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Background
Australia will face Sri Lanka in the 2nd game of the two-match Test series at the Galle International Stadium from Friday, 8th July.
The Australian team will be keen to win the series by 2-0 and register a historical series win in Sri Lanka.
In the 1st Test of this series, Australia stunned Sri Lanka by comfortably defeating them by 10 wickets.
Sri Lanka won the toss and decided to bat first in their first innings.
They were bowled out for just 212 within 60 overs.
Niroshan Dickwella was the top scorer with 58 runs off 59 balls.
The veteran Australian spinner Nathan Lyon bagged 5 scalps for 90 runs.
Australia batted well against the Lankan spinners and reached 321 in their first innings.
Cameron Green played a brilliant knock of 77 runs in the lower middle while Usman Khawaja also scored 71 runs at the top of the order for Australia.
Ramesh Mendis grabbed 4 wickets for Sri Lanka.
Sri Lanka started very well in their second innings.
The opening pair smashed 37 runs in no time for the first wicket partnership.
However, Sri Lanka collapsed after the dismissal of 1st wicket. Most of the batters simply threw their wickets away and none of them tried to take the innings deep.
As a result, Sri Lanka was bowled out for just 113 and Australia was given a target of just 5 runs in the fourth innings.
All the 10 wickets in the Sri Lankan innings were picked by the spinners as Nathan Lyon and Travis Head picked 4 wickets each while Mitchell Swepson claimed 2 wickets.
David Warner slammed 2 boundaries in the 1st over of the 4th innings to take Australia home with 10 wickets in hand.
Match details
Teams: Australia vs Sri Lanka
Match: 2nd Test, 2022.
Venue: Galle International Stadium, Galle
Date: 8th July, Friday
Time: 10:00 AM
Head-to-head record
Here is the head-to-head record between Australia and Sri Lanka in Test cricket.
Total Matches Played: 32
Australia won: 20
Sri Lanka won: 4
Draw: 8
Pitch Report
The pitch at the Galle International Stadium is famous for its spin-friendly tracks.
The pacers can get some help early on but overall the spinners will rule the 2nd Test match.
The average 1st innings score at this venue is 264 so both teams might like to bat first on this pitch.
Possible Playing XIs for Sri Lanka vs Australia
Australia
Usman Khawaja, David Warner, Marnus Labuschagne, Steve Smith, Travis Head, Alex Carey, Cameron Green, Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Mitchell Swepson
Sri Lanka
Oshada Fernando, Dimuth Karunaratne, Kusal Mendis, Angelo Mathews, Dhananjaya de Silva, Niroshan Dickwella, Ramesh Mendis, Jeffrey Vandersay, Asitha Fernando, Maheesh Theekshana/ Dunith Wellalage
Jeetbig star bowler of the match
The experienced spinner Nathan Lyon was the best bowler in the previous match.
Lyon picked up 9 wickets in the 1st Test including a five-wicket haul in the 1st innings of that match.
The right-arm spinner will be the biggest threat for Sri Lanka on the spinning track of Galle.
Jeetbig star batsman of the match
Usman Khawaja has been in exceptional form, especially in Asian conditions.
He scored a brilliant knock of 71 runs in the previous match that set the platform for a big 1st inning total for Australia.
The left-hander is again expected to score a big Knock in the second match.
Who will win?
Australia is performing extremely well in Asian conditions.
They won the T20 World Cup last year in UAE, defeated Pakistan at their home in a Test series and now they are on the verge to beat Sri Lanka in Sri Lanka.
Australia was just too good in the 1st Test and their spin department is looking more dangerous than Sri Lanka.
The team combination of Australia is also quite better as compared to the hosts.
Hence, we predict that Australia will beat Sri Lanka in the 2nd Test.
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