Australia is locking horns with Sri Lanka, where visitors’ spinners gathered hosts for 212 on Day 1, the first day in Galle. Non-seasoned spinner Nathan Lyon took the 20th five-wicket hit in the Tests, while Mitchell Swepson chose three-wickets.
The sharp catches of the Australian fielders helped the spinners well. One of these captures was David Warner’s dismissal of Lankan captain Dimuth Karunaratne.
This one happened on off-spinner Nathan Lyon. He threw one, similar to a leg stump, and three near-fielders around the kick thought the ball had hit Karunaratne’s pad and filed an LBW appeal. But David Warner’s sanity allowed him to jump forward and grab him with one hand. The eviction was approved after he was taken upstairs to the third referee to check if it was received cleanly. He walked back after scoring 28 points out of 84 balls. You can watch the video below:
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1st Test of SL and AUS
Meanwhile, in the match, Sri Lankan captain Karunaratne won the toss and chose to strike first. Wicket-keeper batter Niroshan Dickwella’s rapid fire and Angelo MathewsThe ’39 made it possible for Sri Lanka to cross the 200-run mark. In ODIs and T20Is, Sri Lankan spinners have become a big problem for Kangaroos. It will be interesting to watch how Australian batters can beat Sri Lankan bowlers in tests.
This series is played with 1,508 combined wickets for the Warne-Muralitharan trophy, named after two legendary bowlers in Test history, Shane Warne and Muttiah Muralitharan. This is the first series since the trophy after Shane Warne passed away from a heart attack while on vacation in Thailand.
Shane Warne swam the 708 Test wickets; He is the second highest gate taker after Muralitharan’s 800 wickets. Shane Warne bought 500 wickets in Galle in 2004. He also helped rebuild the ground after it was destroyed by the Asian tsunami that same year.
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