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's heaviest defeat before Saturday was in Nagpur in 2017, when India hammered them by an innings and 239 as they stumble to new low.

Dinesh Chandimal was the lone warrior in the first innings, scoring 72, while Jeffrey Vandersay, batting at number nine, brought up a counterattacking half-century in the second innings ...

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. Read more at ...

Australia were no-match for Sri Lanka in the first Test of the two-match series in Galle as they consigned the Lankan Lions to their biggest defeat in the format. Matthew Kuhnemann and Nathan Lyon ...

Australia steamrolled Sri Lanka’s listless batting order across two innings on day four to complete a near-flawless performance. Australia brushed ...

Nathan Lyon, Matthew Kuhnemann picked 4 wickets each in the final innings of the game to drub Sri Lanka by an innings and 242 ...

Australia hammer hosts Sri Lanka by an innings and 242 runs on day four of the first Test; Nathan Lyon and Matthew Kuhnemann ...

Sri Lanka slipped to sixth place in the ICC World Test Championship 2023-25 points table after losing the 1st SL vs AUS test.