Half-centuries from Travis Head and Marnus Labuschagne put Australia firmly in command of the day-night Test against Sri Lanka. Head hit a Test-best 84 and Labuschagne posted 81 as Australia amassed 323 to hold an imposing 179-run innings lead over Sri Lanka after the second day. Sri Lanka suffered further indignity losing the wicket of Dimuth Karunaratne on the last ball of the day by Pat Cummins for three as the tourists had to negotiate a tricky six overs facing the pink ball under lights.
Karunaratne was snapped up behind by Tim Paine as Sri Lanka reached stumps at 17 for one with Lahiru Thirimanne on six to trail by 162 runs overall. Here’s all you need to know about Australia vs Sri Lanka 1st Test Day 3 at Gabba:
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Australia vs Sri Lanka 1st Test Day 2 will be played at Brisbane from 8.30 AM IST. The LIVE telecast of the match will be available on Sony Ten 3/HD.
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Squad:
Australia: Tim Paine (C), Joe Burns, Matt Renshaw, Pat Cummins, Marcus Harris, Nathan Lyon, Travis Head, Marnus Labuschagne, Will Pucovski, Mitchell Starc, Peter Siddle, Jhye Richardson, Usman Khawaja, Kurtis Patterson
Sri Lanka: Dinesh Chandimal (C), Dilruwan Perera, Kusal Mendis, Lahiru Kumara, Dhananjaya de Silva, Roshen Silva, Kusal Perera, Lahiru Thirimanne, Sadeera Samarawickrama, Lakshan Sandakan, Suranga Lakmal, Kasun Rajitha, Dimuth Karunaratne, Niroshan Dickwella, Dushmantha Chameera