26/07Result
1st Test, Australia tour of Sri Lanka at Kandy, Jul 26-30 2016
Sri Lanka won by 106 runs
Player of the Match
Kusal Mendis
Kusal MendisSri Lanka
26/07Result
1st Test, Australia tour of Sri Lanka at Kandy, Jul 26-30 2016
Sri Lanka won by 106 runs
Player of the Match
Kusal Mendis
Kusal MendisSri Lanka

Best performances - Batsmen

BKG Mendis
BKG Mendis
176(254) 21x4 - 1x6
Control %82%
  • Productive Shot
  • flick
  • 26 runs
  • 3x4 - 0x6
11 13 16 29 33 7 18 49
SPD Smith
SPD Smith
55(125) 1x4 - 0x6
Control %83%
  • Productive Shot
  • flick
  • 28 runs
  • 0x4 - 0x6
0 7 11 0 6 2 8 21

Best performances - Bowlers

HMRKB Herath
HMRKB Herath
O33.3
M16
R54
W5
Eco1.61
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
1W
2W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W
HMRKB Herath
HMRKB Herath
O25
M8
R49
W4
Eco1.96
RHB
OFFLEG
1W1W
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W

Partnerships

  • SL - 1st
  • AUS - 1st
  • SL - 2nd
  • AUS - 2nd

Sri Lanka - 1st - Innings

6
JK Silva1 (13)
FDM Karunaratne5 (12)
9
JK Silva1 (1)
BKG Mendis8 (7)
3
JK Silva2 (11)
LD Chandimal1 (11)
25
AD Mathews15 (24)
LD Chandimal10 (7)
24
LD Chandimal4 (36)
DM de Silva19 (34)
20
MDKJ Perera15 (10)
DM de Silva5 (4)
0
MDK Perera0 (2)
MDKJ Perera0 (0)
7
HMRKB Herath2 (5)
MDKJ Perera5 (5)
6
HMRKB Herath4 (5)
PADLR Sandakan2 (5)
17
N Pradeep0 (4)
PADLR Sandakan17 (10)

Australia - 1st - Innings

3
DA Warner0 (5)
JA Burns3 (9)
4
UT Khawaja0 (4)
JA Burns0 (6)
62
UT Khawaja26 (51)
SPD Smith30 (53)
1
AC Voges1 (5)
UT Khawaja0 (7)
60
AC Voges29 (71)
MR Marsh31 (63)
7
AC Voges5 (6)
PM Nevill2 (11)
23
AC Voges12 (33)
SNJ O'Keefe11 (49)
19
SNJ O'Keefe8 (17)
MA Starc11 (29)
11
SNJ O'Keefe4 (14)
NM Lyon6 (11)
13
NM Lyon11 (14)
JR Hazlewood2 (18)

Sri Lanka - 2nd - Innings

6
JK Silva2 (9)
MDKJ Perera4 (5)
0
JK Silva0 (0)
FDM Karunaratne0 (3)
39
JK Silva5 (23)
BKG Mendis34 (34)
41
AD Mathews9 (31)
BKG Mendis30 (58)
117
LD Chandimal42 (100)
BKG Mendis67 (86)
71
DM de Silva36 (62)
BKG Mendis35 (54)
16
MDK Perera5 (6)
BKG Mendis10 (22)
24
HMRKB Herath17 (17)
MDK Perera7 (16)
9
HMRKB Herath0 (0)
PADLR Sandakan9 (7)
30
HMRKB Herath18 (17)
N Pradeep10 (12)

Australia - 2nd - Innings

2
DA Warner1 (4)
JA Burns1 (4)
31
UT Khawaja18 (22)
JA Burns13 (19)
30
SPD Smith15 (25)
JA Burns15 (34)
33
AC Voges12 (47)
SPD Smith21 (51)
43
SPD Smith18 (42)
MR Marsh25 (37)
1
PM Nevill0 (6)
SPD Smith1 (7)
1
PM Nevill1 (1)
MA Starc0 (3)
16
PM Nevill8 (19)
NM Lyon8 (16)
4
SNJ O'Keefe4 (89)
PM Nevill0 (89)
0
SNJ O'Keefe0 (9)
JR Hazlewood0 (7)

Match Coverage

All Match News

target the pads

15

LBW dismissals in this Test - the most in any Test in Sri Lanka. There are only four instances of more wickets falling to LBW decision in any Test.

Bring on Herath

6

No. of five-fors in the fourth innings of Tests by Rangana Herath. Only Muttiah Muralitharan and Shane Warne - 7 each - have taken more.

Pedestrian in 4th

17.00

Adam Voges' batting average in the fourth innings of Tests (4 inns) as opposed to his average of 103.46 in the other three innings of Tests.

Worst in a long time

1994

Last time an Australia opener made fewer runs from two innings in a Test than David Warner in this match. Mark Taylor had got a pair v Pak in Karachi

Lyon's feat

3

No. of off spinners from non-Asian teams to take 200 or more Test wickets, including Nathan Lyon. Lance Gibbs (309) and Graeme Swann (255) are the others.

Mendis emulates Sanga

1

No. of SL batsman before Kusal Mendis to make 150-plus in the second innings of Tests against Australia. Kumar Sangakkara had made 192 in Hobart in 2007.

Youngest

0

No. of SL batsmen who scored a Test century at a younger age than Kusal Mendis (21y 177d) against Aus. Prev youngest: Kaluwitharana (22y 267d).