Australia crushed Sri Lanka by an innings and 242 runs in the first Test in Galle on Saturday, inflicting the hosts' biggest defeat in Test cricket history. (More Cricket News)
Forced to follow on, spinners Matthew Kuhnemann (4-86) and Nathan Lyon (4-78) starred for A🉐ustralia as they bundled out Sri Lanka for 247 in the second innings
Australia crushed Sri Lanka by an innings and 242 runs in the first Test in Galle on Saturday, inflicting the hosts' biggest defeat in Test cricket history. (More Cricket News)
Forced to follow on, spinners Matthew Kuhnemann (4-86) and Nathan Lyon (4-78) star♌redꦑ for Australia as they bundled out Sri Lanka for 247 in the second innings.
Jeffrey Vandersay, who top-scored for Sri Lanka with 53 runs, was the final wicket to fall b🦹efore tea on the fourth day to Kuhnemann.
Earlier in the day, the hosts were forced to follow on𒈔 when they collapsed from 136-5 to 165 all out while responding to Australia declaring a﷽t a massive 654-6.
Left-arm spinner 🐭Kuhnemann also picked up five wickets in the first innings to finish with match figures of 9-149, while 37-year-old Lyon pic🎃ked up seven.
The ♋two teams will meet again at the same venue for the second and final Test, which will start on Thursday. They will also play two ODIs in the build-up to the Champions Trophy later this month.
Data Debrief: Unwanted record for Sri Lanka
After batting for 154 overs in the first innings, the tourists needed just 106.5 overs to take 20 Sri Lankan wickets across two innings, wi♒th 15 falling on the fourth day.
It meant that it was Sri Lanka's heaviest defeat in Test matches, overtaking a loss by an innings and 239 runs in the han♑ds of India in Nagpur in 2017.
It was Australia's fourth-biggest Test win in history and their biggest in 75 years, since defeating South Africa by an innin꧂gs and 259 runs in Gqeberha in 1950.