runs in 279 balls (SPD Smith 82, AT Carey 114, Ex 7)
Australia: 300 runs in 71.6 overs (432 balls), Extras 10
End Of Day: Australia - 330/3 in 80.0 overs (SPD Smith 120, AT Carey 139)

Written By Jenny Doe

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Australia tour of Sri Lanka, 2025, Sri Lanka vs Australia, 2nd Test, Day 2, Match Update, Australia Lead By 73 Runs

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Australia tour of Sri Lanka, 2025, Sri Lanka vs Australia, 2nd Test, Day 2, Match Update, Australia Lead By 73 Runs

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