To whom may concern
as usual there was a big crowd
MCG
Jackson Bird, Australia's debutant fast bowler, got rid of Dimuth Karunaratne early after Sri Lanka chose to bat
Tillakaratne Dilshan was bowled cheaply by Mitchell Johnson
Peter Siddle got the big wicket of Mahela Jayawardene, as Sri Lanka wobbled
Kumar Sangakkara was the only batsman to put up some resistance
During the course his innings he became the joint quickest to 10,000 Test runs
Prasanna Jayawardene suffered a hairline fracture of the thumb after being struck ...
by a rampant Mitchell Johnson, who took four wickets as Australia never allowed Sri Lanka to recover; they were eventually bowled out for 156
Sri Lanka 1st innings R M B 4s 6s SR
FDM Karunaratne c †Wade b Bird 5 17 14 0 0 35.71
TM Dilshan b Johnson 11 31 20 2 0 55.00
KC Sangakkara c †Wade b Johnson 58 195 98 8 0
DPMD Jayawardene* c †Wade b Siddle 3 32 26 0 0
TT Samaraweera c Warner b Bird 10 59 38 0 0 26.31
AD Mathews c Hussey b Siddle 15 25 13 1 0
HAPW Jayawardene† c Hughes b Johnson 24 37 30 1
KTGD Prasad c †Wade b Johnson 0 1 1 0 0
HMRKB Herath c Cowan b Lyon 14 25 19 1 0 73.68
RMS Eranga not out 4 14 8 1 0 50.00
UWMBCA Welegedara c Hussey b Lyon 0 2 2 0 0
Extras (lb 5, nb 7) 12
Total (all out; 43.4 overs) 156
In reply, David Warner scored a rapid half-century but was dismissed soon after
Phillip Hughes was run out for 10
And Dhammika Prasad got rid of Ed Cowan
Chanaka Welegedara leaves the field with a suspected hamstring injury
Another century for Michael Clarke
watson made 83
Rangana Herath took an excellent catch to dismiss Michael Hussy
eranda got rid of siddle
Australia 1st innings R M B 4s 6s SR
EJM Cowan c DPMD Jayawardene b Prasad 36 113 82 5 0 43.90
DA Warner c Prasad b Mathews 62 81 46 6 1 134.78
PJ Hughes run out (Dilshan/Sangakkara) 10 25 18 1 0 55.55
SR Watson c Samaraweera b Prasad 83 265 198 8 1 41.91
MJ Clarke* c DPMD Jayawardene b Eranga 106 251 187 14 0 56.68
MEK Hussey c Herath b Dilshan 34 97 68 4 0 50.00
MS Wade† c Eranga b Prasad 1 8 6 0 0 16.66
MG Johnson not out 92 150 7 0 61.33
PM Siddle c DPMD Jayawardene b Eranga 13 65 30 0 0 43.33
NM Lyon c sub (LD Chandimal) b Mathews 1 21 14 0 0 7.14
JM Bird b Eranga 0 11 0 0 0.00
Extras (b 9, lb 5, w 6, nb 2) 22
Total (all out; 134.4 overs) 460
the 2nd innings of SL has started ,, will update with the rest
as usual there was a big crowd
MCG
Jackson Bird, Australia's debutant fast bowler, got rid of Dimuth Karunaratne early after Sri Lanka chose to bat
Tillakaratne Dilshan was bowled cheaply by Mitchell Johnson
Peter Siddle got the big wicket of Mahela Jayawardene, as Sri Lanka wobbled
Kumar Sangakkara was the only batsman to put up some resistance
During the course his innings he became the joint quickest to 10,000 Test runs
Prasanna Jayawardene suffered a hairline fracture of the thumb after being struck ...
by a rampant Mitchell Johnson, who took four wickets as Australia never allowed Sri Lanka to recover; they were eventually bowled out for 156
Sri Lanka 1st innings R M B 4s 6s SR
FDM Karunaratne c †Wade b Bird 5 17 14 0 0 35.71
TM Dilshan b Johnson 11 31 20 2 0 55.00
KC Sangakkara c †Wade b Johnson 58 195 98 8 0
DPMD Jayawardene* c †Wade b Siddle 3 32 26 0 0
TT Samaraweera c Warner b Bird 10 59 38 0 0 26.31
AD Mathews c Hussey b Siddle 15 25 13 1 0
HAPW Jayawardene† c Hughes b Johnson 24 37 30 1
KTGD Prasad c †Wade b Johnson 0 1 1 0 0
HMRKB Herath c Cowan b Lyon 14 25 19 1 0 73.68
RMS Eranga not out 4 14 8 1 0 50.00
UWMBCA Welegedara c Hussey b Lyon 0 2 2 0 0
Extras (lb 5, nb 7) 12
Total (all out; 43.4 overs) 156
In reply, David Warner scored a rapid half-century but was dismissed soon after
Phillip Hughes was run out for 10
And Dhammika Prasad got rid of Ed Cowan
Chanaka Welegedara leaves the field with a suspected hamstring injury
Another century for Michael Clarke
watson made 83
Rangana Herath took an excellent catch to dismiss Michael Hussy
eranda got rid of siddle
Australia 1st innings R M B 4s 6s SR
EJM Cowan c DPMD Jayawardene b Prasad 36 113 82 5 0 43.90
DA Warner c Prasad b Mathews 62 81 46 6 1 134.78
PJ Hughes run out (Dilshan/Sangakkara) 10 25 18 1 0 55.55
SR Watson c Samaraweera b Prasad 83 265 198 8 1 41.91
MJ Clarke* c DPMD Jayawardene b Eranga 106 251 187 14 0 56.68
MEK Hussey c Herath b Dilshan 34 97 68 4 0 50.00
MS Wade† c Eranga b Prasad 1 8 6 0 0 16.66
MG Johnson not out 92 150 7 0 61.33
PM Siddle c DPMD Jayawardene b Eranga 13 65 30 0 0 43.33
NM Lyon c sub (LD Chandimal) b Mathews 1 21 14 0 0 7.14
JM Bird b Eranga 0 11 0 0 0.00
Extras (b 9, lb 5, w 6, nb 2) 22
Total (all out; 134.4 overs) 460
the 2nd innings of SL has started ,, will update with the rest
