Cricket: Steve Smith and his men were forced to get back on the field after the third umpire overturned a Beau Webster catch.
Aus walk off... despite ball bouncing | 00:53 Australia sealed a whitewash with a nine-wicket victory in the second Test against Sri Lanka in Galle to pick up a series win in the island nation for the first time since Nathan Lyon ’s debut tour in 2011.Get your first month for just $1. Limited time offer .
There were calls for the 38-year-old to retire due to his struggles against Jasprit Bumrah in the home summer, but he showed his class with a series of sweeps, both reverse and conventional, the trademark of his stroke play that also included quick footwork, both forward and back, to not only combat, but dominate the turning ball.
He poked at a leg spinner from Jeffrey Vandersay and edged to first slip in the first Test, before being trapped lbw by a Prabath Jayasuriya arm ball in the first innings of the second Test. Reaching those milestones with his dazzling footwork against the spinners while sporting the baggy green was not enough for Smith, as he overtook Ricky Ponting for the most Test catches by an Australian ever with his brilliance in the slips, highlighted by a low, one-handed stunner to dismiss his opposing captain Dhananjaya de Silva off the bowling of Kuhnemann in the second innings of the second Test.
The left-hander was another who swept, both conventionally and reverse beautifully, and his second Test century came as reward for a underrated 12 months with the bat which has included an unbeaten 98 to guide Australia to victory against New Zealand in Christchurch and a 70 against India in Brisbane.
The Tasmanian’s medium pacers were rarely used but he chipped in with his off spinners, snaring a scalp as part of Sri Lanka’s collapse late on day three of the second Test and another the morning after to wrap up the innings.Personally, a disappointing debut for the 21-year-old despite the team’s success in the second Test.
Australia will be hoping the back soreness he pulled up with during the second Test is nothing major, in fact an aching body is to be expected considering Starc pushed through the pain to play all seven Tests for a second consecutive summer.Lyon enjoyed another superb subcontinent tour as he notched up his 550th Test wicket, and caused the Sri Lankan batters constant headaches.
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