Sri Lanka Vs Australia 1st Test Day 2 Highlights: Hosts Lose Three Early Wickets After Visitors Declare On 654/6

Here are the highlights of Day 2 of the first Test match played between Sri Lanka and Australia at the Galle International Stadium. Day 1 saw the visitors dominating before rain forced an early stumps. Steve Smith completed his 10,000 runs in Test cricket and also hit his 35th Test century. Usman Khawaja went on to score his maiden double ton in Test cricket. Debutant Josh Inglis also scored a ton which helped the visitors to declare on 654/6. They also managed to take three wickets before the end of day's play. Catch the highlights of Day 2 of the first Test match between Sri Lanka and Australia, right here.

Day 2 - Summary

Day 2 ended with Sri Lanka still trailing by 610 runs and their three wickets lost at the score of 44. Before that, it was a sheer domination by the visitors. Usman Khawaja and Steve Smith resumed from where they left on Day 1 and Khawaja scored his maiden double ton in Test cricket. Josh Inglis, who was making his Test debut, scored yet another century in the match. Soon, the tourists declared on 654/6 with 15 overs left in the day. Mitchell Starc, Matthew Kuhnemann and Nathan Lyon took one wicket each to end the day.

What Happened On Day 1

Australia made 330/2 on Day 1 before rain forced an early stumps in Galle on Wednesday. Travis Head gave a blistering start with 57 runs off just 40 balls. Usman Khawaja took his time and completed his 16th Test ton. He is batting on 147 not out. Steve Smith also hit his 35th Test hundred and is batting on 104 runs. He also completed his 10,000 Test runs with the first run in the match.

Sri Lanka Vs Australia, 1st Test - Playing XIs

Australia: Usman Khawaja, Travis Head, Marnus Labuschagne, Steven Smith (c), Josh Inglis, Beau Webster, Alex Carey (wk), Mitchell Starc, Matthew Kuhnemann, Nathan Lyon, Todd Murphy

Sri Lanka: Dimuth Karunaratne, Oshada Fernando, Dinesh Chandimal, Angelo Mathews, Kamindu Mendis, Dhananjaya de Silva (c), Kusal Mendis (wk), Prabath Jayasuriya, Nishan Peiris, Jeffrey Vandersay, Asitha Fernando