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Sri Lanka bundled out for 117

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Lunch Sri Lanka 84 for 5 (de Silva 24*, K Perera 12*, Hazlewood 3-21) v Australia
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Josh Hazlewood struck twice in the first 10 overs © Associated Press

Angelo Mathews won the toss, but not much else went to plan for Sri Lanka on the first morning of their series against Australia in Pallekele. By lunch they were 84 for 5 and relying heavily on the debutant Dhananjaya de Silva, who provided a glimmer on an otherwise gloomy morning for the locals by getting off the mark in Test cricket with a six. He reached lunch on 24, alongside Kusal Perera on 12.

Australia’s bowling was impeccable, led by Josh Hazlewood, who claimed three wickets and gave the batsmen no wriggle-room. He found just enough hints of movement to be dangerous, and after two early breakthroughs was rewarded shortly before the break when he got rid of Dinesh Chandimal, who was just beginning to look settled.

Chandimal was on 15 when he was lured into driving just outside off, but Hazlewood’s delivery curled away a fraction and clipped the outside edge on the way through to wicketkeeper Peter Nevill. It was the perfect way for Australia to cap off an outstanding session in which Steven Smith used only three bowlers for the most part, turning to a fourth – Nathan Lyon – for just one over before lunch.

Mitchell Starc was more expensive than Hazlewood, perhaps shedding a touch of rust having not played a Test since November, but it was he who made the initial break in the Sri Lanka top order. On 5, Dimuth Karunaratne was trapped in front by a Starc delivery that curved in a little, and Karunaratne received no satisfaction after asking for a review of the out decision.

Kusal Mendis also asked for a review of his lbw to Hazlewood for 8, but fortunately for Sri Lanka the umpire S Ravi determined that Mendis had taken too long before signalling. Fortunate, that is, because replays confirmed Ravi had made the right call. Sri Lanka were 15 for 2, but at least they had not wasted both reviews within the first six overs.

Hazlewood continued to probe and picked up the edge of Kaushal Silva’s bat on the way through to Adam Voges, who claimed the catch low at first slip. Sri Lanka’s 15 for 2 had become 18 for 3, and Mathews might have started to wish he had lost the toss after all. He was the next man to walk to the crease and after offering some resistance, was also the next to walk off.

Smith had called on the left-arm spinner Steve O’Keefe in the ninth over of the match and some turn was evident; in his fourth over, O’Keefe extracted both spin and bounce to collect the edge off Mathews, who was taken at slip for 15. Sri Lanka were 43 for 4 with one of two debutants – de Silva and Lakshan Sandakan were both named for their first Test – next in.

But de Silva showed few nerves and from his fifth ball in Test cricket got off the mark with a lovely six down the ground off O’Keefe, using his feet to find the pitch of the ball and hitting through the line. By lunch de Silva was still looking strong, but the question was how much support he would have during the afternoon.

© ESPN Sports Media Ltd.

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