Steve Smith and Marnus Labuschagne slammed tons of as Australia took agency management on the opening day of the second Test towards Sri Lanka.
Smith slammed his twenty eighth Test hundred on Friday (Courtesy: AP)
HIGHLIGHTSLabuschagne and Smith have put the guests on cruise managementSmith ended his century drought and introduced up his twenty eighth ton in TestsJayasuriya was the decide of the bowlers for Sri Lanka
Steve Smith and Marnus Labuschagne slammed tons of as Australia took management of the sport on Day 1 of the second Test.
The guests did not get off to an excellent begin as they misplaced David Warner early as Kasun Rajitha cleaned him for simply 5 runs. Usman Khawaja and Labuschagne placed on a fifty-run partnership to regular issues for Australia earlier than the opener was dismissed for 37 by Ramesh Mendis.
Sri Lanka might have claimed a 3rd wicket earlier than lunch however Niroshan Dickwella missed an opportunity to stump Labuschagne when he had simply scored 28 runs. The 28-year-old made the hosts pay for the error and scored his seventh Test hundred from 147 deliveries.
Smith and Australia’s No.3 added 134 runs in 37 overs because the guests dominated the second session, leaving Sri Lanka looking for solutions.
Labuschagne’s innings lastly got here to an finish at 104 as he was stumped by Dickwella off the bowling of debutant Prabath Jayasuriya. The 28-year-old’s innings consisted of 12 boundaries.
After dropping his associate, Smith took cost and battled on to succeed in his twenty eighth hundred within the longest format of the sport. This was the previous Australian captain’s first century in 16 innings and simply his second after the good 2019 Ashes sequence he had in England.
Smith continues to be on the crease unbeaten on 109 from 212 balls. His innings consisted of 14 boundaries. Alex Carey was his associate at stumps.
Jayasuriya was the decide of the Sri Lankan bowlers because the debutant confirmed a variety of character in his first recreation. He helped the hosts to mount a late comeback as he picked the wickets of Travis Head and Cameron Green alongside along with his essential breakthrough to dismiss Labuschagne.
The left-arm spinner ended the day with figures of 90 for 3 wickets in 28 overs.
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