Butterfingered fielding let’s Australia off the hook as Sri Lanka’s grip on Galle loosens. – BY TREVINE RODRIGO IN MELBOURNE. (eLanka Sports Editor) Butterfingered Sri Lanka squandered any possibility of maintaining their dominance in Galle by letting Australia off the hook and are now staring down the barrel of an embarrassing thrashing after day one. Substandard catching saw Usman Kawaja and Steve Smith race to unbeaten centuries leaving a tattered home team praying for divine intervention to save the first Test. Things went wrong from the vital toss when Steve Smith won it and jubilantly declared he would have a bat. It was the start of a dramatic first day Sri Lanka would rather forget. Australia’s ploy to push Travis Head up the order and omit young gun Sam Konstas delivered immediate dividends when he led a spirited attack on Sri Lanka’s bowlers, as he and Kawaja went about on ...
Jan 30, 2025
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