Australia vs Sri Lanka
Sl vs aus, 1st test: Australia defeated Team India 3–1 in the 5-match Test serge in their home and made it to the second consecutive time in the World Test Championship i.e. the WTC final. Australia has also started the tour of Sri Lanka in a brilliant manner keeping the rhythm of victory. Australia defeated hosts Sri Lanka badly in the first Test played at the Gaole International Stadium. Australia defeated Sri Lanka with 242 runs and innings on the basis of brilliant batting and then amazing bowling. In this way, Australia set a record for registering its third biggest win on foreign soil in Test cricket. It is also Australia’s fourth biggest win in the history of Test cricket. The Australian team has won a Test match by 23 years after 23 years and a Test match by a margin of innings. Earlier in 2002, Australia defeated South Africa by 360 runs in his house and innings.
Australia’s biggest innings wins in Test cricket
- Innings against South Africa and 360 runs, Johannesburg, 2002
- Innings against South Africa and 332 runs, Brisbane, 1946
- Innings against South Africa and 259 runs, Gakbeerha, 1950
- Innings against South Africa and 242 runs, Gaul, 2025
- Innings against South Africa and 226 runs, Brisbane, 1947
Australian batsmen took fierce news of the Sri Lankan bowlers from the first day. Australia opener Usman Khwaja scored a brilliant double century. Khwaja played an excellent innings of 232 runs with 16 fours and 1 six. Apart from this, captain Steve Smith and Josh Ilygis did the feat to score a century in their debut Test match. Smith contributed 141 and English 101 runs. In this way, Australia declared their first innings on a score of 654/6 runs. In response to this huge score, Sri Lanka’s first innings collapsed for 165 runs, after which the hosts were forced to play followed. Even in the second innings, Sri Lanka could only score 247 runs and Australia won the first Test by innings and 242 runs.
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