Sri Lanka vs Australia, 1st Test - Live Cricket Score, Commentary

Series: Australia tour of Sri Lanka, 2025 Venue: Galle International Stadium, Galle Date & Time: Jan 29-Feb 0110:00 AM LOCAL
AUS 654/6
SL 165 & 247
Australia won by an innings and 242 runs
PLAYER OF THE MATCH
Usman Khawaja

It was as one-sided as it comes and you wouldn't be surprised with the result. The toss does play a big role in Galle, but Australia hardly put a foot wrong since winning it. They'll be back with more confidence?ahead of the second Test starting on the 6th. Sri Lanka have the series to level and they'll have to probably look at some of their batting and bowling failures. We've had a wonderful time covering the first Test and we'll be back for more action on the 6th. For now, cheers and bye..

Steve Smith | Australia captain - Worked out well. Thought we started the game beautifully. Travis and Usman set it up nicely. Usman was fantastic, the way he batted and put pressure on the bowlers. To get 650, it allowed us to bowl twice. Starc did well and the spinners did well as well. The wicket broke up as it went on. Its nature on the first day didn’t really reflect in the score. It was still a bit tacky and I thought we batted exceptionally well. The spinners did really well in tandem, that’s the beauty of having three of them, you can always keep someone fresh. Depends on the surface, we’ve got some wonderful fast bowlers as well, three spinners worked out well on this wicket. Never thought I’d score this many runs. Just playing 1 test for Australia was a dream. To play 100 and score 10,000 runs is a dream come true.

Dhananjaya de Silva | Sri Lanka captain - It was an important toss, chasing 600+ runs isn't easy in these conditions. The wicket wasn't hard, the offball was turning, the batters should put their hands up, make big runs and bat well under pressure. We had our chances (in the field - missed reviews and catches) but we didn't take them. We need to play well against a champion side, they're the best team and we'll have to bring up our A-game in the next Test.

Usman Khawaja | Player of the Match: Very grateful that I get to play cricket for Australia. Nice to get some runs and contribute. Galle is always a tough place for us. Nice to get a win. We won 3-1. It’s a team game, you want to score all the time but it’s not always possible. Sometimes you don’t score and someone else does. Was pretty happy with the 3-1 against India. I’ve got my own plans. This is my 5th trip to Sri Lanka. I think I’ve made all the mistakes I could’ve made, there are certain ways I’m happy to get out and certain ways I’m not.

Stats update by Roshan Gede

Nathan Lyon in Australia’s Test wins in Asia
Matches: 7
Wickets: 57
Avg: 15.22
SR: 33.3
5W/10W: 6/2
BBI: 8/64
BBM: 13/154

Biggest innings victories for Australia
By inns & 360 runs vs SA, Johannesburg, 2002
By inns & 332 runs vs ENG, Brisbane, 1946
By inns & 259 runs vs SA, Gqeberha, 1950
By inns & 242 runs vs SL, Galle, 2025
By inns & 226 runs vs IND, Brisbane, 1947

Biggest innings defeats for Sri Lanka
By inns & 242 runs vs AUS, Galle, 2025
By inns & 239 runs vs IND, Nagpur, 2017
By inns & 229 runs vs SA, Cape Town, 2001
By inns & 222 runs vs PAK, Colombo (SSC), 2023
By inns & 222 runs vs IND, Mohali, 2022

It was a different story today though - the hosts resumed at 136 for 5 and then lost eight wickets inside the first session. Bowled out for 165 in the first essay, they were forced to follow-on and they hardly did better in the second dig. The openers fell cheaply, lots of starts in the middle-order, but none went past Angelo Mathews's 41. It was never going to be enough and only some fireworks towards the end by Jeffrey Vandersay took them past the 200-run mark - he completed his maiden Test fifty, but was the last man to be dismissed, Matthew Kuhnemann's 9th dismissal of the Test. Wickets for everyone else in what was a polished bowling effort from the visitors. They'll not lose the series now, but they've a chance of sealing a 2-0 series win next week. For Sri Lanka, this has been a damaging performance and they'll have to come up with better plans ahead of next week's Test here in Galle.

15:15 Local Time, 09:45 GMT, 15:15 IST: It was all one-sided ever since Stebve Smith, the stand-in captain, won the toss and opted to bat first four days back. Usman Khawaja didn't have to face Jasprit Bumrah and he made most of the flat pitch, registering his maiden?double-hundred. Travis Head, opening in this Test, had earlier given the impetus with a quick fifty, an innings which firmly kept Sri Lanka on the back-foot. Steve Smith walked in with 9999 Test runs, completed the single that took him into the league of legends and then went on to make a hundred for himself. His dismissal brought in debutant Josh Inglis and he seemed to be a man in a hurry, making a rapid hundred?for himself. All this meant Australia racked up 654 before?they finally?declared. The hosts then slipped on the second day, slipped further on Day 3, but rain came at lunch and they seemed to have escaped.?

54.3

Kuhnemann to Vandersay, out Caught by Mitchell Starc!! The fun is over and Australia have registered a thumping victory, they go 1-0 up in the series. Kuhnemann kept giving the bait, slowed down the pace and drifted it wider of off, Vandersay couldn't hold himself back, went for the big slog, lost his shape and sliced a thick outside edge, Starc's under it at backward point and he ain't dropping those. Vandersay c Mitchell Starc b Kuhnemann 53(47) [4s-7 6s-2]

Kuhnemann to Vandersay, THATS OUT!! Caught!!

54.2

Kuhnemann to Vandersay, SIX, maiden Test fifty for Vandersay, he's pumped with himself as he shows the bat to all corners of the ground, slower and wider of off and he smashed it over extra-cover for a maximum

54.1

Kuhnemann to Vandersay, FOUR, hammered, tossed up well wide of off - Vandersay gets a good stride forward and drills it back over the bowler's head, bounces away to the ropes

Matthew Kuhnemann [17.0-2-76-3] is back into the attack

53.6

Murphy to Asitha Fernando, no run, slower and on off - Asitha plays with soft hands and defends

Murphy, from round the wicket

53.5

Murphy to Asitha Fernando, no run, Murphy darts one on middle and leg, turned to the on-side

Five men catching around Asitha Fernando

53.4

Murphy to Asitha Fernando, no run, flighted delivery outside off - Asitha gets close to the ball on the block

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