Sri Lanka and Australia played the second test against each other from July 8th–11th at Galle International Stadium.
AUS after winning the last test had the plus point that if they won this test, then they would have won the series as well.
SL after losing the last test will be hoping to draw the series at 1-1 by winning this match.
DAY 1
AUS won the toss and elected to bowl first to make a big total.
David Warner and Usman Khawaja came out to bat as Australia lost both of their wickets quite soon.
Marnus Labuschagne and Steve Smith handled the situation as they both started to build a much-needed partnership as both of them achieved their half-centuries followed by their centuries.
Both formed a partnership of 134 runs as Prabath Jayasuriya got the wicket of Marnus, his first test wicket.
By the end of the day, AUS was at a score of 298/5.
DAY 2
Prabath Jayasuriya was unstoppable as after taking his first test wicket, he took five more wickets, in total six, limiting the Aussies’ score to 364/10.
After the outstanding bowling performance by Prabath, it was time for the batsman to do their job.
Pathum Nissanka and Dimuth Karunaratne opened the innings for SL.
Mitchell Starc got the first wicket as Pathum got an edge and the catch was taken by Cameron Green.
Kusal Mendis and Dimuth built a partnership of 152 runs as both of them completed their half-centuries as Mitchell LBW bowled Dimuth.
SL made a total of 184/2 at the end of the second day.
DAY 3
It was a good day for the SL side as the upcoming batsman Angelo Mathews and Kamindu Mendis made 50+ runs, whereas Dinesh Chandimal made 100+ runs on the third day.
Australian bowlers were failing to take wickets. By the end of the day, SL was at a score of 431/6.
DAY 4
A day that was totally for Dinesh as he made his double century.
SL made a massive total of 554 against the Aussie bowlers and took the lead of 190 runs.
The Australian batsman needed to do something extraordinary to cover the lead and set up a score.
The SL bowlers started to strike again as they did not let the batsman score runs.
Prabath struck six wickets again as Maheesh Theekshana and Ramesh Mendis took two wickets each, limiting the AUS to a score of just 151 runs as SL won the match by an innings of 39 runs.
The player of the match was the young player Prabath Jayasuriya, who took six wickets in both innings.
Player of the Match Prabath Jayasuriya 6/59 spins Sri Lanka to incredible innings and 39-run win over Australia with record debut match haul of 12/177! 🤩#SLvAUS pic.twitter.com/BESwOo1OHQ
— Sri Lanka Cricket 🇱🇰 (@OfficialSLC) July 11, 2022