Unbeaten centuries to Steve Smith and Alex Carey have Lankans staring down the barrel of a whitewash. – BY TREVINE RODRIGO IN MELBOURNE (eLanka Sports Editor) Steve Smith and Alex Carey set about ramming home Australia’s psychological blow in the first Test as a shell-shocked Sri Lanka stares down the distinct possibility of a series whitewash in Galle. Sri Lanka have been out-thought and outplayed in every department of this series so far, exposing a gulf between the best in the world and the cellar dwellers. They were perceived to be on the rise not so long ago, but that idea has fizzled out to an optical illusion as Australia have proved, with a dominant game plan that has demoralized a home team in their own backyard. Desperation to reshuffle the pack after a mauling in the first Test, Sri Lanka’s selectors have made a bad situation worse in the ...
Feb 8, 2025
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