No Glenn Maxwell, no spitting spin, no treacherous variable bounce, no spectators atop the Galle fort, and no – at least on current evidence – three-day Test match | danbrettig
No Glenn Maxwell, no spitting spin, no treacherous variable bounce, no spectators atop the Galle fort, and no – at least on current evidence – three-day Test match.
At the other end, Smith fashioned bespoke answers to the questions being posed by Sri Lanka’s bowlers, carefully building into his work in an innings that was given added gravitas by the memory of hisIn the day’s final half hour, he drove Sri Lanka’s sole pace bowler Kasun Rajitha through the covers for his own century. It was Smith’s second since the 2019 Ashes and first since January 2021. After Joe Root flew past him in that time Smith has, for now at least, levelled up.
Labuschagne, though, had been getting increasingly busy. He was nailing the slap shot style sweep he has mastered on this trip, aiming to hit balls pitching outside off stump so to avert the risk of lbw, and manoeuvred the ball through the off side with skill.
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