IMAGE: Kusal Mendis celebrates his half-century during Day 1 of the second Test against ... Lanka as they reached 229/9 in the second Test in Galle on Thursday. Sri Lanka captain Dhananjaya ...

The Galle surface offered slow turn, but Australia tackled it to perfection as Smith ended the day unbeaten on 120, while Carey finished 139 not out. For Sri Lanka, Nishan Pieris picked two ...

Australia put on a clinical display on the third day of the second Test against Sri Lanka in Galle, leaving the hosts teetering at 211-8 and holding a slender lead of just 54 runs on Saturday ...

After a day of swinging momentum, Sri Lanka has reached stumps in Galle on the first night of the Second Test of the Warne-Muralidaran Trophy still batting but having conceded the ascendancy to ...

Australia was firmly in control against Sri Lanka in the second test after reducing the host to 229–9 by stumps on day one, Thursday. Half-centuries from Dinesh Chandimal and Kusal Mendis kept ...

The Australians — courtesy of centuries from Steve Smith and Alex Carey — are in pole position to win their second Test of the series outright and complete a rare Asian sweep. Follow all the ...

Three wickets in the final five overs of day three have Australia on the brink of victory in the second Test against Sri Lanka and a series sweep in Galle. Sri Lanka lost its eighth wicket on what ...

Steve Smith's century was his fourth in Sri Lanka in seven Tests Second Test, Galle (day two of five): Sri Lanka 257: K Mendis 85*; Starc 3-37, Kuhnemann 3-63, Lyon 3-99 Australia 330-3 ...

Sri Lanka was 8-211 in its second innings after a topsy-turvy Saturday at Galle International Stadium ... Tasmanian Webster was crucial on day three, chipping in with handy runs down the order ...

Stand-in captain Steve Smith and wicketkeeper Alex Carey have smacked classy hundreds in Galle to put Australia ... The tourists are 3-330 at stumps on day two of the second Test, leading by ...

Carey, 33, combined with Steve Smith in an unbeaten 239-run fourth wicket stand to leave the Aussies in a commanding position at stumps on day two of the second Test, leading by 73 runs with seven ...