As spin twins Matt Kuhnemann and Nathan Lyon obliterated Sri Lanka in the first Test, one of the home team’s batters suffered a rare humiliation.
Spin twins Matt Kuhnemann and Nathan Lyon have obliterated Sri Lanka, with a little help from Mitchell Starc and Todd Murphy, to deliver the home side’s heaviest-ever defeat and ensure retention of the Warne-Muralitharan Trophy.
To sum up the gulf, Dinesh Chandimal suffered the rare humiliation of being dismissed twice in the same session to the same bowler, falling lbw to Lyon for 72 as the hosts’ first innings evaporated. He was then taken at short leg off glove and thigh pad in the final over before lunch. Kuhnemann , Lyon and Murphy have rekindled the partnership they had in India in 2023. Fitness and age permitting, they can be expected to be called upon again in India in 2027, when Australia will be seeking to win there for the first time since 2004.This Test match has also added to some welcome headaches for the national selectors in terms of how to fit so many capable batters into their XI for the WTC final against South Africa at Lord’s in June.
Lyon followed up by beating Chandimal on the reverse sweep with a quicker, flatter ball, resulting in an lbw verdict that was upheld on DRS.
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