Australia hammer hapless Sri Lanka inside four days as records fall in Galle

Australia have recorded their biggest Test win on the subcontinent, trouncing a hapless Sri Lanka by an innings and 242 runs in the series opener in Galle.

Australia took a staggering 15 wickets either side of enforcing the follow-on during day four, wrapping up the series opener by tea. Veteran Nathan Lyon (three for 57, four for 78) and left-arm off-spinner Matthew Kuhnemann (five for 63, four for 86) inflicted the bulk of the damage, the latter barely two weeks after dislocating his thumb playing Big Bash League.

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India beat England by 15 runs to win fourth men’s T20 international and series – live

Tilak Varma is the new batter, which is a deviation from their coach Gautam Gambhir’s preference for a left/right combination.

He’s the old batter, too, because he’s gone first ball! Varma charged Saqib and sliced the ball down to third man, where Archer took an excellent low catch. Saqib Mahmood has figures of 0.2-0-0-2!

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