Sri Lankas Dinesh Chandimal was waging a lone battle on 63 with Australia ahead by 518 runs and tightening their grip on the first Test before rain forced early lunch Friday.

Sam Konstas’s sacking for the first Test against Sri Lanka in Galle raised an eyebrow or thousand but perhaps it’s the next evolution in cricket. Horses-for-courses batters. Rotation policies.

Follow the LIVE Updates from Day 3 of the first Test between Sri Lanka and Australia being played at the Galle International ...

Khawaja’s 266-run third-wicket partnership with Steve Smith, who hit 141 in a landmark innings that got the stand-in skipper to 10,000 Test runs, stood out after Australia elected to bat first at the ...

Watch: Travis Head takes stunning one-handed catch in Galle. (Photo Source: ISHARA S. KODIKARA/AFP via ) Star batter stunned the cricket fraternity when he took a spectacular catch in the final ...

Travis Head, standing at short-leg, took a sensational one-handed catch to dismiss Angelo Mathews on Day 2 of the first Test ...

GALLE, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka was staring down the barrel at 44-3 after Australia achieved its largest ever total in Asia ...

Steve Smith joined an elite group of Australian cricketers reaching 10,000 Test runs. He identified Marnus Labuschagne, ...

Australia reached 330-2 in 81.1 overs when rain stopped play for the day after the tourists elected to bat first in Galle at ...

Former Australian captain Ricky Ponting has slammed the decision to drop rising star Sam Konstas from the first Test against ...

Steve Smith and Usman Khawaja's blistering tons on Galle's turning strip put Australia in a commanding position against Sri ...

The tourists finished on a commanding 330-2 with Usman Khawaja and Steve Smith both posting unbeaten centuries to set the ...