Sri Lanka vs Australia, 1st Test - Live Cricket Score, Commentary

Nishan Peiris to Mitchell Starc, FOUR, flighted delivery on middle and leg, Mitchell Starc clears his front leg and heaves it through the leg-side for a boundary. 650 up for Australia!

Nishan Peiris to Mitchell Starc, SIX, was only a matter of time! Floated up full on middle, into Starc's zone and he launches it a mile over the cow corner ropes

Asitha Fernando to Mitchell Starc, FOUR, he's crunched that! Banged in short on middle, Mitchell Starc is up to the task this time, he hangs back and pulls it firmly through mid-wicket

Vandersay to Webster, out Caught by Kamindu Mendis!! Lovely low catch and he's got rid of Webster! Tossed up full outside off, Webster cleared his front-leg looking to carve that up and over cover. Couldn't quite get the elevation and he sliced it low to Kamindu Mendis at cover. He got down quickly and held on to a sharp catch. Vandersay is pleased as Webster trudges off gesturing he wanted to go over cover. Webster c Kamindu Mendis b Vandersay 23(50) [4s-1]

Vandersay to Webster, FOUR, sublime timing! Full on middle, cbatt stepped out and turned it into a full-toss before whipping it away towards cow corner, timed it really nicely and it beat the man in the deep

Asitha Fernando to Carey, FOUR, superb shot! Length delivery slanting across outside off, Carey hangs back and punches it on the up, times it sweetly and places it into the gap at cover

Prabath Jayasuriya to Carey, 1 run, Carey brings out the reverse sweep - he's early into the shot though and cue-ends it to the off-side, the single bringing up Australia's 600

Prabath Jayasuriya to Josh Inglis, out Caught by Kamindu Mendis!! Another leading edge and Inglis has popped a sitter to cover, end of a superb hand and he walks away to another round of applause from the Australian supporters. PJ slowed down the pace, drifted one into the right-hander and beat the charging right-hander with the flight, the ball dipped onto Inglis who was looking to whip it through the on-side, caught the leading edge and lobbed into the hands of Kamindu Mendis. Josh Inglis c Kamindu Mendis b Prabath Jayasuriya 102(94) [4s-10 6s-1]

Nishan Peiris to Josh Inglis, 3 runs, A hundred on Test debut, he's chuffed to bits, his parents look extremely proud as well, 21st Australian to score a century on debut, 3rd in Asian conditions. He's had to wait for a long time, but this is well worth it. Was dropped short by Peiris and it's punched square past cover, comes back for the third and then the celebrations begin

Prabath Jayasuriya to Josh Inglis, FOUR, beautifully played, dropped short and wide of off, Inglis makes room and then cuts it in front of square on the off-side, races away across the outfield and beats the man in the deep

Vandersay to Josh Inglis, 1 run, the leg-break from Vandersay, Inglis goes a long way across and laps it behind square on the on-side, brings up Australia's 550

Prabath Jayasuriya to Khawaja, out Caught by Kusal Mendis!! Khawaja has been given OUT caught behind, he turns around and walks off, that's the end of a marathon innings from the opener. Was pushed through flatter and quicker of off, Khawaja hung back, opened the face of the bat and looked to drop it onto the off-side, gets a thin edge and the keeper does the rest. A massive round of applause as he walks back to the dressing room. Khawaja c Kusal Mendis b Prabath Jayasuriya 232(352) [4s-16 6s-1]

Vandersay to Josh Inglis, FOUR, poor delivery and punished, fired in short and flat outside off, enough room for Inglis to free his arms and he slaps it away hard to the deep extra cover ropes, he's scoring very quickly

Vandersay to Josh Inglis, SIX, Inglis goes big! Tossed up full on middle, Inglis steps out and takes him downtown, didn't quite reach the pitch of it but went through with the shot and got it over the long-on ropes

Vandersay to Josh Inglis, FOUR, just over the bowler! Tossed up very full just outside off, Inglis cleared his front-leg and thumped it back over the bowler's head, wasn't out of the middle but it cleared the bowler and went down to the ropes

Nishan Peiris to Khawaja, no run, full on middle, defended straight back to the bowler

Nishan Peiris to Josh Inglis, FOUR, lovely punch, flatter delivery outside off, Inglis rocked back and punched it firmly through the covers, it beat the sweeper and hit the extra-cover ropes

Nishan Peiris to Josh Inglis, no run, excellent review from Inglis, he knew he's got bat on it and asked for the review straightaway. Tossed up full on off, Inglis leant in to reverse-sweep, it just snuck under the bat before going on to hit his back leg. Looked like a really good shout in real-time and the umpire was happy to give it out. UltraEdge returned with a clear spike when the ball was next to the bat though

Nishan Peiris to Khawaja, 1 run, full on off, worked away towards deep mid-wicket

Asitha Fernando to Khawaja, 1 run, full and straight on middle, clipped to mid-wicket, that brings up Australia's 500

Asitha Fernando to Josh Inglis, FOUR, banged in short on middle, Inglis takes it on with a pull after getting inside the line, he gets it very fine and it goes down to the fine-leg ropes

Asitha Fernando to Josh Inglis, 1 run, to deep square leg, length delivery on middle, tucked down to deep backward square-leg, that's fifty for Inglis on debut! He raises his bat and acknowledges the applause

Nishan Peiris to Khawaja, 1 run, 83kph, too full and Khawaja turns it to midwicket for an easy single

Prabath Jayasuriya to Josh Inglis, FOUR, 87kph, trifle short, Inglis goes back in his crease and flicks it away through midwicket. The boundary brings up the fifty stand between the duo. It's come at a quick pace

Prabath Jayasuriya to Khawaja, 1 run, 82kph, full outside off, reverse-swept to deep backward point

Prabath Jayasuriya to Khawaja, FOUR, glorious! Flighted outside off, Khawaja dances down the ground and sweetly drives through extra cover

Vandersay to Josh Inglis, FOUR, excellent use of the feet! Josh Inglis skips down the track, converts it into a half-volley and bunts it uppishly over and just past the non-striker

Prabath Jayasuriya to Khawaja, leg byes, FOUR, 84kph, fullish outside off, Khawaja gets low to sweep and the ball scoots under his blade. Flicks the back thigh outside the line of off-stump and the ball goes between the keeper and first slip

Prabath Jayasuriya to Josh Inglis, FOUR, 82kph, flighted in-drifter, Inglis comes down the track, doesn't allow the ball to spin and thumps it over mid-on

Vandersay to Khawaja, FOUR, chance? 80kph, Khawaja goes for the reverse-sweep and the ball brushes the batsman's glove and goes between Kusal Mendis's legs. The keeper stayed low but there's nothing more he could have done

Prabath Jayasuriya to Josh Inglis, FOUR, 84kph, Josh Inglis stands tall to punch and outside-edges that goes to gully. But the fielder doesn't stay low and allows the ball to go between his legs

Vandersay to Josh Inglis, FOUR, 84kph, Josh Inglis gets off the mark in Test cricket with a boundary. Slightly on the shorter side and the debutant rocks back to flick it through midwicket. Asitha gives the chase, slides and tries to flick the ball back in. Only got fingertips on it and the ball once rolls back to touch the boundary rope

Vandersay to Smith, out Lbw!! Sri Lanka review for lbw against Smith. This looks close. 80kph, Vandersay attacks the stumps and there's hardly any turn on this occasion. Smith presses forward to defend and gets beaten on the inside edge as he expects the ball to spin away. Flat line on UltraEdge. The impact is in front of off as he gets rapped on the back leg. Here's ball-tracking and it's three reds - hitting off! Successful review and the marathon 266-run stand comes to an end. Smith lbw b Vandersay 141(251) [4s-12 6s-2]

Vandersay to Smith, byes, 1 run, 80kph, turning leggie, spins sharply past the defenisve outside edge of Smith. Kusal Mendis has a shy at the non-striker's end as Khawaja lazily wanders out of his crease. In fact, a direct-hit there would have been curtains for Khawaja! Doesn't hit the target and the batters steal a single. Mendis dismissled Adil Rashid in a similar way in the 2023 WC at Bengaluru

Vandersay to Smith, FOUR, lovely shot! Length delivery just outside off, Smith rocks back and carves it away past backward point, picked the gap nicely

Prabath Jayasuriya to Smith, 2 runs, 250-run partnership now, Length delivery on leg-stump, worked away to deep square leg

Prabath Jayasuriya to Smith, SIX, he made that look effortless! Length delivery outside off, Smith steps out, gets right to the pitch and slogs it across the line, times it sweetly and it sails over cow corner

Prabath Jayasuriya to Khawaja, FOUR, lovely shot! Flatter and angling across outside off, Khawaja pressed back and punched it away firmly through cover

Nishan Peiris to Khawaja, FOUR, half-tracker and put away! Dropped a fraction short outside off, gripped and turned but Khawaja pressed back and had ample time to drag that away through mid-wicket

Nishan Peiris to Smith, FOUR, Australia are on the charge again! They don't want to let Nishan Peiris settle, full and just outside off, Smith steps out and gets to the pitch before playing a lofted extra cover drive, didn't time it all that well but was good enough to reach the ropes

Nishan Peiris to Khawaja, FOUR, just over backward point! Full on off-stump, Khawaja plays the reverse-sweep again, he scoops it uppishly and just gets it over the man at backward point, was struck well though

Nishan Peiris to Khawaja, FOUR, he's smacked that! Tossed up full just outside off, Khawaja leans in and sweeps it hard and through mid-wicket, kept it all along the ground too

Nishan Peiris to Khawaja, 1 run, now that's 150 for Usman Khawaja! Length delivery outside off, Khawaja leans across and fetches it with a paddle to backward square leg, he raises his bat to the dressing room

Prabath Jayasuriya to Smith, 2 runs, that's the 200-run stand! Full on middle, Smith steps out looking to go down the ground and it catches the inner half, goes out towards cow corner, there was a man there but it was wide of him

Prabath Jayasuriya to Khawaja, FOUR, what a strong reverse-sweep. Takes it from middle and nails it wide of the sweeper cover on the off-side

Nishan Peiris to Smith, 3 runs, 35th Test ton for Smith. Punches the length ball off the back foot wide of cover and takes an easy three, has made it look so easy out there, raises his bat and then hugs Khawaja

Vandersay to Smith, FOUR, what timing. Smith gets forward and takes it on the full, flicks through mid-wicket and beats long-on running to his right

Vandersay to Smith, FOUR, short outside off and so easy for Smith, he rocks back and pulls to the deep mid-wicket fence

Vandersay to Khawaja, 1 run, full on off-stump, Khawaja plonks his bat down on it and gets a thick outside edge that goes towards point, 300 up for Australia

Vandersay to Smith, FOUR, a boundary after 100 balls! Length delivery fired down leg, Smith hangs back and helps it on it's way past the keeper with a little paddle

Vandersay to Smith, 1 run, length delivery on leg-stump, worked to long leg, that's the 150-run stand

Prabath Jayasuriya to Khawaja, FOUR, smashed to the deep mid-wicket fence. Tossed up full outside off, Khawaja brings out the slogsweep and beats the diving deep mid-wicket

Vandersay to Khawaja, 1 run, tossed up and Khawaja comes down the track to flick wide of mid-wicket

Vandersay to Smith, FOUR, Smith on the attack. He comes down the track and flicks against the spin to the vacant wide long-on fence

Asitha Fernando to Khawaja, FOUR, 100 for Khawaja. He is thrilled. A full delivery down leg, flicked to the fine-leg fence and out come the celebrations. Roars and takes the helmet off, raises his bat and hugs Smith. Fine innings this, his 16th Test ton

Vandersay to Smith, 1 run, that's fifty for Smith! Full on middle-leg, wrong-un, worked away towards mid-wicket, Smith has looked at ease and in control today

Prabath Jayasuriya to Khawaja, FOUR, beautiful to watch! Full just outside off, Khawaja leans forward to reach the pitch before just pushing it through extra cover, all timing and it races down to the ropes, he moves on to 90 now

Prabath Jayasuriya to Smith, FOUR, he's making it look so easy! Tossed up full on middle-leg, Smith waltzes down the track and flicks it uppishly towards deep mid-wicket, no one out there, goes for one-bounce four

Vandersay to Khawaja, FOUR, the fielder can't cut it off! Floated up full and just outside off, Khawaja unfurls the reverse-sweep again, bat comes from up to down and he's in full control, goes fine and third man can't get around in time. 200 up for Australia

Prabath Jayasuriya to Smith, FOUR, easy, full and sliding down leg, Smith waited for it and just helped it on its way down to the fine-leg ropes

Vandersay to Smith, FOUR, he nails it down the ground! 50-run stand comes up and Australia are cruising. Tossed up full on off-stump, Smith steps out and drills it back down the ground and past mid-on

Vandersay to Smith, FOUR, now Vandersay bowls the wrong line, floats this up very full on middle, Smith shuffles forward and takes it on the full before whipping it away through a vacant mid-wicket region

Vandersay to Smith, FOUR, just over! Floated up full on off-stump, Smith stepped out looking to go down the ground, he ended up skewing it off the outside edge as it turned and it just cleared the man at cover

Prabath Jayasuriya to Smith, FOUR, floated up full and outside off, juicy half-volley and Smith doesn't let it go unpunished, he extend his arms and plays a free-flowing drive to extra cover

Prabath Jayasuriya to Smith, SIX, Smith on the charge! Tossed up on middle, Smith darts down the track and lofts it clean and straight back down the ground, just about cleared the ropes

Vandersay to Khawaja, FOUR, dropped short and Khawaja does not miss out, goes on the back foot and nails the pull wide of both long-on and deep mid-wicket, picked the length so early there

Vandersay to Labuschagne, out Caught by Dhananjaya!! Gone this time. DdS at slip makes no mistake as he takes a low catch in front of him. Nicely tossed up outside off, Labuschagne with a nothing shot, poking at it with an open face and the outside-edge goes low to the Sri Lankan captain. He could have left that alone but played at it. A timely wicket for Sri Lanka just before lunch. Labuschagne c Dhananjaya b Vandersay 20(50) [4s-2]

Prabath Jayasuriya to Khawaja, 1 run, 50 for Khawaja. Tossed up full on middle, swept to deep backward square-leg

Nishan Peiris to Labuschagne, no run, umpire Adrian Holdstock's original decision stands despite a review. Too full to sweep and Labuschagne makes the mistake of doing so, the ball slides under the bat and misses it, strikes him low on the pads, but it's turning a hint and that would mean it's only clipping the leg-stump, Nishan Peiris was almost on his knees as he pleaded but Holdstock did not give it out, so so close though

Nishan Peiris to Labuschagne, FOUR, beautiful shot from Labuschagne. He comes down the track and takes it on the half-volley, drills the drive wide of the diving Karunaratne at mid-on

Nishan Peiris to Khawaja, FOUR, fraction short and even though it bounced on off, Khawaja goes on the back foot and pulls to the vacant deep mid-wicket fence, always in control

Prabath Jayasuriya to Labuschagne, FOUR, that's what Labuschagne will do. Tossed up full on middle, Labuschagne gets low and slogsweeps wide of mid-wicket

Nishan Peiris to Khawaja, 2 runs, a half-volley on the stumps, Khawaja gets forward and times the on-drive, good work by Karunaratne as he prevents the boundary with a sliding stop

Prabath Jayasuriya to Head, out Caught by Chandimal!! Shouts of catch it and it's taken in the deep at long-on! You live by the sword and die by it - Travis Head perishes. Full outside off, Head stepped out looking to go downtown, the execution was wrong this time though, it came right off the toe end and he holed out to Chandimal who was waiting down at long-on. Big breakthrough for the Sri Lankans, boy did they need that. Entertaining knock from Head but it's over. Head c Chandimal b Prabath Jayasuriya 57(40) [4s-10 6s-1]

Nishan Peiris to Head, FOUR, a thuderbolt that zaps straight back down the ground! Full on middle, Head makes just a little bit of room before thumping it straight back over the bowler's head

Prabath Jayasuriya to Khawaja, FOUR, they're even getting adventerous now! Length delivery just outside off, turned back in quite sharply as Khawaja leant in for a reverse-sweep, had to reach out behind him as he dragged it through to the cover boundary

Nishan Peiris to Head, 1 run, that's 50 for Travis Head and it's come off just 35 deliveries! Tossed up full on middle, Head knocks it down to long-on, he raises his bat and acknowledges the applause

Prabath Jayasuriya to Head, FOUR, just past mid-off! Full on off-stump, Head stepped out and got a little too close to it, looked to smack it over mid-off but couldn't get the elevation, just got it far enough to that man's left

Nishan Peiris to Head, FOUR, and now another boundary, full on middle, Head prods forward and just launches it over mid-on effortlessly

Nishan Peiris to Khawaja, SIX, this is an assault from both ends now! Tossed up on off-stump, Khawaja steps out to get to the pitch and just smokes it back over long-off, just an easy extension of the drive and it goes all the way

Prabath Jayasuriya to Head, FOUR, he's putting them under lot of pressure! Tossed up full and on the pads, Head kneels in and sweeps it away very powerfully to the deep square leg ropes, didn't extend his arms all the way as it was full and came down hard on it

Prabath Jayasuriya to Head, FOUR, Jayasuriya goes round the wicket, dropped just a fraction short outside off and Head is all over it, he rocks back and hammers it through to the deep cover ropes, 50 up for Australia in no time

Nishan Peiris to Head, no run, review lost! Interesting approach this from Head, was a good length delivery bowled flat and just outside off, angled in and didn't turn away much, Head plonked his pad in first and hid the bat behind, it hit the flap of the pad first before hitting the bat, the question was about impact and the decision for the umpire here is to determine if he offered a shot or not, it's a tricky one but the impact was well outside off. They reckon he offered a shot and it'll be not-out. Sri Lanka lose a review.

Nishan Peiris to Head, SIX, he is not going to hold back! Floated up full and just outside off, Head leans in and slog-sweeps it clean over deep mid-wicket, he's putting Sri Lanka under loads of pressure early

Nishan Peiris to Khawaja, FOUR, intent from Khawaja! Full on middle, Khawaja steps out and smacks it over mid-on, free flowing shot

Asitha Fernando to Head, FOUR, beautiful shot, length delivery outside off, Head stands tall and punches it through to deep cover, hits it on the up and times it sweetly, man in the deep had a lot of work to do running around from deep backward point, he put in a dive but couldn't stop it from trickling into the ropes

Asitha Fernando to Khawaja, FOUR, nicely struck, Khawaja gets his first boundary, pitched up full and just outside off, Khawaja shuffled forward and carved it past point

Asitha Fernando to Head, FOUR, Head won't hesitate to put away anything that strays into his zone, full and straight, easy pickings as Head whips it uppishly over mid-wicket

Asitha Fernando to Head, FOUR, third boundary of the over! This was the least convincing of the lot though, length delivery slanting across outside off, Head just pushed at this a little with an open bat-face, it took a thick outside edge and went into the gap between the slips and gully

Asitha Fernando to Head, FOUR, Fernando errs on the other side now, serves this one up short and wide outside off, Head reaches out and slaps it away through cover to collect four more

Asitha Fernando to Head, FOUR, strays on to the pads and Head is away with a boundary! Gentle length delivery on leg-stump, Head tucks it away to the deep backward square leg ropes with ease