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Jayasuriya blames poor batting for Sri Lanka’s heavy defeat against Australia
Sri Lanka national cricket team’s head coach Sanath Jayasuriya says that the team suffered a huge loss against Australia due to weak batting performance
Sri Lanka struggles to 136 for five in reply to Australia’s 654 in 1st cricket test
Dinesh Chandimal has scored an unbeaten 63 as Sri Lanka struggled to 136-5 at lunch on Day 3 in reply to Australia's imposing first innings of 654 in the first cricket test.
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,
Decoding Sri Lanka's biggest innings defeats in Test cricket
Sri Lanka's most humiliating defeat in Test cricket came by an innings and 242 runs against Australia in Galle in 2025. The Australian side scored a mammoth 654/6d in their first innings, with Usman Khawaja scoring a double century.
Smith praises 'near flawless' Australia after Sri Lanka thrashing
Australia's stand-in captain Steve Smith hailed his side's resounding innings and 242-run victory over Sri Lanka in Galle on Saturday as "near flawless" af..
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 in the two-match series with a crushing victory 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 facing worst-ever Test defeat, trail Australia by 414
GALLE: Sri Lanka were staring down the barrel of their worst-ever Test defeat Saturday after Australia enforced the follow-on and made early inroads, dismissing their top three batters before lunch on day four.
Downpour halts Sri Lanka Test as Australia tighten grip
Incessant afternoon rain forced an early end to day three of the first Test between Australia and Sri Lanka on Friday, with the visitors leading by 518 and former home skipper Dinesh Chandimal waging a lone battle on 63.
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.
Brad Haddin has urged selectors to send Sam Konstas home from Sri Lanka
Brad Haddin has urged Australian selectors to send Sam Konstas home to play state cricket if he isn’t in their plans for the ...
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Coach Jayasuriya criticizes Sri Lanka's performance after Galle Test humiliation
Sri Lanka's head coach, Sanath Jayasuriya, has expressed his disappointment after the team's dismal performance in the first Test match against Australia. The match, which was held at Galle ...
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 ...
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 won.
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Sri Lanka vs Australia quick hits: Ricky Ponting unhappy with Sam Konstas's axing as Steve Smith and Travis Head benefit from blunders
Sam Konstas's was questioned by a legend as Travis Head, Usman Khawaja and Travis Head were all beneficiaries of Sri Lankan ...
Australia in command as Smith, Khawaja punish Sri Lanka on rain-hit opening day of first test
Australia’s batters have feasted on Sri Lanka’s bowling, racking up milestones and dominance on a rain-curtailed opening day ...
Steve Smith scripts history in Sri Lanka; joins Sachin Tendulkar, Ricky Ponting in elite 10000-club
Steve Smith became the fourth Australian after Allan Border, Steve Smith and Ricky Ponting to reach 10000 Test runs in Test ...
Sri Lanka boats one of the hottest Test batters on the planet in young gun Kamindu Mendis
The only Australian picked in the official ICC Test team of the year won’t be in Sri Lanka where the Aussies will confront a ...