Sri Lanka vs Australia, 2nd Test - Live Cricket Score, Commentary

Kuhnemann to Lahiru Kumara, out Caught by Webster!! A sharp catch at gully and Australia have finally got the 10th wicket. Was pushed through quicker and just outside off, drew Kumara forward and then held its line to find the outside edge, it went quickly and low to gully, but Webster stayed low, went sidewards and then plucked a fine low catch. Sri Lanka have been bowled out for 257. Lahiru Kumara c Webster b Kuhnemann 2(26)

Lyon to Kusal Mendis, FOUR, nicely played, loopy delivery and it's well down leg - Mendis reaches out on the sweep and gets a fine under-edge, beats the keeper and runs away to the ropes, brings up SL's 250

Lyon to Kusal Mendis, no run, an appeal for caught behind, Australia ponder over a review, then decide against it and finally decide to take a chance - a big turner, spun from middle and went down leg with the bounce, Mendis was shaping for the tuck, the bat is close to the ball, but there's a flatline on UltraEdge, the decision stays with the on-field call and Australia lose a review. Mendis himself thought he'd edged it, he was almost half the way back to the dressing room, smiles and comes back once the decision came

Lyon to Kusal Mendis, FOUR, beautifully played, Mendis is playing superbly today - tossed up and drifting down leg, Kusal Mendis shuffles across, rolled his wrists and then swept it backward of square on the on-side, beats the fielder in the deep

Kuhnemann to Kusal Mendis, FOUR, beautifully played, loopy delivery wide of off - Mendis gets a big stride forward and then drills the drive wide of cover, Starc moves to his left at long-off and then slides, but he's beaten

Lyon to Kusal Mendis, FOUR, nicely played, poor ball from Lyon - slides it full and down leg, Kusal Mendis gets on top of the bounce and plays the fine sweep, beats short fine and runs away to the ropes

Mitchell Starc to Kusal Mendis, FOUR, full and wide again, Mendis anticipates it, steps across and manages to squeeze it through the covers

Kuhnemann to Nishan Peiris, out Bowled!! Cleaned up! Interestingly he's beaten on the outside edge to this turning delivery before getting bowled. Tossed up outside off, Peiris plays too far inside the line to counter for the turn, it lands outside off, goes past the edge and knocks over off stump. Nishan Peiris b Kuhnemann 0(3)

Mitchell Starc to Kusal Mendis, FOUR, full and wide, Mendis throws his bat at it and it flies off a thick edge over gully

Kuhnemann to Kusal Mendis, 1 run, tossed up outside off, Mendis drives to long-off, takes the single and brings up his fifty!

Kuhnemann to Kusal Mendis, FOUR, short outside off, Mendis makes room and late-cuts beautifully through backward point

Mitchell Starc to Prabath Jayasuriya, out Caught by Smith!! Edged and gone! Prabath Jayasuriya is gone first ball and Starc is on a hattrick! Full delivery angling away from off, he is stuck in the crease as he pushes at it and the edge goes quickly to the left of second slip. Smith hangs onto a sharp low catch there. Prabath Jayasuriya c Smith b Mitchell Starc 0(1)

Mitchell Starc to Ramesh Mendis, out Caught by Carey!! Ramesh Mendis makes a late decision to leave but can't get the bat out of the way in time. Good length ball angling away just outside off, he's not sure whether to play or leave and by the time he makes his mind up, it's too late. It takes a faint edge through to the keeper. Ramesh Mendis c Carey b Mitchell Starc 28(94) [4s-2]

Mitchell Starc to Kusal Mendis, 1 run, back of a length outside off, Kusal Mendis hangs back and punches it wide of cover

Head to Ramesh Mendis, FOUR, tossed up outside off, draws Ramesh Mendis on the front foot in defence but he isn't able to smother the ball as it lands on a good length. He gets a thick edge that runs away past slip

Mitchell Starc to Kusal Mendis, no run, full and wide outside off, Kusal Mendis reaches out for a big drive but it shapes away late and goes past the edge. Oh Australia are excited about the caught-behind appeal. The umpire says no and they've gone for the review. There's nothing on UltraEdge. Definite signs of reverse though for Starc

Head to Kusal Mendis, FOUR, tossed up outside off, Kusal Mendis goes reverse and sweeps it fine past the keeper

Connolly to Kusal Mendis, FOUR, dragged down short outside off, Mendis goes back and punches it through the gap at cover. Freebie for him and he doesn't miss out

Connolly to Ramesh Mendis, FOUR, tossed up, drifting down leg, and it runs away fine off a thick inside edge as he looks to work it through the on-side. Starc slides awkwardly in the deep and his leg is touching the ropes as he stops the ball

Lyon to Kusal Mendis, SIX, slog-sweep again, and this one goes all the way! Tossed up outside off, a bit fuller, Kusal Mendis gets low and makes superb contact to send it over the midwicket boundary

Lyon to Kusal Mendis, FOUR, tossed up outside off, Kusal Mendis gets on one knee, reaches out and hits the slog-sweep over midwicket. Manages to find the gap in the deep

Kuhnemann to Chandimal, out Stumped!! Carey is confident about a stumping! Beauty from Kuhnemann! Tossed up around off, dips on a length after drawing Chandimal forward and then turns away past the edge. Carey takes the bails off and Chandimal's back foot is on the line. He'll have to depart. Chandimal st Carey b Kuhnemann 74(163) [4s-6 6s-1]

Kuhnemann to Kusal Mendis, 1 run, very full on leg, Mendis squeezes it through midwicket

Lyon to Chandimal, FOUR, tossed up outside off, Chandimal dances down to the pitch of it and lofts it through the vacant mid-off region. Absolutely no one there on the off-side except extra cover. And he minimises the risk of hitting against the turn by getting close to the pitch

Head to Chandimal, 1 run, that was close, the off-break, spun back a mile after landing on the rough - Chandimal was playing against the turn as he looked to cut, the ball grazes the inside edge and went perilously past the off-stump

Mitchell Starc to Dhananjaya, out Caught by Webster!! Oh dear! This is going pear shaped for the hosts - full and shaping away from wide of off, reverse swing into play and DDS saw the chance of getting off the mark, chases it with hard hands and ends up slicing it into the hands of Webster at gully. A sharp catch, but the big man made it look so easy, the hosts have now lost half their side and are in some trouble. Dhananjaya c Webster b Mitchell Starc 0(1)

Head to Kamindu Mendis, out Caught by Smith!! Head has a wicket and he does a little jig, this has come out of nowhere - flighted delivery outside off and Kamindu Mendis was shaping for the cut, but there's some extra bounce and he can only edge it into the hands of Smith at slip - a soft dismissal yet again, Kamindu Mendis gets a start and gets himself dismissed cheaply once again in the series. He's absolutely livid with himself, smashes the bat against his pad and walks off. Kamindu Mendis c Smith b Head 13(21) [4s-2]

Head to Kamindu Mendis, FOUR, top-edge and four, Head drifts one down leg - Kamindu Mendis went for the big sweep, doesn't get on top of the bounce and the edge lobs over the keeper's head

Head to Chandimal, FOUR, lovely, Head tosses one well wide of off, looking to make Chandimal drive, but it's too full and it's drilled through cover for a boundary

Lyon to Kamindu Mendis, FOUR, and a four after some time! First boundary for Kamindu Mendis. Was angled in, on the pads, Kamindu Mendis nudged it fine and the ball managed to beat the man running to his left at long leg. Just a deft touch from Kamindu Mendis

Kuhnemann to Chandimal, 1 run, very full, on the pads, Chandimal clips it wide of mid-wicket and gets a single. Fifty for Chandimal. He has been superb against spin. He hasn't been troubled much and hence he has been able to notch up his fifty

Lyon to Kamindu Mendis, no run, was a tossed up delivery, spun away to beat the edge. But the bowler and the keeper went up and umpire Wilson raised his finger. But the UltraEdge confirmed there was no edge and it was only the turn

Lyon to Mathews, out Caught by Carey!! Taken by the keeper. Tossed it up much wider, outside off, the ball turns in, takes the edge and the keeper takes a smart catch. The ball was well wide outside off and Mathews poked at it to edge it. Easy take for the keeper. The batter would be disappointed. He could have left that alone. But the ball turned in to take the edge. Third one down and third wicket for Lyon. Mathews c Carey b Lyon 1(26)

Lyon to Chandimal, FOUR, very full, outside off, Chandimal drives the ball wide of the bowler for a four. That was played uppishly but wide of the bowler for a four. Lovely shot down the ground by Chandimal

Lyon to Karunaratne, out Bowled!! And cleaned him up. Second one gone. Both have been out bowled. The batter was hanging back, the ball angled in, Karunaratne looked to get the bat down but cue-ended it. The ball kissed the cue-end and rolled on to the sticks. Excellent from Lyon. He got one to turn away on the first ball and this one angled in to catch the batter by surprise. Huge wicket indeed. The crowd is stunned. The veteran in his last game is out for 36. He wanted a big score but not to be. Has one more in the second essay. Karunaratne b Lyon 36(83) [4s-3]

Lyon to Chandimal, FOUR, and four! Short, wide, Chandimal goes back and slaps the cut through the deep point region for a four. Was a superb shot indeed by Chandimal as he used the depth of the crease to play that

Webster to Chandimal, FOUR, 77 mph, outside off, fuller ball, Chandimal drives the ball wide of cover amidst calls of 'catch it'. The ball went in the air and into the gap on the off-side for a four

Kuhnemann to Chandimal, SIX, 57 mph, tossed up, Chandimal gets to the pitch of the ball this time and lofts it over wide long-off. Lovely shot by Chandimal as he managed to use his feet really well. He is making his intentions clear. He waited for the ball to be tossed up and then danced down

Kuhnemann to Chandimal, FOUR, gets lucky! 54 mph, Chandimal dances down, the ball turns a wee bit more. The bat face opened and the ball instead of going over cover, went over point for a four. The extra turn almost spoiled the plans of the batter

Lyon to Karunaratne, FOUR, very full, on the pads, 55 mph, Karunaratne clips the ball wide of mid-wicket for a four. That was hit well and into the gap by Karunaratne. Bad ball and put away with elan

Lyon to Karunaratne, FOUR, 54 mph, outside off, Karunaratne got close to the ball and hit it on top of the bounce and into the gap. His hands did all the work as he placed it wide of the man at cover as that was tossed up outside off

Lyon to Nissanka, out Bowled!! And bowled him! The spin and the bounce does the batter in. Nissanka went too far across to sweep it behind square but missed the line of the delivery to be bowled. The ball hit the top of the pole. Lyon was getting the ball to turn it prodigiously. Nissanka tried to take the attack to him but I guess tried to do so off a wrong ball. SL lose their first wicket. Lyon has struck in his first over. Nissanka b Lyon 11(31) [4s-2]

Lyon to Nissanka, byes, FOUR, lot of turn! Nissanka lets it go as the ball spun down leg. The keeper had no chance and four byes

Kuhnemann to Karunaratne, FOUR, nicely played, tossed up on middle, Karunaratne leans across, works with the angle and then clips it past the diving fielder at mid-wicket, there's a chase, but the ball wins the race

Mitchell Starc to Nissanka, FOUR, streaky and four, fuller length delivery and a hint of shape away from off, drew Nissanka into the drive and finds the thick edge, running away wide of the fielder at gully

Mitchell Starc to Nissanka, FOUR, cracking shot, a wide half-volley from Starc - Nissanka leans across, gets down onto his knee and then creams the drive past cover for a boundary