Sri Lanka v Australia, Live Cricket Score and Commentary, 2nd Test, Australia tour of Sri Lanka, 2025

Australia tour of Sri Lanka 2nd Test: Sri Lanka v Australia at Galle, February 06, 2025

Sri Lanka

257/10 (97.4) & 231/10 (68.1)

Australia

AUS

414/10 (106.4) & 75/1 (17.4)

Finished

AUS won by 9 wickets

Sri Lanka 1st InningSL 1st Inning257/10 (97.4 ov)

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Pathum Nissanka	b NM Lyon	11	31	2	0	35.48
b NM Lyon
Dimuth Karunaratne	b NM Lyon	36	83	3	0	43.37
b NM Lyon
Dinesh Chandimal	st A Carey b M Kuhnemann	74	163	6	1	45.40
st A Carey b M Kuhnemann
Angelo Mathews	c A Carey b NM Lyon	1	26	0	0	3.85
c A Carey b NM Lyon
Kamindu Mendis	c S Smith b T Head	13	21	2	0	61.90
c S Smith b T Head
Dhananjaya de Silva(C)	c BJ Webster b M Starc	0	1	0	0	0.00
c BJ Webster b M Starc
Kusal Mendis(WK)	Not out	85	139	10	1	61.15
Not out
Ramesh Mendis	c A Carey b M Starc	28	94	2	0	29.79
c A Carey b M Starc
Prabath Jayasuriya	c S Smith b M Starc	0	1	0	0	0.00
c S Smith b M Starc
Nishan Peiris	b M Kuhnemann	0	3	0	0	0.00
b M Kuhnemann
Lahiru Kumara	c BJ Webster b M Kuhnemann	2	26	0	0	7.69
c BJ Webster b M Kuhnemann
Extra	7 (b 4, w 0, nb 2, lb 1)
Total	257/10 (97.4)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON
Mitchell Starc	16	3	37	3	2.31
Matthew Kuhnemann	33.4	9	63	3	1.87
Nathan Lyon	34	5	96	3	2.82
Beau Webster	3	0	13	0	4.33
Cooper Connolly	3	1	12	0	4.00
Travis Head	8	0	31	1	3.88

Fall of wickets: 1-23 (P Nissanka - 7.4 ov), 2-93 (D Karunaratne - 32.3 ov), 3-101 (A Mathews - 38.3 ov), 4-126 (K Mendis - 45.6 ov), 5-127 (D Silva - 46.2 ov), 6-150 (D Chandimal - 60.2 ov), 7-215 (R Mendis - 83.4 ov), 8-215 (P Jayasuriya - 83.5 ov), 9-224 (N Peiris - 86.1 ov), 10-257 (L Kumara - 97.4 ov)

Australia 1st InningAUS 1st Inning414/10 (106.4 ov)

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Travis Head	c D Silva b N Peiris	21	22	3	0	95.45
c D Silva b N Peiris
Usman Khawaja	lbw b N Peiris	36	57	3	0	63.16
lbw b N Peiris
Marnus Labuschagne	lbw b P Jayasuriya	4	6	1	0	66.67
lbw b P Jayasuriya
Steven Smith(C)	c K Mendis b P Jayasuriya	131	254	10	1	51.57
c K Mendis b P Jayasuriya
Alex Carey(WK)	b P Jayasuriya	156	188	15	2	82.98
b P Jayasuriya
Josh Inglis	b P Jayasuriya	0	2	0	0	0.00
b P Jayasuriya
Beau Webster	b R Mendis	31	62	3	0	50.00
b R Mendis
Cooper Connolly	c R Mendis b N Peiris	4	6	1	0	66.67
c R Mendis b N Peiris
Mitchell Starc	b P Jayasuriya	8	29	0	0	27.59
b P Jayasuriya
Nathan Lyon	Not out	2	6	0	0	33.33
Not out
Matthew Kuhnemann	b R Mendis	6	8	1	0	75.00
b R Mendis
Extra	15 (b 6, w 0, nb 0, lb 9)
Total	414/10 (106.4)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON
Lahiru Kumara	7	1	37	0	5.29
Dhananjaya de Silva	5	0	18	0	3.60
Nishan Peiris	31	4	94	3	3.03
Prabath Jayasuriya	38	6	151	5	3.97
Ramesh Mendis	22.4	0	81	2	3.57
Kamindu Mendis	3	0	18	0	6.00

Fall of wickets: 1-32 (T Head - 6.4 ov), 2-37 (M Labuschagne - 7.5 ov), 3-91 (U Khawaja - 24.5 ov), 4-350 (S Smith - 84.3 ov), 5-350 (J Inglis - 84.5 ov), 6-373 (A Carey - 92.6 ov), 7-384 (C Connolly - 95.1 ov), 8-406 (M Starc - 103.5 ov), 9-406 (BJ Webster - 104.3 ov), 10-414 (M Kuhnemann - 106.4 ov)

Sri Lanka 2nd InningSL 2nd Inning231/10 (68.1 ov)

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Pathum Nissanka	b M Kuhnemann	8	8	2	0	100.00
b M Kuhnemann
Dimuth Karunaratne	c A Carey b M Kuhnemann	14	28	1	0	50.00
c A Carey b M Kuhnemann
Dinesh Chandimal	c BJ Webster b NM Lyon	12	40	1	0	30.00
c BJ Webster b NM Lyon
Angelo Mathews	c BJ Webster b NM Lyon	76	149	4	1	51.01
c BJ Webster b NM Lyon
Kamindu Mendis	c U Khawaja b NM Lyon	14	35	1	0	40.00
c U Khawaja b NM Lyon
Dhananjaya de Silva(C)	c S Smith b M Kuhnemann	23	46	4	0	50.00
c S Smith b M Kuhnemann
Kusal Mendis(WK)	c S Smith b NM Lyon	50	54	5	1	92.59
c S Smith b NM Lyon
Ramesh Mendis	c T Head b BJ Webster	0	6	0	0	0.00
c T Head b BJ Webster
Prabath Jayasuriya	c S Smith b M Kuhnemann	6	12	0	0	50.00
c S Smith b M Kuhnemann
Lahiru Kumara	b BJ Webster	9	18	1	0	50.00
b BJ Webster
Nishan Peiris	Not out	4	14	0	0	28.57
Not out
Extra	15 (b 8, w 0, nb 1, lb 1)
Total	231/10 (68.1)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON
Mitchell Starc	4	0	22	0	5.50
Matthew Kuhnemann	23	5	63	4	2.74
Travis Head	9	0	33	0	3.67
Nathan Lyon	28	3	84	4	3.00
Cooper Connolly	2	0	9	0	4.50
Beau Webster	2.1	0	6	2	2.77

Fall of wickets: 1-9 (P Nissanka - 1.3 ov), 2-33 (D Karunaratne - 12.1 ov), 3-39 (D Chandimal - 13.4 ov), 4-81 (K Mendis - 25.4 ov), 5-128 (D Silva - 39.5 ov), 6-198 (A Mathews - 57.1 ov), 7-199 (R Mendis - 58.5 ov), 8-211 (P Jayasuriya - 62.1 ov), 9-217 (K Mendis - 63.4 ov), 10-231 (L Kumara - 68.1 ov)

Australia 2nd InningAUS 2nd Inning75/1 (17.4 ov)

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Usman Khawaja	Not out	27	44	3	0	61.36
Not out
Travis Head	c K Mendis b P Jayasuriya	20	23	3	0	86.96
c K Mendis b P Jayasuriya
Marnus Labuschagne	Not out	26	39	4	0	66.67
Not out
Extra	2 (b 2, w 0, nb 0, lb 0)
Total	75/1 (17.4)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON
Ramesh Mendis	3	1	16	0	5.33
Nishan Peiris	8	0	34	0	4.25
Prabath Jayasuriya	6	1	20	1	3.33
Dimuth Karunaratne	0.4	0	3	0	4.50

Fall of wickets: 1-38 (T Head - 7.1 ov)

Man of the Match

Alex Carey

Date

2025-02-06 10:00 AM

Venue

Galle International Stadium, Galle

Toss

Sri Lanka elected to bat

Umpires

Tv Umpires

Match Referee