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Tues, 07 Jun
1st T20I (N), Colombo (RPS), June 07, 2022, Australia tour of Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
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Wed, 08 Jun
2nd T20I (N), Colombo (RPS), June 08, 2022, Australia tour of Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
Australia

Sat, 11 Jun
3rd T20I (N), Pallekele, June 11, 2022, Australia tour of Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
Australia

Tues, 14 Jun
1st ODI, Pallekele, June 14, 2022, Australia tour of Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
Australia

Thu, 16 Jun
2nd ODI, Pallekele, June 16, 2022, Australia tour of Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
Australia

Sun, 19 Jun
3rd ODI, Colombo (RPS), June 19, 2022, Australia tour of Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
Australia

Tues, 21 Jun
4th ODI, Colombo (RPS), June 21, 2022, Australia tour of Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
Australia

Fri, 24 Jun
5th ODI, Colombo (RPS), June 24, 2022, Australia tour of Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
Australia

Wed, 29 Jun
1st Test, Galle, June 29 - July 03, 2022, Australia tour of Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
Australia

Fri, 08 Jul
2nd Test, Galle, July 08 - 12, 2022, Australia tour of Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
Australia

Australia won the t20 series 2-1.

These ODIs seem to be going badly for Australia. Familiar faces too.

Good news for SL.

Sri Lanka win the ODI series 3-2.

Quite an eventful first day of the Test. Spin-heavy Sri Lanka probably didn't get as many as they wanted in their first knock - really have Dickwella to thank for recovering from 97/5 to reach 212. But then Australia , after galloping along at five per over , lost Labuschagne and Smith late in the day to a careless shot and a silly run out to leave them 98/3 and the game very much in the balance. Khawaja has played very well - though he owes Dickwella for missing a simple chance for a stumping immediately after Marnus got out. Might prove to be a big moment...

Certainly won't go five days.

Sri Lanka 212 all out

Dickwella 58

Lyon 5-90
Swepson 3-55

Australia 321 all out

Khawaja 71
Green 77

Mendis 4-112

Sri Lanka 113 all out

Karu 23

Lyon 4-31
Head 4-10

Australia 10-0

Australia win by 10 wickets.

Smith back in the runs at last.

Everyone in the runs - at compared with the previous game. Much more benign surface. That 364 Australia made not looking so good now ; although we will have to wait and see how the later Sri Lankan bats do - think they'd need a decent lead on first innings , having to bat last.

A famous name for Sri Lanka in the wickets column : very handy debut performance by Prabath Jayasuriya - a fairly "mature" debutant with a six wicket haul

Wow. That win by Sri Lanka kept sneaking up on us.

Good on them.

Happened suddenly in the end.

Wow!

Sri Lanka won by an innings and 35 runs.

Australia 364 all out

Smith 145*
Labuschagne 104

Jayasuriya 6-118

SL 554 all out

Chandimal 206*
Karu 86
Kusal Mendis 85
Kaminda 61
Matthews 52

Starc 4-89

Australia 151 all out

Labuschagne 32

Jayasuriya 6-59

Top effort by Sri Lanka to bounce back and win that - after First Test hammering , Covid losses and the general national issues.

Aussies have cause to regret some careless batting on day two : should have made much more than 364. Also some very silly reviews that meant they didn't have one when they needed it : Tim Paine where are you

Luck aside , Chandimal's innings was terrific - his dominant last wicket effort really put the scoreboard pressure on the tourists. But the performance of the match was Jayasuriya : what a debut ! And he only got in because of Covid absences.

Time will tell if he can follow up that start. But I suspect India's spinners will be licking their lips ahead of the coming Australians' visit...

Not best debut figures though.