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Test No. 2580

Australia tour of Sri Lanka 2025
2024-25 season
Sri Lanka vs Australia - 2nd Test
06-09 February, 2025 (5-day match)

Australia won the 2-match series 2-0

Venue : Galle International Stadium
Toss : Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat first
Result : Australia won by 9 wickets


Sri Lanka 1st Innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Pathum Nissanka b Lyon
11 
31 
2 
0
35.48 
»
 Dimuth Karunaratne b Lyon
36 
83 
3 
0
43.37 
»
 Dinesh Chandimal st Carey b Kuhnemann
74 
163 
6 
1
45.40 
»
 Angelo Mathews c Carey b Lyon
1 
26 
0 
0
3.85 
»
 Kamindu Mendis c Smith b Head
13 
21 
2 
0
61.90 
»
 Dhananjaya de Silva c Webster b Starc
0 
1 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Kusal Mendis Not Out
85 
139 
10 
1
61.15 
»
 Ramesh Mendis c Carey b Starc
28 
94 
2 
0
29.79 
»
 Prabath Jayasuriya c Smith b Starc
0 
1 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Nishan Peiris b Kuhnemann
0 
3 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Lahiru Kumara c Webster b Kuhnemann
2 
26 
0 
0
7.69 
Extras B 4, LB 1, N 2
7
Total : (all out in 97.4 overs)
257
 RR : 2.63

Fall of wickets : 1-23 (Pathum Nissanka, 7.4 ov), 2-93 (Dimuth Karunaratne, 32.3 ov), 3-101 (Angelo Mathews, 38.3 ov), 4-126 (Kamindu Mendis, 45.6 ov), 5-127 (Dhananjaya de Silva, 46.2 ov), 6-150 (Dinesh Chandimal, 60.2 ov), 7-215 (Ramesh Mendis, 83.4 ov), 8-215 (Prabath Jayasuriya, 83.5 ov), 9-224 (Nishan Peiris, 86.1 ov), 10-257 (Lahiru Kumara, 97.4 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Mitchell Starc
16
3 
37 
3
2.31
0
0
»
 Matthew Kuhnemann
33
 .4
9 
63 
3
1.87
0
0
»
 Nathan Lyon
34
5 
96 
3
2.82
0
0
»
 Beau Webster
3
0 
13 
0
4.33
2
0
»
 Cooper Connolly
3
1 
12 
0
4.00
0
0
»
 Travis Head
8
0 
31 
1
3.88
0
0

Australia 1st Innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Travis Head c de Silva b Peiris
21 
22 
3 
0
95.45 
»
 Usman Khawaja lbw b Peiris
36 
57 
3 
0
63.16 
»
 Marnus Labuschagne lbw b Jayasuriya
4 
6 
1 
0
66.67 
»
 Steven Smith c BKG Mendis b Jayasuriya
131 
254 
10 
1
51.57 
»
 Alex Carey b Jayasuriya
156 
188 
15 
2
82.98 
»
 Josh Inglis b Jayasuriya
0 
2 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Beau Webster b R Mendis
31 
62 
3 
0
50.00 
»
 Cooper Connolly c R Mendis b Peiris
4 
6 
1 
0
66.67 
»
 Mitchell Starc b Jayasuriya
8 
29 
0 
0
27.59 
»
 Nathan Lyon Not Out
2 
6 
0 
0
33.33 
»
 Matthew Kuhnemann b R Mendis
6 
8 
1 
0
75.00 
Extras B 6, LB 9
15
Total : (all out in 106.4 overs)
414
 RR : 3.88

Fall of wickets : 1-32 (Travis Head, 6.4 ov), 2-37 (Marnus Labuschagne, 7.5 ov), 3-91 (Usman Khawaja, 24.5 ov), 4-350 (Steven Smith, 84.3 ov), 5-350 (Josh Inglis, 84.5 ov), 6-373 (Alex Carey, 92.6 ov), 7-384 (Cooper Connolly, 95.1 ov), 8-406 (Mitchell Starc, 103.5 ov), 9-406 (Beau Webster, 104.3 ov), 10-414 (Matthew Kuhnemann, 106.4 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Lahiru Kumara
7
1 
37 
0
5.29
0
0
»
 Dhananjaya de Silva
5
0 
18 
0
3.60
0
0
»
 Nishan Peiris
31
4 
94 
3
3.03
0
0
»
 Prabath Jayasuriya
38
6 
151 
5
3.97
0
0
»
 Ramesh Mendis
22
 .4
0 
81 
2
3.57
0
0
»
 Kamindu Mendis
3
0 
18 
0
6.00
0
0

Sri Lanka 2nd Innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Pathum Nissanka b Kuhnemann
8 
8 
2 
0
100.00 
»
 Dimuth Karunaratne c Carey b Kuhnemann
14 
28 
1 
0
50.00 
»
 Dinesh Chandimal c Webster b Lyon
12 
40 
1 
0
30.00 
»
 Angelo Mathews c Webster b Lyon
76 
149 
4 
1
51.01 
»
 Kamindu Mendis c Khawaja b Lyon
14 
35 
1 
0
40.00 
»
 Dhananjaya de Silva c Smith b Kuhnemann
23 
46 
4 
0
50.00 
»
 Kusal Mendis c Smith b Lyon
50 
54 
5 
1
92.59 
»
 Ramesh Mendis c Head b Webster
0 
6 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Prabath Jayasuriya c Smith b Kuhnemann
6 
12 
0 
0
50.00 
»
 Lahiru Kumara b Webster
9 
18 
1 
0
50.00 
»
 Nishan Peiris Not Out
4 
14 
0 
0
28.57 
Extras B 8, LB 1, N 1, Pen 5
15
Total : (all out in 68.1 overs)
231
 RR : 3.39

Fall of wickets : 1-9 (Pathum Nissanka, 1.3 ov), 2-33 (Dimuth Karunaratne, 12.1 ov), 3-39 (Dinesh Chandimal, 13.4 ov), 4-81 (Kamindu Mendis, 25.4 ov), 5-128 (Dhananjaya de Silva, 39.5 ov), 6-198 (Angelo Mathews, 57.1 ov), 7-199 (Ramesh Mendis, 58.5 ov), 8-211 (Prabath Jayasuriya, 62.1 ov), 9-217 (Kusal Mendis, 63.4 ov), 10-231 (Lahiru Kumara, 68.1 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Mitchell Starc
4
0 
22 
0
5.50
0
0
»
 Matthew Kuhnemann
23
5 
63 
4
2.74
1
0
»
 Travis Head
9
0 
33 
0
3.67
0
0
»
 Nathan Lyon
28
3 
84 
4
3.00
0
0
»
 Cooper Connolly
2
0 
9 
0
4.50
0
0
»
 Beau Webster
2
 .1
0 
6 
2
2.77
0
0

Australia 2nd Innings
(Target: 75 runs)
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Usman Khawaja Not Out
27 
44 
3 
0
61.36 
»
 Travis Head c BKG Mendis b Jayasuriya
20 
23 
3 
0
86.96 
»
 Marnus Labuschagne Not Out
26 
39 
4 
0
66.67 
Extras B 2
2
Total : (1 wickets in 17.4 overs)
75
 RR : 4.25

did not bat: Steven Smith, Nathan Lyon, Mitchell Starc, Matthew Kuhnemann, Josh Inglis, Cooper Connolly, Beau Webster, Alex Carey

Fall of wickets : 1-38 (Travis Head, 7.1 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Ramesh Mendis
3
1 
16 
0
5.33
0
0
»
 Nishan Peiris
8
0 
34 
0
4.25
0
0
»
 Prabath Jayasuriya
6
1 
20 
1
3.33
0
0
»
 Dimuth Karunaratne
0
 .4
0 
3 
0
4.50
0
0

Match details
Points: Australia 12, Sri Lanka 0
Debuts: Cooper Connolly (Australia)
Man of the Match: Alex Carey (Australia)
Man of the Series : Steven Smith (Australia)
Umpires : Adrian Holdstock (South Africa) and Joel Wilson (West Indies)
Third Umpire: Chris Gaffaney (New Zealand)
Referee : Jeff Crowe (New Zealand)
Reserve Umpire: Prageeth Rambukwella (Sri Lanka)
Close of Play
Day 1 : Thu, Feb 06 - Sri Lanka 1st innings 229/9 (Kusal Mendis 59*, Lahiru Kumara 0*, 90 ov)
Day 2 : Fri, Feb 07 - Australia 1st innings 330/3 (Steven Smith 120*, Alex Carey 139*, 80 ov)
Day 3 : Sat, Feb 08 - Sri Lanka 2nd innings 211/8 (Kusal Mendis 48*, 62.1 ov)
Day 4 : Sun, Feb 09 - Australia 2nd innings 75/1 (17.4 ov) - end of match

Teams:
Sri Lanka Ramesh Mendis, Prabath Jayasuriya, Pathum Nissanka, Nishan Peiris, Lahiru Kumara, Kusal Mendis (wk), Kamindu Mendis, Dinesh Chandimal, Dimuth Karunaratne, Dhananjaya de Silva (Capt.), Angelo Mathews
Australia Usman Khawaja, Travis Head, Steven Smith (Capt.), Nathan Lyon, Mitchell Starc, Matthew Kuhnemann, Marnus Labuschagne, Josh Inglis, Cooper Connolly, Beau Webster, Alex Carey (wk)
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