2nd Test, Galle, February 06, 2025, 10:00 AM
Sri Lanka
93/2(32.3ov)
Australia
Day 1: Session 2 - SL opted to bat
SL 46%
Tie 11%
AUS 43%
Batsmen
R
B
4S
6S
SR
Bowler
O
R
W
Econ
Commentry
OUT! b Nathan Lyon.
32.3
W
OUT! b Nathan Lyon.
32.2
.
Fuller, outside off, 93 kph, Karunaratne leans and drives it towards cover.
32.1
.
Sharp turn. Lyon flights this outside off, on a fuller length, 95 kph, Dimuth Karunaratne comes half forward to defend but then the ball spits off the deck, spinning massively past the outside edge.
In over# 32
0
0
0
1
0
0
Matthew Kuhnemann 32/0(11)
31.6
.
Floated up, around middle, Dinesh blocks it out down to the pitch.
31.5
.
Nagging length, around off, Chandimal gets squared up and defends it.
31.4
.
Tossed up, around middle, Dinesh Chandimal drops it down towards right to the bowler.
31.3
1
Similar ball, this time Dimuth works it in between short leg and short mid-wicket for a single to deep mid-wicket. The stand moves to 70 now.
31.2
.
A touch short, on leg stump, 84 kph, Karunaratne works it past short leg but cannot beat short mid-wicket.
31.1
.
Flighted, around leg stump, Dimuth Karunaratne flicks it straight to short mid-wicket.
Matthew Kuhnemann will bowl from the other end. 10-1-31-0 so far.
In over# 31
4
0
0
0
0
1
Nathan Lyon 24/1(11)
30.6
4
FOUR! PUNCHED AWAY NICELY! Lyon drops it short a bit, outside off, Dinesh Chandimal presses back quickly and cuts it in the gap towards deep backward point for a boundary to end the over.
30.5
.
Floated up, around off, Chandimal drops it down back to the bowler.
30.4
.
Tossed up, outside off, Dinesh Chandimal takes out his front leg forward and drives it toe extra cover.
30.3
.
Punishes the width this time. Short and wide outside off, Chandimal cracks a punch through the covers but Beau Webster pulls off an excellent diving stop to his left.
30.2
.
Wide outside off, 86 kph, fuller in length, Dinesh Chandimal lunges but then lets the ball go.
30.1
1
Full, on middle and leg, Dimuth Karunaratne works it through mid-wicket for a single, to get the scoreboard rolling straightaway.
Warm, bright sunshine welcomes us for the second session of play. Given that 30 overs have been bowled, the overrate is good but not excellent. 22 of those 30 overs were bowled by spin, so they could have bowled a lot more. But it is pretty evident that Australia do not want to bowl more than 30 overs in a session, expecting a long first-innings haul. Out walk the Lankan batters, Karunaratne and Chandimal. It will be Nathan Lyon to start off proceedings after Lunch, to Karunaratne. Here we go...
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