A dominant performance with the bat against Sri Lanka in Galle has left Australia with plenty of ponder ahead of the World ...

Rex Clementine in Galle They say, “the good die young.” Shane Warne, though, was no saint. His life was a rollercoaster of triumphs and tribulations, a Shakespearean tragedy with a touch of reckless ...

It was a brilliant performance from a new-look Australia without skipper Pat Cummins and boasting a spin-heavy attack. Everything went to plan for stand-in captain Steven Smith after he won a ...

Dimuth Karunaratne , playing his 189th Test innings, often one of the best players of spin in his team, Sri Lanka's most-prolific opener, and a batter expected to shield the less-experienced players, ...

Australia thrash Sri Lanka by an innings and 242 runs at the Galle International Stadium in Galle on Day 4 of the first Test ...

Mitchell Starc became just the fourth Australian to take 700 wickets in international cricket in the first Test against Sri Lanka, joining Aussie legends Shane Warne, Glenn McGrath and Brett Lee. And ...

First Innings Australia Score - 654/6 in 154.0 overs Australia batting performance Usman Khawaja 232(352) Steven Smith ...

Australia humiliated Sri Lanka, crushing them by an innings and 242-run in the first Test at Galle—their biggest defeat surpassing the previous against India (by an innings and 239 runs in 2017 in ...

Sri Lanka’s crushing innings and 242-run defeat at the hands of Australia in Galle highlighted glaring deficiencies in batting resilience, bowling penetration and fielding, and head coach Sanath ...

Sri Lanka suffered their heaviest defeat in test cricket history on Saturday as Australia flexed their muscles to take a 1-0 lead in the two-match series with a crushing victory by an innings and 242 ...

The stand-in captain revealed that the devastating rout - which saw the Aussies win by an innings and 242 runs - was inspired by an unusual decision in the lead-up to the first Test.

After cracking a century in the first innings, Smith expertly manoeuvred the fielders and rotated the bowlers, refusing to let Sri Lanka’s batters settle in the middle — he treats captaincy in the ...