Aus vs sl 2nd test highlights: Australia defeated Sri Lanka by 9 wickets in the second Test. With this victory, Australia cleaned the Sri Lanka soup on the land of Sri Lanka. With this bullying, the Kangaroo team defeated Sri Lanka 2–0 in the 2-match Test series. Both tests of the series were played in Galle. In the first Test, Australia won a big win by an innings and 242 runs.
Thankfully, Sri Lanka performed the second Test, which required Australia to play the second innings. However, Australia needed only 75 runs for the second innings i.e. Run Chase to win, which the team achieved at the loss of only 1 wicket.
Captain Steve Smith and wicketkeeper batsman Alex Carrie’s century innings contributed significantly in winning Australia. Apart from this, almost all the bowlers of the team performed strongly.
Competition
In the match played in Galle, Sri Lanka decided to bat by winning the toss and scored 257/10 runs on the board in the first innings. During this, wicketkeeper batsman Kusal Mendis scored 85 runs with the help of 10 fours and 1 six, playing the biggest innings for the team.
Then Australia put 414/10 runs in their first innings on the board. During this time, Alex Carrie scored 156 runs with the help of 15 fours and 2 sixes and captain Steve Smith scored 131 runs with the help of 10 fours and 1 six.
Then Sri Lanka scored 231/10 runs in their second innings and set a target of just 75 runs in front of Australia. During this, Mathews scored 76 runs for Sri Lanka by playing the biggest innings. Then chasing the target, the Kangaroo team won by putting 75/1 runs on the board. Usman Khwaja played the biggest innings of 27 runs for Australia in the run chase.
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