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Test No. 2209

Australia tour of Sri Lanka 2016-17
2016-17 season
Sri Lanka vs Australia - 1st Test
26-30 July, 2016 (5-day match)

Sri Lanka led the 3-match series 1-0

Venue : Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy
Toss : Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat first
Result : Sri Lanka won by 106 runs


Sri Lanka 1st innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Dimuth Karunaratne lbw b Starc
5 
12 
0 
0
41.67 
»
 Kaushal Silva c Voges b Hazlewood
4 
25 
0 
0
16.00 
»
 Kusal Mendis lbw b Hazlewood
8 
7 
2 
0
114.29 
»
 Dinesh Chandimal c Nevill b Hazlewood
15 
54 
2 
0
27.78 
»
 Angelo Mathews c Smith b O'Keefe
15 
24 
2 
0
62.50 
»
 Dhananjaya de Silva c Burns b Lyon
24 
38 
3 
1
63.16 
»
 Kusal Perera b Lyon
20 
15 
3 
0
133.33 
»
 Dilruwan Perera lbw b Lyon
0 
2 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Rangana Herath lbw b Starc
6 
10 
1 
0
60.00 
»
 Lakshan Sandakan Not Out
19 
15 
4 
0
126.67 
»
 Nuwan Pradeep c Smith b O'Keefe
0 
4 
0 
0
0.00 
Extras LB 1
1
Total : (all out in 34.2 overs)
117
 RR : 3.41

Fall of wickets : 1-6 (Karunaratne, 4.1 ov), 2-15 (Mendis, 5.3 ov), 3-18 (Silva, 9.1 ov), 4-43 (Mathews, 14.2 ov), 5-67 (Chandimal, 25.6 ov), 6-87 (de Silva, 28.2 ov), 7-87 (MDK Perera, 28.4 ov), 8-94 (MDKJ Perera, 30.2 ov), 9-100 (Herath, 31.6 ov), 10-117 (Pradeep, 34.2 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Mitchell Starc
11
1 
51 
2
4.64
0
0
»
 Josh Hazlewood
10
4 
21 
3
2.10
0
0
»
 Steve O'Keefe
10
 .2
3 
32 
2
3.10
0
0
»
 Nathan Lyon
3
0 
12 
3
4.00
0
0

Australia 1st innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Joe Burns b Herath
3 
15 
0 
0
20.00 
»
 David Warner b Pradeep
0 
5 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Usman Khawaja lbw b Herath
26 
62 
4 
0
41.94 
»
 Steven Smith st Chandimal b Herath
30 
53 
3 
0
56.60 
»
 Adam Voges c Mendis b Pradeep
47 
115 
3 
0
40.87 
»
 Mitchell Marsh b Sandakan
31 
63 
5 
0
49.21 
»
 Peter Nevill c MDKJ Perera b Herath
2 
11 
0 
0
18.18 
»
 Steve O'Keefe c Mendis b Sandakan
23 
80 
1 
0
28.75 
»
 Mitchell Starc c MDKJ Perera b Sandakan
11 
29 
0 
1
37.93 
»
 Nathan Lyon lbw b Sandakan
17 
25 
2 
0
68.00 
»
 Josh Hazlewood Not Out
2 
18 
0 
0
11.11 
Extras B 4, LB 7
11
Total : (all out in 79.2 overs)
203
 RR : 2.56

Fall of wickets : 1-3 (Warner, 2.2 ov), 2-7 (Burns, 3.6 ov), 3-69 (Smith, 21.2 ov), 4-70 (Khawaja, 23.2 ov), 5-130 (Marsh, 45.4 ov), 6-137 (Nevill, 48.3 ov), 7-160 (Voges, 62.1 ov), 8-179 (Starc, 69.5 ov), 9-190 (O'Keefe, 73.6 ov), 10-203 (Lyon, 79.2 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Nuwan Pradeep
16
6 
36 
2
2.25
0
0
»
 Rangana Herath
25
8 
49 
4
1.96
0
0
»
 Dilruwan Perera
14
1 
43 
0
3.07
0
0
»
 Lakshan Sandakan
21
 .2
3 
58 
4
2.72
0
0
»
 Angelo Mathews
3
1 
6 
0
2.00
0
0

Sri Lanka 2nd innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Kusal Perera lbw b Starc
4 
5 
0 
0
80.00 
»
 Kaushal Silva lbw b O'Keefe
7 
32 
0 
0
21.88 
»
 Dimuth Karunaratne lbw b Starc
0 
3 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Kusal Mendis c Nevill b Starc
176 
254 
21 
1
69.29 
»
 Angelo Mathews c Burns b Lyon
9 
31 
0 
0
29.03 
»
 Dinesh Chandimal lbw b Marsh
42 
100 
4 
0
42.00 
»
 Dhananjaya de Silva c Khawaja b Lyon
36 
62 
3 
0
58.06 
»
 Dilruwan Perera lbw b Hazlewood
12 
22 
2 
0
54.55 
»
 Rangana Herath c sub b Hazlewood
35 
34 
6 
0
102.94 
»
 Lakshan Sandakan b Starc
9 
7 
2 
0
128.57 
»
 Nuwan Pradeep Not Out
10 
12 
2 
0
83.33 
Extras B 1, LB 12
13
Total : (all out in 93.4 overs)
353
 RR : 3.77

Fall of wickets : 1-6 (MDKJ Perera, 2.2 ov), 2-6 (Karunaratne, 2.5 ov), 3-45 (Silva, 12.2 ov), 4-86 (Mathews, 27.1 ov), 5-203 (Chandimal, 58.1 ov), 6-274 (de Silva, 77.3 ov), 7-290 (Mendis, 82.1 ov), 8-314 (MDK Perera, 87.4 ov), 9-323 (Sandakan, 88.5 ov), 10-353 (Herath, 93.4 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Mitchell Starc
19
4 
84 
4
4.42
0
0
»
 Josh Hazlewood
18
 .4
3 
59 
2
3.16
0
0
»
 Steve O'Keefe
16
 .2
3 
42 
1
2.57
0
0
»
 Nathan Lyon
27
2 
108 
2
4.00
0
0
»
 David Warner
1
0 
10 
0
10.00
0
0
»
 Adam Voges
1
 .4
0 
3 
0
1.80
0
0
»
 Mitchell Marsh
9
1 
33 
1
3.67
0
0
»
 Steven Smith
1
0 
1 
0
1.00
0
0

Australia 2nd innings
(Target: 268 runs)
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Joe Burns b Sandakan
29 
57 
2 
1
50.88 
»
 David Warner b Herath
1 
4 
0 
0
25.00 
»
 Usman Khawaja lbw b MDK Perera
18 
22 
3 
0
81.82 
»
 Steven Smith lbw b Herath
55 
125 
1 
0
44.00 
»
 Adam Voges c & b Herath
12 
47 
1 
0
25.53 
»
 Mitchell Marsh lbw b Herath
25 
37 
3 
0
67.57 
»
 Peter Nevill c Chandimal b de Silva
9 
115 
1 
0
7.83 
»
 Mitchell Starc c & b Sandakan
0 
3 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Nathan Lyon lbw b Sandakan
8 
16 
1 
0
50.00 
»
 Steve O'Keefe b Herath
4 
98 
1 
0
4.08 
»
 Josh Hazlewood Not Out
0 
7 
0 
0
0.00 
Total : (all out in 88.3 overs)
161
 RR : 1.82

Fall of wickets : 1-2 (Warner, 1.2 ov), 2-33 (Khawaja, 8.1 ov), 3-63 (Burns, 17.6 ov), 4-96 (Voges, 34.2 ov), 5-139 (Marsh, 47.3 ov), 6-140 (Smith, 49.4 ov), 7-141 (Starc, 50.2 ov), 8-157 (Lyon, 56.1 ov), 9-161 (Nevill, 85.5 ov), 10-161 (O'Keefe, 88.3 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Nuwan Pradeep
6
3 
16 
0
2.67
0
0
»
 Rangana Herath
33
 .3
16 
54 
5
1.61
0
0
»
 Dilruwan Perera
13
3 
30 
1
2.31
0
0
»
 Lakshan Sandakan
25
8 
49 
3
1.96
0
0
»
 Dhananjaya de Silva
11
7 
12 
1
1.09
0
0

Match details
Debuts: DM de Silva and PADLR Sandakan (Sri Lanka)
Man of the Match: BKG Mendis (Sri Lanka)
Umpires : RA Kettleborough (England) and S Ravi (India)
Third Umpire: CB Gaffaney (New Zealand)
Referee : BC Broad (England)
Reserve Umpire: REJ Martinesz (England)
Close of Play
Day 1 : Australia 1st innings - 66/2 (UT Khawaja 25*, SPD Smith 28*, 20 ov)
Day 2 : Sri Lanka 2nd innings - 6/1 (JK Silva 2*, 2.2 ov)
Day 3 : Sri Lanka 2nd innings - 282/6 (BKG Mendis 169*, MDK Perera 5*, 80 ov)
Day 4 : Australia 2nd innings - 83/3 (SPD Smith 26*, AC Voges 9*, 27 ov)
Day 5 : Australia 2nd innings - 161 (JR Hazlewood 0*, 88.3 ov) - end of match

Teams:
Sri Lanka Angelo Mathews (Capt.), Dhananjaya de Silva, Dilruwan Perera, Dimuth Karunaratne, Dinesh Chandimal (wk), Kaushal Silva, Kusal Mendis, Kusal Perera, Lakshan Sandakan, Nuwan Pradeep, Rangana Herath
Australia Adam Voges, David Warner, Joe Burns, Josh Hazlewood, Mitchell Marsh, Mitchell Starc, Peter Nevill (wk), Steve O'Keefe, Steven Smith (Capt.), Usman Khawaja, Nathan Lyon
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