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Test No. 2579

Australia tour of Sri Lanka 2025
2024-25 season
Sri Lanka vs Australia - 1st Test
29 January - 01 February, 2025 (5-day match)

Australia led the 2-match series 1-0

Venue : Galle International Stadium
Toss : Australia won the toss and elected to bat first
Result : Australia won by an innings and 242 runs


Australia 1st Innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Usman Khawaja c BKG Mendis b Jayasuriya
232 
352 
16 
1
65.91 
»
 Travis Head c Chandimal b Jayasuriya
57 
40 
10 
1
142.50 
»
 Marnus Labuschagne c de Silva b Vandersay
20 
50 
2 
0
40.00 
»
 Steven Smith lbw b Vandersay
141 
251 
12 
2
56.18 
»
 Josh Inglis c PHKD Mendis b Jayasuriya
102 
94 
10 
1
108.51 
»
 Alex Carey Not Out
46 
69 
1 
0
66.67 
»
 Beau Webster c PHKD Mendis b Vandersay
23 
50 
1 
0
46.00 
»
 Mitchell Starc Not Out
19 
19 
2 
1
100.00 
Extras B 2, LB 11, N 1
14
Total : (6 wickets dec in 154.0 overs)
654
 RR : 4.25

did not bat: Todd Murphy, Nathan Lyon, Matthew Kuhnemann

Fall of wickets : 1-92 (Travis Head, 14.3 ov), 2-135 (Marnus Labuschagne, 29.6 ov), 3-401 (Steven Smith, 99.5 ov), 4-547 (Usman Khawaja, 128.3 ov), 5-570 (Josh Inglis, 132.6 ov), 6-629 (Beau Webster, 149.2 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Asitha Fernando
15
1 
77 
0
5.13
1
0
»
 Nishan Peiris
41
1 
189 
0
4.61
0
0
»
 Prabath Jayasuriya
60
8 
193 
3
3.22
0
0
»
 Jeffrey Vandersay
38
0 
182 
3
4.79
0
0

Sri Lanka 1st Innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Oshada Fernando lbw b Kuhnemann
7 
10 
1 
0
70.00 
»
 Dimuth Karunaratne c sub b Starc
7 
13 
1 
0
53.85 
»
 Dinesh Chandimal lbw b Lyon
72 
139 
9 
0
51.80 
»
 Angelo Mathews c Head b Lyon
7 
18 
1 
0
38.89 
»
 Kamindu Mendis c Carey b Starc
15 
38 
1 
1
39.47 
»
 Dhananjaya de Silva st Carey b Kuhnemann
22 
34 
3 
0
64.71 
»
 Kusal Mendis c Murphy b Kuhnemann
21 
40 
1 
1
52.50 
»
 Prabath Jayasuriya st Carey b Kuhnemann
0 
6 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Jeffrey Vandersay c Starc b Kuhnemann
4 
7 
1 
0
57.14 
»
 Nishan Peiris c Inglis b Lyon
5 
9 
1 
0
55.56 
»
 Asitha Fernando Not Out
0 
1 
0 
0
0.00 
Extras LB 4, N 1
5
Total : (all out in 52.2 overs)
165
 RR : 3.15

Fall of wickets : 1-7 (Oshada Fernando, 1.6 ov), 2-15 (Dimuth Karunaratne, 4.2 ov), 3-30 (Angelo Mathews, 9.3 ov), 4-67 (Kamindu Mendis, 20.3 ov), 5-107 (Dhananjaya de Silva, 32.3 ov), 6-156 (Kusal Mendis, 48.1 ov), 7-156 (Dinesh Chandimal, 49.2 ov), 8-156 (Prabath Jayasuriya, 50.1 ov), 9-161 (Nishan Peiris, 51.5 ov), 10-165 (Jeffrey Vandersay, 52.2 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Mitchell Starc
8
1 
13 
2
1.63
0
0
»
 Matthew Kuhnemann
18
 .2
3 
63 
5
3.44
0
0
»
 Nathan Lyon
20
3 
57 
3
2.85
0
0
»
 Todd Murphy
6
1 
28 
0
4.67
1
0

Sri Lanka 2nd Innings (f/o)
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Oshada Fernando lbw b Starc
6 
10 
1 
0
60.00 
»
 Dimuth Karunaratne b Murphy
0 
4 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Dinesh Chandimal c Head b Lyon
31 
49 
3 
0
63.27 
»
 Angelo Mathews c Head b Lyon
41 
59 
6 
0
69.49 
»
 Kamindu Mendis c Starc b Kuhnemann
32 
26 
4 
1
123.08 
»
 Dhananjaya de Silva c Webster b Kuhnemann
39 
50 
8 
0
78.00 
»
 Kusal Mendis st Carey b Lyon
34 
47 
4 
0
72.34 
»
 Prabath Jayasuriya b Lyon
1 
3 
0 
0
33.33 
»
 Jeffrey Vandersay c Starc b Kuhnemann
53 
47 
7 
2
112.77 
»
 Nishan Peiris b Kuhnemann
0 
14 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Asitha Fernando Not Out
6 
18 
0 
1
33.33 
Extras LB 4
4
Total : (all out in 54.3 overs)
247
 RR : 4.53

Fall of wickets : 1-6 (Oshada Fernando, 2.1 ov), 2-6 (Dimuth Karunaratne, 3.1 ov), 3-75 (Dinesh Chandimal, 17.2 ov), 4-114 (Kamindu Mendis, 24.3 ov), 5-114 (Angelo Mathews, 25.1 ov), 6-179 (Dhananjaya de Silva, 39.5 ov), 7-187 (Kusal Mendis, 40.6 ov), 8-192 (Prabath Jayasuriya, 42.1 ov), 9-209 (Nishan Peiris, 47.1 ov), 10-247 (Jeffrey Vandersay, 54.3 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Mitchell Starc
5
1 
14 
1
2.80
0
0
»
 Todd Murphy
11
0 
57 
1
5.18
0
0
»
 Matthew Kuhnemann
17
 .3
2 
86 
4
4.91
0
0
»
 Nathan Lyon
19
4 
78 
4
4.11
0
0
»
 Travis Head
2
0 
8 
0
4.00
0
0

Match details
Points: Australia 12, Sri Lanka 0
Debuts: Josh Inglis (Australia)
Man of the Match: Usman Khawaja (Australia)
Umpires : Adrian Holdstock (South Africa) and Chris Gaffaney (New Zealand)
Third Umpire: Joel Wilson (West Indies)
Referee : Jeff Crowe (New Zealand)
Reserve Umpire: Lyndon Hannibal (Sri Lanka)

Teams:
Sri Lanka Prabath Jayasuriya, Oshada Fernando, Nishan Peiris, Kusal Mendis (wk), Kamindu Mendis, Jeffrey Vandersay, Dinesh Chandimal, Dimuth Karunaratne, Dhananjaya de Silva (Capt.), Asitha Fernando, Angelo Mathews
Australia Usman Khawaja, Travis Head, Todd Murphy, Steven Smith (Capt.), Nathan Lyon, Mitchell Starc, Matthew Kuhnemann, Marnus Labuschagne, Josh Inglis, Beau Webster, Alex Carey (wk)
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