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
SL
257/10 (97.4) & 231/10 (68.1)
Australia
AUS
414/10 (106.4) & 75/1 (17.4)
Finished
AUS won by 9 wickets
BATSMENRB4S6SSR
Usman Khawaja27443061.36
Marnus Labuschagne26394066.67
BOWLERSOMRWECON
Dimuth Karunaratne0.40304.50
Nishan Peiris803404.25
Current Partnership: 37 run (10.3 ov) | Last Wicket: Travis Head 20 (23) | Fall of Wicket: 38/1 (7.1 ov)
CRR: 4.25 | Last Ten Overs: 36/0 3.60
Recent: 12····1·3····2·4·1

Commentary

1
17.4
Dimuth Karunaratne to Marnus Labuschagne, 1 run, Marnus Labuschagne goes back and plays a well-timed flick shot off an top spinner delivers at a full length by the bowler, but the ball lands safely in the hands of the fielder at deep square leg for 1 run.
2
17.3
Dimuth Karunaratne to Marnus Labuschagne, 2 runs, Marnus Labuschagne goes back and plays a well-timed flick shot off an arm ball delivers at a good length by the bowler, but the ball lands safely in the hands of the fielder at deep mid wicket for 2 runs.
0
17.2
Dimuth Karunaratne to Marnus Labuschagne, no run, Dot ball !! top spinner, full length, on the leg stump, Marnus Labuschagne goes back, dabs flick shot with soft hands toward square leg, but the fielder is quick to react, thwarts the ball.
0
17.1
Dimuth Karunaratne to Marnus Labuschagne, no run, Dot ball !! top spinner, full length, on the leg stump, Marnus Labuschagne hangs in the crease, dabs sweep with soft hands toward square leg, but the fielder is quick to react, thwarts the ball.
End of over 17 (4 runs)
Usman Khawaja 27 (44)
Marnus Labuschagne 23 (35)
Australia 72/1
Nishan Peiris 8-0-34-0
Prabath Jayasuriya 6-1-20-1
0
16.6
Nishan Peiris to Usman Khawaja, no run, Dot ball !! off break ball, full length, on the stumps, Usman Khawaja hangs in the crease, dabs push with soft hands toward square leg, but the fielder is quick to react, thwarts the ball.
0
16.5
Nishan Peiris to Usman Khawaja, no run, Dot ball !! top spinner, full length, on the off stump, Usman Khawaja hangs in the crease, dabs defensive shot with soft hands toward short cover, but the fielder is quick to react, thwarts the ball.
1
16.4
Nishan Peiris to Marnus Labuschagne, 1 run, Marnus Labuschagne hangs in the crease and plays a well-timed defensive shot off an top spinner delivers at a full length by the bowler, but the ball lands safely in the hands of the fielder at short cover for 1 run.
0
16.3
Nishan Peiris to Marnus Labuschagne, no run, Dot Ball !! off break ball, good length, on the stumps, and Marnus Labuschagne hangs on and tries to hit defensive shot, but misses it completely as ball beats the bat, goes to the keeper.
3
16.2
Nishan Peiris to Usman Khawaja, 3 runs, Usman Khawaja hangs in the crease and plays a well-timed flick shot off an top spinner delivers at a full length by the bowler, but the ball lands safely in the hands of the fielder at deep mid wicket for 3 runs.
0
16.1
Nishan Peiris to Usman Khawaja, no run, Dot Ball !! off break ball, good length, on the off stump, and Usman Khawaja hangs on and tries to hit sweep, but misses it completely as ball beats the bat, goes to the keeper.
End of over 16 (6 runs)
Marnus Labuschagne 22 (33)
Usman Khawaja 24 (40)
Australia 68/1
Prabath Jayasuriya 6-1-20-1
Nishan Peiris 7-0-30-0
0
15.6
Prabath Jayasuriya to Marnus Labuschagne, no run, Dot ball !! off break ball, yorker, on the stumps, Marnus Labuschagne hangs in the crease and slash flick shot towards short mid wicket, but the fielder reacts promptly and blocks it right away.
0
15.5
Prabath Jayasuriya to Marnus Labuschagne, no run, Dot ball !! top spinner, full length, on the leg stump, Prabath Jayasuriya sends down a delivery outside the leg stump, and Marnus Labuschagne hangs in the crease and watches it closely, deciding to let ball go to the keeper.
0
15.4
Prabath Jayasuriya to Marnus Labuschagne, no run, Dot ball !! off break ball, full length, on the stumps, Marnus Labuschagne goes forward, dabs sloge sweep with soft hands toward short mid wicket, but the fielder is quick to react, thwarts the ball.
2b
15.3
Prabath Jayasuriya to Marnus Labuschagne, 2 bye, Bye !! off break ball, full length, on the leg stump, Marnus Labuschagne goes forward, aims to slam sweep, but misses the shot and keeper fumbles and batter steals bye for 2 runs.
0
15.2
Prabath Jayasuriya to Marnus Labuschagne, no run, Dot ball !! off break ball, full length, on the stumps, Marnus Labuschagne hangs in the crease, dabs push with soft hands toward short mid wicket, but the fielder is quick to react, thwarts the ball.
4
15.1
Prabath Jayasuriya to Marnus Labuschagne, Four, Four !! top spinner, full length, on the stumps. Marnus Labuschagne hangs in the crease, hits flick shot in the gap towards deep mid wicket, and ball finds the ropes in a flash for four. If the first one was incredible, this is beyond the description. Well timed shot
End of over 15 (6 runs)
Usman Khawaja 24 (40)
Marnus Labuschagne 18 (27)
Australia 62/1
Nishan Peiris 7-0-30-0
Prabath Jayasuriya 5-1-16-1
0
14.6
Nishan Peiris to Usman Khawaja, no run, Dot ball !! top spinner, full length, on the off stump, Usman Khawaja hangs in the crease and dabs defensive shot with soft hands, but the fielder is quick to react and thwarts the ball.
1
14.5
Nishan Peiris to Marnus Labuschagne, 1 run, Marnus Labuschagne hangs in the crease and plays a well-timed push off an off break ball delivers at a full length by the bowler, but the ball lands safely in the hands of the fielder at long on for 1 run.
4
14.4
Nishan Peiris to Marnus Labuschagne, Four, Four !! top spinner, full length, on the off stump. Marnus Labuschagne hangs in the crease, hits drive in the gap towards long off, and ball finds the ropes in a flash for four.
0
14.3
Nishan Peiris to Marnus Labuschagne, no run, Dot ball !! off break ball, good length, on the stumps, Marnus Labuschagne goes back and slash push towards short mid wicket, but the fielder reacts promptly and blocks it right away.
1
14.2
Nishan Peiris to Usman Khawaja, 1 run, Usman Khawaja hangs in the crease and plays a well-timed sweep off an arm ball delivers at a full length by the bowler, but the ball lands safely in the hands of the fielder at deep fine leg for 1 run.
0
14.1
Nishan Peiris to Usman Khawaja, no run, Dot ball !! off break ball, good length, on the off stump, Usman Khawaja goes back, dabs defensive shot with soft hands toward point, but the fielder is quick to react, thwarts the ball.
End of over 14 (2 runs)
Marnus Labuschagne 13 (24)
Usman Khawaja 23 (37)
Australia 56/1
Prabath Jayasuriya 5-1-16-1
Nishan Peiris 6-0-24-0
0
13.6
Prabath Jayasuriya to Marnus Labuschagne, no run, Dot ball !! arm ball, full length, on the stumps, Marnus Labuschagne hangs in the crease, dabs push with soft hands toward mid on, but the fielder is quick to react, thwarts the ball.
1
13.5
Prabath Jayasuriya to Usman Khawaja, 1 run, Usman Khawaja goes forward and plays a well-timed flick shot off an top spinner delivers at a full length by the bowler, but the ball lands safely in the hands of the fielder at long on for 1 run.
0
13.4
Prabath Jayasuriya to Usman Khawaja, no run, Dot Ball !! off break ball, full length, on the off stump, and Usman Khawaja hangs on and tries to hit drive, but misses it completely as ball beats the bat, goes to the keeper.
0
13.3
Prabath Jayasuriya to Usman Khawaja, no run, Dot ball !! off break ball, full length, on the stumps, Usman Khawaja hangs in the crease, dabs reverse sweep with soft hands toward point, but the fielder is quick to react, thwarts the ball.
0
13.2
Prabath Jayasuriya to Usman Khawaja, no run, Dot ball !! off break ball, full length, on the off stump, Usman Khawaja hangs in the crease, dabs flick shot with soft hands toward short mid wicket, but the fielder is quick to react, thwarts the ball.