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Cricket-Sri Lanka sweep would push Australia closer to greatness: Lyon
Australia are not yet a great team but completing a series sweep in Sri Lanka would push them closer, according to spin bowler Nathan Lyon. Australia won the first test by an innings and 242 runs in Galle and will look to wrap up the series 2-0 with another win at the same venue when the second test starts on Thursday.
Australia routs Sri Lanka to hand hosts their biggest loss in test cricket
Australia wrapped up the first test against Sri Lanka with a session and a day to spare, handing the hosts their biggest defeat in test cricket on Saturday. Sri Lanka were skittled out for 247 in their second innings,
Australia inflict heaviest Test defeat on Sri Lanka
Australia take 15 wickets on day four of the first Test in Galle to send Sri Lanka to defeat by an innings and 242 runs.
Sri Lanka struggles to 136 for five in reply to Australia’s 654 in 1st cricket test
Dinesh Chandimal has scored an unbeaten 63 as Sri Lanka struggled to 136-5 at lunch on Day 3 in reply to Australia's imposing first innings of 654 in the first cricket test.
Cricket-Smith praises 'near flawless' Australia after Sri Lanka thrashing
Australia's stand-in captain Steve Smith hailed his side's resounding innings and 242-run victory over Sri Lanka in Galle on Saturday as "near flawless" after the visitors retained the Warne-Muralitharan Trophy.
Sri Lanka vs Australia Live Score: Sri Lanka score after 45 overs is 144/5
Sri Lanka. Kusal Mendis 14 (33) Dinesh Chandimal 66 (119) Australia. Nathan Lyon 1/48 (16) Sri Lanka vs Australia Live Score: Sri Lanka. Kusal M
Sri Lanka on the ropes after Australia batting blitz rewrites records
Sri Lanka is staring down the barrel at 44-3 after Australia achieved its largest ever total in Asia — 654-6 declared — on day two of the first test in Galle.
Cricket-Kuhnemann and Lyon bowl Australia to innings victory against Sri Lanka
(Reuters) -Spin twins Matthew Kuhnemann and Nathan Lyon combined to dismantle Sri Lanka and bowl Australia to a crushing victory by an innings and 242 runs in the opening test in Galle on Saturday. Australia's biggest victory in Asia also ensured they will retain the Warne-Muralitharan Trophy,
Australia closes in on big win over Sri Lanka in the first cricket test at Galle
The defending world champion Australians are closing in on a big win in Galle after enforcing the follow-on and reducing Sri Lanka to 75 for three at lunch on the fourth day of the first cricket test.
Sri Lanka's historic defeat: Take a look at their biggest innings losses in Test Cricket
With a crushing defeat in the first Test of the Warne-Muralitharan Trophy 2025, Sri Lanka's cricketing woes reached a new low. The loss, by an innings and 242 runs against Australia, now stands as the biggest defeat in Sri Lanka's Test history.
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Australia demolished Sri Lanka by an innings and 242 runs in the first game of the series.
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Whitewashing Sri Lanka will push Australia closer to Test greatness, reckons Nathan Lyon
Defending World Test Championship winners are still not a great team, reckons spin veteran Nathan Lyon. However, a series ...
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Sri Lanka vs Australia: Matthew Kuhnemann's nine-wicket haul wraps up innings win on day four of first Test
Sri Lanka has crashed to the heaviest loss in its 43-year Test history as Australia wrapped up a massive innings victory in the first Test. Matthew Kuhnemann finished with a nine-wicket haul for ...
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Sri Lanka vs Australia Highlights: Australia beat Sri Lanka by an innings and 242 runs
Sri Lanka vs Australia Live Score: It’s a Wicket. Kusal Mendis is out and Australia at 187/7 after 40.6 overs Sri Lanka vs Australia Live Score: OUT! STUMPED! Oh, Alex Carey almost makes ...
Australia in command as Smith, Khawaja punish Sri Lanka on rain-hit opening day of first test
Australia’s batters have feasted on Sri Lanka’s bowling, racking up milestones and dominance on a rain-curtailed opening day ...
Sri Lanka vs Australia quick hits: Dinesh Chandimal falls twice in a session as ex-captain's nightmare dismissal sums up record loss
Dinesh Chandimal achieves something rarely seen, a forgettable moment for an ex-captain and a record low in Sri Lanka's proud Test history. Here are the quick hits from day four of the first Test in ...