Sri Lanka v Australia, Galle

Sri Lanka 257/10 & 231/10

Australia 414/10 & 75/1

Australia won by 9 wickets

Australia v Sri Lanka 2025 · 2nd Test Galle International Stadium, Galle 6–9 Feb 2025

How hard each side found the batting

Even conditions — a fairly typical match for batting, both sides much alike.

Sri Lanka

1.00× 0%

Australia

0.98× -2%

harder to scoretypicaleasier

The lead

How Australia's lead moved across the match.

Who won it · by value

Runs, and what they were worth in these conditions

BKG Mendis Sri Lanka

135 +278

AT Carey Australia

156 +249

Steve Smith Australia

131 +191

AD Mathews Sri Lanka

77 +124

LD Chandimal Sri Lanka

86 +102

Best bowling

Top match figures

NGRP Jayasuriya5/151

MP Kuhnemann4/63

NM Lyon4/84

MA Starc3/37

Top score

156

AT Carey · Australia

Biggest stand

259

4th wkt · Australia

Worst collapse

3–19

3 wkts for 19 · Sri Lanka

Match facts

TossSri Lanka, bat

ResultAustralia won by 9 wickets

Length4 days

Sri Lanka

257 /10 (97.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
P Nissanka	b NM Lyon	11	31	2	0	35.48
FDM Karunaratne	b NM Lyon	36	83	3	0	43.37
LD Chandimal	st AT Carey b MP Kuhnemann	74	163	6	1	45.40
AD Mathews	c AT Carey b NM Lyon	1	26	0	0	3.85
PHKD Mendis	c Steve Smith b TM Head	13	21	2	0	61.90
DM de Silva	c BJ Webster b MA Starc	0	1	0	0	0.00
BKG Mendis*	not out	85	139	10	1	61.15
RTM Mendis	c AT Carey b MA Starc	28	94	2	0	29.79
NGRP Jayasuriya	c Steve Smith b MA Starc	0	1	0	0	0.00
KN Peiris	b MP Kuhnemann	0	3	0	0	0.00
CBRLS Kumara	c BJ Webster b MP Kuhnemann	2	26	0	0	7.69

Extras 7 (b 4, lb 1, nb 2)

Total 257/10 (97.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
MA Starc	16.0	3	37	3	2.31
MP Kuhnemann	33.4	9	63	3	1.87
NM Lyon	34.0	5	96	3	2.82
BJ Webster	3.0	0	13	0	4.33
C Connolly	3.0	1	12	0	4.00
TM Head	8.0	0	31	1	3.88

Fall of wickets

1-23 (P Nissanka, 7.4)·2-93 (FDM Karunaratne, 32.3)·3-101 (AD Mathews, 38.3)·4-126 (PHKD Mendis, 45.6)·5-127 (DM de Silva, 46.2)·6-150 (LD Chandimal, 60.2)·7-215 (RTM Mendis, 83.4)·8-215 (NGRP Jayasuriya, 83.5)·9-224 (KN Peiris, 86.1)·10-257 (CBRLS Kumara, 97.4)

Australia

414 /10 (106.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
TM Head	c DM de Silva b KN Peiris	21	22	3	0	95.45
UT Khawaja	lbw b KN Peiris	36	57	3	0	63.16
M Labuschagne	lbw b NGRP Jayasuriya	4	6	1	0	66.67
Steve Smith	c BKG Mendis b NGRP Jayasuriya	131	254	10	1	51.57
AT Carey	b NGRP Jayasuriya	156	188	15	2	82.98
JP Inglis	b NGRP Jayasuriya	0	2	0	0	0.00
BJ Webster	b RTM Mendis	31	62	3	0	50.00
C Connolly	c RTM Mendis b KN Peiris	4	6	1	0	66.67
MA Starc	b NGRP Jayasuriya	8	29	0	0	27.59
NM Lyon*	not out	2	6	0	0	33.33
MP Kuhnemann	b RTM Mendis	6	8	1	0	75.00

Extras 15 (b 6, lb 9)

Total 414/10 (106.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
CBRLS Kumara	7.0	1	37	0	5.29
DM de Silva	5.0	0	18	0	3.60
KN Peiris	31.0	4	94	3	3.03
NGRP Jayasuriya	38.0	6	151	5	3.97
RTM Mendis	22.4	0	81	2	3.57
PHKD Mendis	3.0	0	18	0	6.00

Fall of wickets

1-32 (TM Head, 6.4)·2-37 (M Labuschagne, 7.5)·3-91 (UT Khawaja, 24.5)·4-350 (Steve Smith, 84.3)·5-350 (JP Inglis, 84.5)·6-373 (AT Carey, 92.6)·7-384 (C Connolly, 95.1)·8-406 (MA Starc, 103.5)·9-406 (BJ Webster, 104.3)·10-414 (MP Kuhnemann, 106.4)

Sri Lanka

231 /10 (68.1 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
P Nissanka	b MP Kuhnemann	8	8	2	0	100.00
FDM Karunaratne	c AT Carey b MP Kuhnemann	14	28	1	0	50.00
LD Chandimal	c BJ Webster b NM Lyon	12	40	1	0	30.00
AD Mathews	c BJ Webster b NM Lyon	76	149	4	1	51.01
PHKD Mendis	c UT Khawaja b NM Lyon	14	35	1	0	40.00
DM de Silva	c Steve Smith b MP Kuhnemann	23	46	4	0	50.00
BKG Mendis	c Steve Smith b NM Lyon	50	54	5	1	92.59
RTM Mendis	c TM Head b BJ Webster	0	6	0	0	0.00
NGRP Jayasuriya	c Steve Smith b MP Kuhnemann	6	12	0	0	50.00
CBRLS Kumara	b BJ Webster	9	18	1	0	50.00
KN Peiris*	not out	4	14	0	0	28.57

Extras 10 (b 4, lb 5, nb 1)

Total 231/10 (68.1 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
MA Starc	4.0	0	22	0	5.50
MP Kuhnemann	23.0	5	63	4	2.74
TM Head	9.0	0	33	0	3.67
NM Lyon	28.0	3	84	4	3.00
C Connolly	2.0	0	9	0	4.50
BJ Webster	2.1	1	6	2	2.77

Fall of wickets

1-9 (P Nissanka, 1.3)·2-33 (FDM Karunaratne, 12.1)·3-39 (LD Chandimal, 13.4)·4-81 (PHKD Mendis, 25.4)·5-128 (DM de Silva, 39.5)·6-198 (AD Mathews, 57.1)·7-199 (RTM Mendis, 58.5)·8-211 (NGRP Jayasuriya, 62.1)·9-217 (BKG Mendis, 63.4)·10-231 (CBRLS Kumara, 68.1)

Australia

75 /1 (17.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
UT Khawaja*	not out	27	44	3	61.36
TM Head	c BKG Mendis b NGRP Jayasuriya	20	23	3	86.96
M Labuschagne*	not out	26	39	4	66.67

Extras 2 (b 2)

Total 75/1 (17.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
RTM Mendis	3.0	1	16	0	5.33
KN Peiris	8.0	0	34	0	4.25
NGRP Jayasuriya	6.0	1	20	1	3.33
FDM Karunaratne	0.4	0	3	0	4.50

Fall of wickets

1-38 (TM Head, 7.1)