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Tezzbuzz|09-02-2025
Sri Lanka vs Australia 2nd Test Match Highlights: Australia cricket team defeated Sri Lanka by 9 wickets in the second and last Test match played at Gale International Stadium and won the series by a margin of 2-0. Chasing a target of 75 runs, Australia won by losing 1 wicket in 17.4 overs. In Australia's victory, Alex Carrie and Steve Smith and Nathan Lyon and Matthew Kuhneman played important roles in bowling.
Usman Khwaja scored an unbeaten 27, Marnas Labushen scored an unbeaten 26 and Travis Head scored 20 runs.
Prabhat Jayasuriya took the only wicket for Sri Lanka.After trailing by a huge margin in the first innings, the Sri Lankan team was all out for 231 runs on the fourth day.
Angelo Mathews scored 76 runs in 149 balls. At the same time, Kusal Mendis scored his second consecutive half -century in the match, scoring a 50 -run innings in 54 balls. Five players of the team could not reach the double figures.In the second innings for Australia, Matthew Kuhnemann and Nathan Leone took 4-4 wickets, while Bu Webster took 2 wickets.
Significantly, batting first after winning the toss, the Sri Lankan team scored 257 runs in the first innings on the strength of Kusal Mendis (85 runs) and Dinesh Chandimal (74 runs).
In response, Australia scored 414 runs and took a lead of 157 runs in the first innings. Alex Carrie scored 156 runs in 188 balls, playing the best innings of his career, hitting 15 fours and 2 sixes. Apart from this, captain Steve Smith scored 131 runs in 254 balls, scoring second consecutive centuries.
Prabhat Jayasuriya was the most successful bowler with 5 wickets in the first innings for Sri Lanka.
Alex Carrie got Player of the Match for his winning century. Steve Smith was adjudged Player of the Series to score the most runs in the series.