Australia v Sri Lanka, Galle

Australia 654/6

Sri Lanka 165/10 & 247/10

Australia won by 242 runs

Australia v Sri Lanka 2025 · 1st Test Galle International Stadium, Galle 29 Jan 2025 – 1 Feb 2025

How hard each side found the batting

Uneven — Australia had it tougher than Sri Lanka.

Australia

0.89× -11%

Sri Lanka

1.03× +3%

harder to scoretypicaleasier

The lead

On equal conditions, Australia led by more than the scoreboard showed.

Who won it · by value

Runs, and what they were worth in these conditions

UT Khawaja Australia

232 +319

Steve Smith Australia

141 +176

LD Chandimal Sri Lanka

103 +136

JP Inglis Australia

102 +119

JDF Vandersay Sri Lanka

57 +82

Best bowling

Top match figures

MP Kuhnemann5/63

NM Lyon4/78

MP Kuhnemann4/86

NM Lyon3/57

Top score

232

UT Khawaja · Australia

Biggest stand

266

3rd wkt · Australia

Worst collapse

3–5

3 wkts for 5 · Sri Lanka

Match facts

TossAustralia, bat

ResultAustralia won by 242 runs

Length4 days

Australia

654 /6 (154.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
UT Khawaja	c BKG Mendis b NGRP Jayasuriya	232	352	16	1	65.91
TM Head	c LD Chandimal b NGRP Jayasuriya	57	40	10	1	142.50
M Labuschagne	c DM de Silva b JDF Vandersay	20	50	2	0	40.00
Steve Smith	lbw b JDF Vandersay	141	251	12	2	56.18
JP Inglis	c PHKD Mendis b NGRP Jayasuriya	102	94	10	1	108.51
AT Carey*	not out	46	69	1	0	66.67
BJ Webster	c PHKD Mendis b JDF Vandersay	23	50	1	0	46.00
MA Starc*	not out	19	19	2	1	100.00

Extras 14 (b 2, lb 11, nb 1)

Total 654/6 (154.0 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
AM Fernando	15.0	1	77	0	5.13
KN Peiris	41.0	1	189	0	4.61
NGRP Jayasuriya	60.0	8	193	3	3.22
JDF Vandersay	38.0	0	182	3	4.79

Fall of wickets

1-92 (TM Head, 14.3)·2-135 (M Labuschagne, 29.6)·3-401 (Steve Smith, 99.5)·4-547 (UT Khawaja, 128.3)·5-570 (JP Inglis, 132.6)·6-629 (BJ Webster, 149.2)

Sri Lanka

165 /10 (52.2 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
BOP Fernando	lbw b MP Kuhnemann	7	10	1	0	70.00
FDM Karunaratne	c NA McSweeney b MA Starc	7	13	1	0	53.85
LD Chandimal	lbw b NM Lyon	72	139	9	0	51.80
AD Mathews	c TM Head b NM Lyon	7	18	1	0	38.89
PHKD Mendis	c AT Carey b MA Starc	15	38	1	1	39.47
DM de Silva	st AT Carey b MP Kuhnemann	22	34	3	0	64.71
BKG Mendis	c T Murphy b MP Kuhnemann	21	40	1	1	52.50
NGRP Jayasuriya	st AT Carey b MP Kuhnemann	0	6	0	0	0.00
JDF Vandersay	c MA Starc b MP Kuhnemann	4	7	1	0	57.14
KN Peiris	c JP Inglis b NM Lyon	5	9	1	0	55.56
AM Fernando*	not out	0	1	0	0	0.00

Extras 5 (lb 4, nb 1)

Total 165/10 (52.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
MA Starc	8.0	1	13	2	1.62
MP Kuhnemann	18.2	3	63	5	3.44
NM Lyon	20.0	3	57	3	2.85
T Murphy	6.0	1	28	0	4.67

Fall of wickets

1-7 (BOP Fernando, 1.6)·2-15 (FDM Karunaratne, 4.2)·3-30 (AD Mathews, 9.3)·4-67 (PHKD Mendis, 20.3)·5-107 (DM de Silva, 32.3)·6-156 (BKG Mendis, 48.1)·7-156 (LD Chandimal, 49.2)·8-156 (NGRP Jayasuriya, 50.1)·9-161 (KN Peiris, 51.5)·10-165 (JDF Vandersay, 52.2)

Sri Lanka

247 /10 (54.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
BOP Fernando	lbw b MA Starc	6	10	1	0	60.00
FDM Karunaratne	b T Murphy	0	4	0	0	0.00
LD Chandimal	c TM Head b NM Lyon	31	49	3	0	63.27
AD Mathews	c TM Head b NM Lyon	41	59	6	0	69.49
PHKD Mendis	c MA Starc b MP Kuhnemann	32	26	4	1	123.08
DM de Silva	c BJ Webster b MP Kuhnemann	39	50	8	0	78.00
BKG Mendis	st AT Carey b NM Lyon	34	47	4	0	72.34
NGRP Jayasuriya	b NM Lyon	1	3	0	0	33.33
JDF Vandersay	c MA Starc b MP Kuhnemann	53	47	8	2	112.77
KN Peiris	b MP Kuhnemann	0	14	0	0	0.00
AM Fernando*	not out	6	18	0	1	33.33

Extras 4 (lb 4)

Total 247/10 (54.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
MA Starc	5.0	1	14	1	2.80
T Murphy	11.0	0	57	1	5.18
MP Kuhnemann	17.3	2	86	4	4.91
NM Lyon	19.0	4	78	4	4.11
TM Head	2.0	0	8	0	4.00

Fall of wickets

1-6 (BOP Fernando, 2.1)·2-6 (FDM Karunaratne, 3.1)·3-75 (LD Chandimal, 17.2)·4-114 (PHKD Mendis, 24.3)·5-114 (AD Mathews, 25.1)·6-179 (DM de Silva, 39.5)·7-187 (BKG Mendis, 40.6)·8-192 (NGRP Jayasuriya, 42.1)·9-209 (KN Peiris, 47.1)·10-247 (JDF Vandersay, 54.3)