Sri Lanka v Australia: first males’s cricket Take a look at, day two – stay | Australia cricket workforce

121st over: Australia 508-3 (Khawaja 218, Inglis 63) Fernando returns for an eleventh over. He’s going at nearly six per over and hasn’t performed a lot to bother the batters or stem the circulate of runs. Khawaja cuts a run. Inglis, nonetheless scoring at higher than a run-a-ball, will get the fielders to scatter. Brief ball entice coming right here. Certain sufficient the bouncers fly manner excessive. Wasteful bowling. Are you able to hear the drums Fernando?

a hundred and twentieth over: Australia 507-3 (Khawaja 217, Inglis 63) A Khawaja push brings up the century partnership between these two. However there’s an enormous attraction subsequent ball when an Inglis reverse sweep misses the ball and crashes into the again pad down low. Umpire says OUT. Inglis confidently critiques… and rightly so. UltraEdge reveals a scrumptious flurry of static to show he received a splinter on it. Inglis will get the reverse sweep proper subsequent ball to financial institution a single. Khawaja, a pure leftie, then sweeps it to the identical fielder. Inglis ices the over with a bludgeoning minimize shot to the boundary.

119th over: Australia 500-3 (Khawaja 215, Inglis 58) Asitha returns for a tenth over determined to interrupt a partnership as much as 91 already. Make that 95 after Inglis hooks a bouncer to the superb leg boundary. That might be the primary bouncer of the Take a look at and, sorry Asitha, it wasn’t definitely worth the look forward to anybody however Josh Inglis. Khawaja leans on a straight ball to earn a single and convey up the 500 for Australia.

118th over: Australia 492-3 (Khawaja 212, Inglis 53) An opportunity? Perhaps not. Khawaja edged laborious and it flew previous the left hand of first slip who appeared gradual to maneuver. Ah properly, at the very least he wasn’t nutmegged. Khawaja takes two from it, then a soothing single. Inglis continues to motor, returning the strike with a push by means of midwicket.

117th over: Australia 487-3 (Khawaja 209, Inglis 51) Inglis has a touch at Fernando’s first ball and cuts it to backward level for 2. A crashed pull shot will get him the one he wants for a maiden Take a look at half century. Nicely performed Mr Inglis! That fifty got here from 51 balls and featured 5 fours.

That is now Australia’s highest whole in Sri Lanka. Their highest ever whole in Asia is the 617 they scored in Faisalabad towards Pakistan in March 1980.

116th over: Australia 482-3 (Khawaja 208 Inglis 47) Nishan Peisa will get a thirty first over. For those who’re questioning why Sri Lanka haven’t turned to a part-timer it’s as a result of their go-to cameo man, Angelo Mathews, has a hamstring damage that stops him from bowling. That’s s a disgrace as a result of Sri Lanka desperately want some X issue of their assault and Angelo – who has 33 wickets in is 116 Exams – would possibly’ve supplied it. Three singles from the over.

one hundred and fifteenth over: Australia 479-3 (Khawaja 207, Inglis 45) Asitha Fernando will need to have made the case for tempo over lunch as a result of he’s received the primary over after the break. That is simply his eighth over for the Take a look at after Travis Head hammered him right into a specialist fielding function within the first hour of play yesterday. This over goes higher for Asitha, simply two singles and a pushed two from it.

What’s a nutmeg? asks Tom Lewis through e mail. Regardless that the Sri Lankan wicketkeeper has mastered the artwork of nutmegging on this Take a look at, to nutmeg is a soccer expression for when a ball travels between the legs (nutmeg is English rhyming slang for leg).

The Khawaja-Smith partnership was price 266. It broke the report for the largest third-wicket partnership for Australia in males’s Exams in Asia, which was held by Allan Border and Kim Hughes who placed on 222 in 1979. The Smith and Khawaja 266 sits fifth on the checklist of all-time third-wicket partnerships for Australia in males’s Exams.

Over on the Ladies’s Ashes Take a look at on the MCG, England are 99-4 after Australia’s Alana King took a pointy caught and bowled to dismiss Sophia Dunkley for 21.

LUNCH: Australia 475-3 (Khawaja 204*, Inglis 44*)

114th over: Australia 475-3 (Khawaja 204, Inglis 44) Usman Khawaja strokes one other run from Peiris as he enjoys life within the unique membership of Australians to attain a Take a look at double century within the subcontinent. He joins Mark Taylor, Greg Chappell, Dean Jones, Matt Hayden and Jason Gillespie in that membership. Extremely although, Khawaja is the one Australian man to hit a double century in Sri Lanka. Take a bow, Ussie.

113th over: Australia 471-3 (Khawaja 203, Inglis 41) Australia have scored 140 runs from the 31 overs on this session and performed it for the lack of one wicket (Steve Smith for 141). Inglis, who has 40 runs from 40 balls, tamps 5 earlier than clipping a single off the hip.

112th over: Australia 470-3 (Khawaja 203, Inglis 40) One other nutmeg from the ‘keeper as Inglis’s tried reverse sweep of Peiris catches the underside edge, nearly hits the stumps then bounces between the ankles of the gloveman and runs away for 3.

111th over: Australia 465-3 (Khawaja 201, Inglis 37) 4 singles from the Jayasuriya over however a very powerful was the primary, a misfield, which allowed Usman Khawaja to scamper a single and convey up his maiden Take a look at double century.

Usman Khawaja scores his first Take a look at double century! (Australia 462-3)

one hundred and tenth over: Australia 461-3 (Khawaja 199, Inglis 35) Nishan Peiris will get a whirl earlier than lunch. He’s wicketless for 117 runs from his 27 overs to date and has barely fired a shot. Khawaja is one shot from his first Take a look at double century and Sri Lanka are slowing issues down, transferring fielders hither and thither. They’ve set a entice for the reverse sweep however Khawaja drops and runs for a single. Inglis swats sq. and will get two, then skips out and drives a single to mid-on. Khawaja clips one other run to make 199.

109th over: Australia 455-3 (Khawaja 197, Inglis 31) Khawaja’s spanked single by means of covers provides him a PB – his highest Take a look at rating, surpassing his 195 towards South Africa. Inglis goes at a charge of knots on the different finish, swiping Jayasuriya sq. for an additional FOUR.

108th over: Australia 445-3 (Khawaja 192, Inglis 26) Vandersay enters his twenty eighth over. He has 2-130 and has doubled his profession tally of wickets already on this innings. Inglis skips out and chips a half-tracker down the bottom for an additional FOUR.

107th over: Australia 438-3 (Khawaja 190, Inglis 21) Inglis dances down and clouts Jayasuriya for FOUR. Nice shot by the debutant! And one other streaky one by Khawaja as one other backside edged sweep shot misses the center, skims the stumps and eludes wicketkeeper. As a substitute it runs away superb for an additional boundary, this time as leg byes. Khawaja reverse sweeps a single to shut out the over.

Bizarre state of affairs in Australian cricket right this moment with Alyssa Healy and Josh Inglis – each specialist wicketkeepers – taking the sector as specialist batters. What does it imply?

106th over: Australia 428-3 (Khawaja 189, Inglis 16) Was that an opportunity? Khawaja reverse swept Vandersay and backside edged… however no, it’s one other nutmeg because the ball hits glove and bounces by means of wicketkeeper Mendes’s legs for an additional 4, Khawaja’s 14th.

a hundred and fifth over: Australia 422-3 (Khawaja 184, Inglis 15) Inglis late cuts for FOUR! That was so late it nutmegged the second slipper. Good shot although. The rookie is rattling alongside at ODI tempo and that shot takes him to 14 from 17. Sri Lanka are crowding him and have a again pad fielder respiration down his neck. Unperturbed, Ibnglis reverse sweeps a single. Khawaja drops and runs to retain strike.

104th over: Australia 416-3 (Khawaja 183, Inglis 10) Inglis races to double-figures with a swept full toss and a dancing drive to mid on. Khawaja will get the reverse sweep out once more however Vandersay shoots it by means of a tad faster and Usman can’t join.

103rd over: Australia 414-3 (Khawaja 182, Inglis 8) Inglis nearly chops on! That was good bowling by Jayasuriya. he rushed it onto the rookie and caught the underside edge and nearly hit off stumps. Inglis withdraws into his shell for the following two then steps again to late minimize the fourth previous slip. He will get two and provides a 3rd with a paddle sweep to the final.

102nd over: Australia 407-3 (Khawaja 182, Inglis 5) Inglis provides a fifth run to his profession tally with just a little faucet to level. He’s a busy participant and an ardent stroke-maker. After arriving from Leeds UK as a 14-year-old, Inglis first caught the attention of selectors within the Sheffield Defend season of 2020-21 with 585 runs together with three first-class a whole lot for Western Australia. Impressing with the Perth Scorchers below the tutelage of Justin Langer, the 29-year-old has since performed 26 ODIs and 29 T20s within the inexperienced and gold. Now he’s received his likelihood within the massive leagues. What can he do with this huge platform laid for him?

a hundred and first over: Australia 407-3 (Khawaja 180, Inglis 4) After ready nearly 30 years to debut and ready all day yesterday and one other 90 minutes right this moment to bat, Josh Inglis has hit his first ball in Take a look at cricket for a boundary. Khawaja’s single provides the debutant a have a look at Jayasuriya. He performs in a low crouch with smooth palms and a tough jaw as his chewing gum cud will get an actual exercise. Nerves or nonchalance? We’ll quickly discover out.

WICKET! Smith lbw Vandersay 141 (Australia 401-3)

one hundredth over: Australia 399-2 (Khawaja 177, Smith 141) Weird scenes! Australia’s 400 has come up through an overthrow from wicketkeeper Mendes who noticed Khawaja ambling again on the non-strikers finish and had a shy solely to narrowly miss the timbers. Replays present Usman would’ve been gone if it’d been a direct hit. And now now we have an attraction by Jefrrey Vandersay towards Smith for lbw. Umpire says Nah however Sri Lanka assume Yeah and ship it upstairs. This has hit Smith’s again pad lifeless in entrance… and it’s OUT!

Josh Inglis flicks his first ball in Take a look at cricket by means of mid-on for FOUR!

Over on the MCG, Australia are properly positioned to finish a sequence sweep. They’ve England on the rack at 63-3 with England’s captain the most recent to fall to Kim Garth.

99th over: Australia 399-2 (Khawaja 177, Smith 141) Khawaja ambles one other single and Smith spanks two extra with a canopy drive that’s picked up cleanly simply contained in the rope by a tumbling Angelo Mathews. Three from the over. 69 runs from the primary hour. We’ll have some drinks.

98th over: Australia 395-2 (Khawaja 176, Smith 138) Mr Vandersay turns into the third Sri lankan bowler to notch a century, with Khawaja’s clipped single mentioning three figures from his 22-odd overs. Smith provides one other 4 with a late minimize that break up the sector and hits the rope excellent. Australia are effortlessly marching past 500 right here.

97th over: Australia 388-2 (Khawaja 174, Smith 133) Smith’s loped two by means of sq. leg brings up the 250-run partnership from 402 balls. Mighty effort by Australia’s senior males. However Smith edges the following ball and it skips simply previous second slip and runs away. Shut! Poor previous Jayasuriya has his head in his palms. He is aware of how shut that was. He additionally is aware of his workforce desperately want a wicket. As a substitute it runs away for an additional two runs.

96th over: Australia 384-2 (Khawaja 174, Smith 129) Vandersay is probing an off stump line. The late blooming finger spinner is 5 days shy of his thirty fifth birthday but that is simply his second Take a look at. Smith skips down and clips two to superb leg then faucets one by means of covers to retain the strike.

ninety fifth over: Australia 380-2 (Khawaja 173, Smith 126) Virtuoso Khawaja! That was an excellent stroke for yet one more boundary. Jayasuriya tossed it up and Usman rocked again and punched it to the offside boundary with a scrumptious flick of the wrists. Holds the pose as he notches the very best rating by an Australian opener in Sri Lanka. Now Smith indicators his intent, skipping down and clobbering Jayasuriya down the bottom…. and over the fence for SIX!

94th over: Australia 368-2 (Khawaja 169, Smith 120) That is the change Sri Lanka wanted: Jeffrey Vandersay has entered the assault. The 35-year-old bowled superbly yesterday and took the scalp of Marnus Labuschagne for 20 with a lovely jagging supply that caught the sting and was pouched behind the stumps. He leaks a few singles however finds some grip and bounce into the cut price.

93rd over: Australia 366-2 (Khawaja 168, Smith 119) Smith provides one other run to his second 10,000, driving handsomely to lengthy on. Khawaja sweeps the final ball of the over superb for 2. Each these batters are clear shaven, not like the nine-of eleven moustache-toting Australian vacationers who contested the primary Take a look at towards Sri Lanka again in 1983.

Travis Head did the lip-bristlers proud yesterday, as did Magnum PI Tom Selleck who turns 80 right this moment and will’ve handed for an Ausralian fast-bowler again within the 80s along with his style in loud shirts, quick shorts and flash vehicles.

92nd over: Australia 362-2 (Khawaja 166, Smith 117) Peirius rolls in once more however he’s not getting the motion Jayasuriya is discovering and it is perhaps time to present another person an opportunity with this recent cherry. There’s one more reason as Khawaja cracks one other boundary by means of at deep midwicket. Quick toes from the previous man of the Australian XI!

91st over: Australia 358-2 (Khawaja 162, Smith 117) Spin for Jayasuriya! Smith, batting in his dishevelled inexperienced cap, was crushed by that one. It missed the bat and ricocheted off the hector protector with a uninteresting however painless thud. Only a single from this over.

Australia have their third wicket on the MCG with Kim Garth claiming one other lbw to set England reeling at 45-3.

ninetieth over: Australia 357-2 (Khawaja 161, Smith 117) Virtually a catch! Khawaja lunged at Peiris with a reverse sweep and received a high edge and it narrowly cleared the outstretched claws of the person at third man and runs away for FOUR. Smith takes a extra direct route, middling one towards the flip to notch his eleventh 4 for the innings.

89th over: Australia 348-2 (Khawaja 156, Smith 113) A few strolled singles for Smith and Khawaja as they unhurriedly steer Australia to a mountainous whole. Sri Lanka have been tighter this morning however there’s little menace evident simply but.

Within the Ladies’s Ashes Take a look at on the MCG, England are combating again after dropping each openers cheaply. Right here’s Darcie Brown trapping Tammy Beaumont in entrance.

88th over: Australia 346-2 (Khawaja 155, Smith 112) Peiris notched his personal century this morning and begins his twenty fifth over with 0-102. Nonetheless straightforward runs on provide right here as Smith faucets a run and Khawaja swipes a single in return. Peiris will get one to jag again at Smith now and there’s a yelp from the bowler as a crowd catch off the thight pad lands within the ‘keeper’s gloves. Disgrace that didn’t occur yesterday. Sri Lanka grassed two behind the wicket yesterday and the primary catch they took didn’t depend as a result of they didn’t assessment it!

87th over: Australia 343-2 (Khawaja 154, Smith 110) Jayasuriya has additionally notched a century nevertheless it’s not one he’ll relish. He begins his thirty fifth over with 1-106, a far cry so removed from his 12-wicket haul that crushed Australia and received Sri Lanka the second Take a look at right here in Galle again in 2022. Smith will get on his toes to steer a single by means of cowl and Jayasuriya finishes the over on a shiny not by flashing one previous Khawaja’s edge. Shut!

86th over: Australia 342-2 (Khawaja 154, Smith 109) That’s 150 for Khawaja! It got here from 223 balls, an excellent clip contemplating Khawaja’s often circumspect strategies. He celebrates by sinking right into a crouch and sweeping Peiris to the boundary. That’s Usman’s eleventh 4 of the innings. He additionally wailed a six yesterday for good measure.

eighty fifth over: Australia 336-2 (Khawaja 149, Smith 108) Virtually a run-out! Smith tapped Jayasuriya’s first supply into the covers and set off however Khawaja bellowed within the unfavourable and he needed to spin and scamper to make his floor. To keep away from additional confusion, Smith skips down and whacks the fifth ball simply shy of the rope. He will get two runs. That brings up the 200-run partnership for these two.

84th over: Australia 334-2 (Khawaja 149, Smith 106) Peiris to Khawaja as Sri Lanka go for twin-spin to begin day two. Unsurprising given medium-pacer Asitha Fernando went for close to six and over yesterday, most of it from the broad blade of Travis Head. Peiris does higher and delivers a maiden, his first from 23 overs.

83rd over: Australia 334-2 (Khawaja 149, Smith 106) Prabath Jayasuriya has been thrown the almost-new ball that’s simply 12 balls previous. I doubt the left-arm spinner slept as soundly as Khawaja after dropping Steve Smith off his personal bowling when the batter was on one. Precisely 105 runs later, Smith slaps a run by means of midwicket. Khawaja works one other run off his hip. Sri Lanka bowled too full yesterday and each batters are once more discovering straightforward runs off the again foot right this moment.

82nd over: Australia 332-2 (Khawaja 148, Smith 105) Nishan Peiris will bowl the primary over of the day and it’s to Usman Khawaja who should’ve slept sweetly with 147 runs within the financial institution. He chips a single to cowl to reopen his account and Smith does likewise.

Steve Smith has been talking with the host broadcaster about reaching 10,000 Take a look at runs. He grew to become the fourth Australian to the milestone and fifteenth participant total. BY reaching the mark in his 205th innings, Smith grew to become the fifth quickest participant total to succeed in the milestone. Solely Brian Lara (195), Sachin Tendulkar (195), Kumar Sangakkara (195) and Ricky Ponting (196) did it faster.

Yeah good to get that out of the best way, it’s been a while coming. I had my alternative in Sydney just a few weeks again and let that slip. However good to get it out of the best way first ball yesterday. I really feel like I’m batting properly for the time being. Clearly very totally different circumstances to again residence. Yesterday was type of a hybrid wicket I feel, when it comes to after we got here right here final time. One of many Exams final time was fairly flat first innings and the broke up. The opposite one was fairly excessive from the outset. So yesterday it appeared like within the center someplace. It was a pleasant partnership with Uzzie. I assumed he batted superbly and I feel it’s a type of wickets it’s going to be difficult to begin on. However when you get the tempo of the wicket, it’ll get a bit simpler.

After lighting up the cricket world along with his batting pyrotechnics within the Boxing Day Take a look at towards India, loads of cricket followers had been disillusioned by the omission of Sam Konstas from the Australian XI for this Take a look at, however the 19-year-old appears to have taken the information with typical nonchalance.

I’ve had the Ouija board out channelling the late nice Tony Greig’s Climate Wall and the excellent news is that it’s blue skies in Galle. The forecast for right this moment was a bit grim, with extra showers predicted, however the day has dawned shiny and sunny and play will begin on time, which is to say quarter-hour early, at 3.15pm.

In Galle, the following man in for Australia is new No 5 Josh Inglis who yesterday grew to become Australian Take a look at cricketer No 470 (regardless of being born in England).

As Australia and Sri Lanka duel for the Warne and Muralidaran Trophy, Alyssa Healy is captaining Australia towards England within the sole Ladies’s Ashes Take a look at on the MCG.

Play has simply begun and England are in early hassle after Maia Bouchier nicked one behind for stand-in keeper Beth Mooney to take an early catch off the bowling of Kim Garth within the very first over!

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For many who got here in late, right here’s a match report of day one…

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