Steve Smith and Alex Carey both notched centuries as Australia seized control on day two of the second Test against Sri Lanka in Galle. Smith reached his 36th Test hundred, while Carey, batting at number five, scored his first overseas century for Australia. The pair shared a record-breaking stand of 239 runs, propelling Australia to a lead of 73.
In the final five years or so of his Test career, Shane Warne often spoke about getting back to the “golden years”, those few precious summers when his prodigious skills were at their peak.
And before anyone from England argues that Smith is “stat-padding”, it is worth noting that Joe Root’s creative rebirth as a Test batter took place at this very ground in 2021, where he cuffed 426 runs in two matches. Smith now has 261 in two innings. Unquestionably, Australia needed Smith to stand up on day two. He walked to the crease after Sri Lanka had scrambled to 257, and following Marnus Labuschagne’s swift departure.
Initially seeming confident that the ball was sliding down the leg side, Labuschagne sank to his haunches and hung his head when the verdict was relayed.Falling so soon after Travis Head skewered another fiendishly spinning ball to slip as he tried to hit Nishan Peiris down the ground, Labuschagne’s dismissal left Smith with much to do. There were more tremors when Usman Khawaja fell lbw to a correct call by umpire Joel Wilson, but Carey brought calm.
After Head and Labuschagne came and went, Smith’s first ball also skidded on and appeared to strike the back pad, drawing a vociferous appeal and another review.
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