Australia vs Sri Lanka, 1st Test at Brisbane, SL in AUS, Jan 24 2019 - Cricket Photos

RESULT

1st Test (D/N), Brisbane, January 24 - 26, 2019, Sri Lanka tour of Australia

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Sri Lanka

144 & 139

Australia

323

Australia won by an innings and 40 runs

Player Of The Match

Pat Cummins

, AUS

4/39 & 6/23

File photo - Niroshan Dickwella struck 12 fours and three sixes in his ninth List A century•Jan 26, 2019•Getty Images

Pat Cummins cools down during a hot afternoon session•Jan 26, 2019•Getty Images

Niroshan Dickwella shapes up to play the ramp•Jan 26, 2019•Getty Images

Nathan Lyon looks on after Lahiru Thirimanne reviews an lbw decision•Jan 26, 2019•Getty Images

Pat Cummins celebrates Kusal Mendis' dismissal•Jan 26, 2019•Bradley Kanaris/CA/Getty Images

Labuschagne and Head added 166 runs for the fifth wicket•Jan 25, 2019•Getty Images

Travis Head unimpressed by Niroshan Dickwella's animated appeal•Jan 25, 2019•Getty Images

Travis Head raises his bat after earning a half-century•Jan 25, 2019•Getty Images

Marnus Labuschagne sweeps towards the leg side•Jan 25, 2019•Bradley Kanaris/CA/Getty Images

Lahiru Kumara's lbw appeal is turned down•Jan 25, 2019•Getty Images

Nathan Lyon and Pat Cummins in a jovial mood after victory•Jan 26, 2019•Getty Images

Kurtis Patterson celebrates after taking a scorcher at gully•Jan 26, 2019•Getty Images

Pat Cummins celebrates a wicket•Jan 26, 2019•Getty Images

Roshen Silva caught at slip by Joe Burns•Jan 26, 2019•Getty Images

Suranga Lakmal picked up his first five-for in Australia•Jan 25, 2019•Getty Images

Marnus Labuschagne and Travis Head walk back to their respective ends during their 166-run stand•Jan 25, 2019•Getty Images

Travis Head walks in to bat after dinner•Jan 25, 2019•Ryan Pierse/Getty Images

Travis Head raises his fifty•Jan 25, 2019•Getty Images

Dinesh Chandimal fails to stop a ball from going for four•Jan 25, 2019•Ishara S.Kodikara/AFP/Getty Images

Marnus Labuschagne drives down the ground•Jan 25, 2019•Cricket Australia/Getty Images

Match Coverage

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Justin Langer admits to sleepless nights leading up to Brisbane Test

The Australia coach was anxious for his team to not spoil their enviable Brisbane record, and also about how Kurtis Patterson's late inclusion would be received

Sri Lanka flunk the Gabba examination

It was always going to be a tough ask on the type of surface the Australians have dreamed of all season, but it was still disappointing that the visitors capitulated twice

Present tense but future can be perfect for Tim Paine's young Australia

The roles played by debutant Richardson and inexperienced batting pair of Labuschagne and Head left Paine especially satisfied following the series loss to India

Lahiru Kumara ruled out of Canberra Test, South Africa tour

The news is a serious blow to Sri Lanka's chances in the next Test, and the consequences of this hamstring injury may also be keenly felt in South Africa

Pat Cummins' career-best fashions Australia's innings win

Sri Lanka's batting failed abysmally again, as they crashed to 139 all out, to lose in roughly two-and-a-half days

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Sri Lanka Innings

PLAYER NAME		R	B
FDM Karunaratne	caught	3	18
HDRL Thirimanne	caught	32	98
LD Chandimal	caught	0	2
BKG Mendis	caught	1	7
ARS Silva	caught	3	22
DM de Silva	bowled	14	46
N Dickwella	caught	24	39
MDK Perera	caught	8	34
RAS Lakmal	stumped	24	30
PVD Chameera	not out	5	10
CBRLS Kumara	absent hurt
Extras	(b 9, lb 15, nb 1)
Total	139(9 wkts; 50.5 ovs)

PLAYER NAME	O	M	R	W	Econ
MA Starc	14	0	56	0	4 (1 nb)
JA Richardson	13	5	19	2	1.46
NM Lyon	8.5	3	17	1	1.92
PJ Cummins	15	8	23	6	1.53

WKT	RUNS	PLAYERS
1st	17	Dimuth Karunaratne	Lahiru Thirimanne
2nd	0	Dinesh Chandimal	Lahiru Thirimanne
3rd	2	Lahiru Thirimanne	Kusal Mendis
4th	16	Roshen Silva	Lahiru Thirimanne
5th	34	Lahiru Thirimanne	Dhananjaya de Silva
6th	10	Lahiru Thirimanne	Niroshan Dickwella
7th	30	Dilruwan Perera	Niroshan Dickwella
8th	1	Dilruwan Perera	Suranga Lakmal
9th	29	Suranga Lakmal	Dushmantha Chameera

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