Australia tour of Sri Lanka, 2025, Sri Lanka vs Australia, 2nd Test, Day 3, Match Update

Sri Lanka 257 & 231

Australia 414

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

Australia1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Travis Head	c de Silva b Peiris	21	22	23	3	0	95.45
Usman Khawaja	lbw b Peiris	36	57	90	3	0	63.15
Marnus Labuschagne	lbw b Jayasuriya	4	6	6	1	0	66.66
Steven Smith (c)	c †BKG Mendis b Jayasuriya	131	254	301	10	1	51.57
Alex Carey †	b Jayasuriya	156	188	272	15	2	82.97
Josh Inglis	b Jayasuriya	0	2	1	0	0	0.00
Beau Webster	b RTM Mendis	31	62	79	3	0	50.00
Cooper Connolly	c RTM Mendis b Peiris	4	6	8	1	0	66.66
Mitchell Starc	b Jayasuriya	8	29	35	0	0	27.58
Nathan Lyon	not out	2	6	11	0	0	33.33
Matthew Kuhnemann	b RTM Mendis	6	8	7	1	0	75.00
Extras	(b 6, lb 9)	15
Total	106.4 Ov (RR: 3.88)	414

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	31	4	94	3	3.03
Prabath Jayasuriya	38	6	151	5	3.97
Ramesh Mendis	22.4	0	81	2	3.57
Kamindu Mendis	3	0	18	0	6.00

Sri Lanka2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Pathum Nissanka	b Kuhnemann	8	8	7	2	0	100.00
Dimuth Karunaratne	c †Carey b Kuhnemann	14	28	45	1	0	50.00
Dinesh Chandimal	c Webster b Lyon	12	40	43	1	0	30.00
Angelo Mathews	c Webster b Lyon	76	149	173	4	1	51.00
Kamindu Mendis	c Khawaja b Lyon	14	35	43	1	0	40.00
Dhananjaya de Silva (c)	c Smith b Kuhnemann	23	46	49	4	0	50.00
Kusal Mendis †	c Smith b Lyon	50	54	103	5	1	92.59
Ramesh Mendis	c Head b Webster	0	6	6	0	0	0.00
Prabath Jayasuriya	c Smith b Kuhnemann	6	12	17	0	0	50.00
Lahiru Kumara	b Webster	9	18	26	1	0	50.00
Nishan Peiris	not out	4	14	20	0	0	28.57
Extras	(b 4, lb 5, nb 1, pen 5)	15
Total	68.1 Ov (RR: 3.38)	231

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	NB
Mitchell Starc	4	0	22	0	5.50	0
Matthew Kuhnemann	23	5	63	4	2.73	1
Travis Head	9	0	33	0	3.66	0
Nathan Lyon	28	3	84	4	3.00	0
Cooper Connolly	2	0	9	0	4.50	0
Beau Webster	2.1	0	6	2	2.76	0

Match Flow

Day 3

Second new ball taken at 80.1 overs
4th Wicket: 250 runs in 349 balls (SPD Smith 101, AT Carey 142, Ex 7)
Australia: 350 runs in 84.2 overs (506 balls), Extras 10
AT Carey: 150 off 175 balls (14 x 4, 2 x 6)
Drinks: Australia - 373/6 in 93.0 overs (BJ Webster 13)
Over 96.3: Review by Sri Lanka (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - JS Wilson, Batter - BJ Webster (Struck down)
Over 96.4: Review by Australia (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - JS Wilson, Batter - BJ Webster (Upheld)
Australia: 400 runs in 101.4 overs (610 balls), Extras 15
Lunch: Australia - 414/10 in 106.4 overs (NM Lyon 2)
Sri Lanka 2nd innings
Over 12.1: Review by Sri Lanka (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - JS Wilson, Batter - FDM Karunaratne (Struck down)
Sri Lanka: 50 runs in 16.4 overs (100 balls), Extras 0
Drinks: Sri Lanka - 51/3 in 17.0 overs (AD Mathews 14, PHKD Mendis 3)
Over 17.2: Review by Australia (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - AT Holdstock, Batter - PHKD Mendis (Struck down - Umpires Call)
Over 20.5: Review by Australia (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - JS Wilson, Batter - PHKD Mendis (Struck down)
Tea: Sri Lanka - 98/4 in 33.0 overs (AD Mathews 38, DM de Silva 8)
Sri Lanka: 100 runs in 33.6 overs (204 balls), Extras 4
AD Mathews: 50 off 76 balls (2 x 4, 1 x 6)
Penalty: 40.2 - Ball striking Fielding Team helmet
Sri Lanka: 150 runs in 47.5 overs (288 balls), Extras 10
Drinks: Sri Lanka - 164/5 in 49.0 overs (AD Mathews 60, BKG Mendis 23)
6th Wicket: 50 runs in 73 balls (AD Mathews 16, BKG Mendis 29, Ex 5)
Over 59.1: Review by Australia (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - AT Holdstock, Batter - BKG Mendis (Struck down - Umpires Call)
Sri Lanka: 200 runs in 59.2 overs (357 balls), Extras 10
End Of Day: Sri Lanka - 211/8 in 62.1 overs (BKG Mendis 48)

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Australia tour of Sri Lanka, 2025, Sri Lanka vs Australia, 2nd Test, Day 3, Match Update

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Australia tour of Sri Lanka, 2025, Sri Lanka vs Australia, 2nd Test, Day 3, Match Update

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