A dominant performance with the bat against Sri Lanka in Galle has left Australia with plenty of ponder ahead of the World Test Championship Final. Stand-in Australia captain Steve Smith is backing in ...

He established his authority with the bat and for the same reason ... preferred the opening combination of Travis Head and Usman Khawaja for the tour to Sri Lanka. Konstas was part of the squad ...

GALLE, Sri Lanka (AP) — Dimuth Karunaratne strode to the crease to start his 100th and last test match after Sri Lanka won the toss Thursday and elected to bat against Australia. After an ...

After Smith won a crucial coin toss, new-look opening pair Usman Khawaja and Travis Head shellshocked ... "They outplayed us, they played positive cricket and got runs on the board.

Usman Khawaja has urged selectors to stick with Sam Konstas as his opening partner for the first cricket Test against ... It’ll be a hard place to bat for all of our guys, but especially some ...

Australia had Sri Lanka three down after opener Usman ... on a sunny morning. Khawaja took a single off Jayasuriya to reach 200 as he removed his helmet, raised his bat and dropped down to kiss ...

Smith went past Sunil Gavaskar's runs feat of 10,122 with 10,140 runs to his name in Test cricket while Usman Khawaja with an unbeaten 231 broke the record for the highest individual score by an ...

Australia had Sri Lanka three down after opener Usman ... on a sunny morning. Khawaja took a single off Jayasuriya to reach 200 as he removed his helmet, raised his bat and dropped down to kiss ...

Steve Smith stood unbeaten on 104 after crossing 10,000 Test runs and helped Australia pummel Sri Lanka alongside fellow centurion Usman Khawaja on ... tourists elected to bat first in Galle ...