Beau Webster redeems himself and Marnus Labuschagne struggles to do the same, as all eyes turn to Lord's in June. Here are the quick hits from the fourth and final day of the second Test in Galle.
Steve Smith was all smiles and Marnus Labuschagne got a much-needed score, as Kusal Mendis felt the pain in Galle.Beau Webster redeems himself and Marnus Labuschagne struggles to do the same, as all eyes turn to Lord's in June.It looked like Nathan Lyon had locked up another five-wicket haul and wrapped up Sri Lanka 's innings with the penultimate ball of the 68th over.
One Kumara single later, captain Steve Smith gave the Slug from Snug a chance to make up for his fibbing by tossing him the ball. He finished unbeaten on 85 in the first and reached 50 before falling while batting with the tail on the fourth morning. Dimuth Karunaratne, playing his 100th and final Test, does have two Test wickets and pretty good ones at that — India's Cheteshwar Pujara and South Africa's Faf du Plessis.
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