Australia take 15 wickets on day four of the first Test in Galle to send Sri Lanka to defeat by an innings and 242 runs.

Sri Lanka's heaviest defeat before Saturday was in Nagpur in 2017, when India hammered them by an innings and 239 as they stumble to new low.

Dinesh Chandimal was the lone warrior in the first innings, scoring 72, while Jeffrey Vandersay, batting at number nine, brought up a counterattacking half-century in the second innings ...

Spin twins Matthew Kuhnemann and Nathan Lyon combined to dismantle Sri Lanka and bowl Australia to a crushing victory by an innings and 242 runs in the opening test in Galle on Saturday. Read more at ...

Australia hammer hosts Sri Lanka by an innings and 242 runs on day four of the first Test; Nathan Lyon and Matthew Kuhnemann ...

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Nathan Lyon wants to leave spin bowling in a better place than he found it. He doesn’t say so himself. It’s not his style to do so. But it comes through loud and clear whenever you speak to Todd ...

Australia defeated Sri Lanka by an innings and 242 runs in Galle, taking a 1-0 lead in the two-match series. Matthew Kuhnemann's career-best 9-149 and support from Nathan Lyon were instrumental in ...

The contest was concluded before tea on day four, with rookie left-arm spinner Matthew Kuhnemann producing a match-winning performance, returning career-best figures of 9-149 across both innings.