After the amazing left-arm spinner Prabhat Jayasuriya, Sri Lanka corrected their position against Australia in the last Test of the two-match series on the back of brilliant innings from Kusal Mendis and captain Dimuth Karunaratne (165 balls, 86 runs, 10 fours). has taken At the end of the second day’s play, Sri Lanka’s score in the first innings was 184 for 2 in 63 overs. Kusal Mendis was unbeaten on 84 and Angelo Mathews scored 6.
Sri Lanka’s first wicket fell on the score of just 12 runs. Mitchell Starc made Pathum Nisanka his victim on the third ball of the ninth over. Nisanka returned to the pavilion after scoring 6 runs. Earlier, Prabhat Jayasuriya took 6 wickets for 118 runs in his debut Test.
Sri Lanka bowled out Australia for 364 due to Prabhat Jayasuriya’s brilliant bowling. Australia’s last 5 wickets fell within just 35 runs. On Friday 8 July 2022, the legendary Steve Smith, who completed the 28th century of his Test career, returned to the pavilion unbeaten on 145.
Former Australia captain Steve Smith faced 272 balls and hit 16 fours in his unbeaten innings of over 6 hours. Prabhat Jayasuriya, who was included in the playing XI after several players were infected with the corona virus, became the sixth Sri Lankan bowler to take 5 or more wickets in a Test debut.
Prabhat Jayasuriya became the country’s second best bowler on debut after Pravin Jayawickrama (taking six for 92 against Bangladesh last year). Jayasuriya dismissed the previous day’s unbeaten batsman Alex Carey for 28 on Saturday morning.
Alex Carey shared a 77-run partnership for the sixth wicket with Steve Smith. Jayasuriya then completed five wickets by getting Mitchell Starc caught by Kusal Mendis. Prabhat Jayasuriya took his sixth wicket with a leg before Nathan Lyon.
The only pace bowler in the bowling attack, Kasun Rajita (2 for 70) dismissed skipper Pat Cummins, while Mahesh Thikshana (1 for 48) took his maiden Test wicket in Mitchell Swepson.