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SL vs AUS Win Probability
Toss Winner - Sri Lanka won the toss and choose to bat first
Australia beat Sri Lanka by 9 wickets
After a gigantic win for Australia in the first Test, Sri Lanka will look to level the two-game series in Galle starting on Thursday.
- Australia are targeting their fourth successive Test victory.
- Sri Lanka come into this game after losing three Tests in a row.
- Australia have won four of the last five Tests between the sides.
We are backing Australia to win!
| Tournament: | Australia tour of Sri Lanka, 2025 |
| Format: | test |
| Venue: | Galle International Cricket Stadium , Galle, Sri Lanka |
| Toss Prediction: | To Bat |
| Weather: | 27.8°C|Sunny |
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SL vs AUS Match Prediction & Analysis
The first Test of this two-game series is one which Sri Lanka and the home ers will want to forget in a hurry but the reality is that there could well still be some scarring in the minds of the players in the home dressing room ahead of this Test!
Australia won the toss and never looked back, showing that there is still plenty of value in the old Test cricket saying of 'bat once, bat big' as they posted 654/6 declared on their way to a victory by an innings and 242 runs.
Such was their dominance that they have already allowed young opener Sam Konstas to return to Australia ahead of this Test so he can practice red ball cricket in the Sheffield Shield and Steve Smith's team look full of confidence.
In the opposite corner, this Test will signal the end for Dimuth Kunaratne who has opted to retire from the format following this game. This will be the left-handed opener's 100th Test and he will be looking to add to his tally of 16 Test centuries.
RECENT PERFORMANCE
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358/10 in 103.4 3.45
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Totals of 165 and 247 all out are never going to win any side a Test match and so it proved for Sri Lanka who were well short of their best against Australia last week.
Fortunately for the host, there is plenty of experience in their side and nearly all of their batters have fine records to fall back on. But there can be no excuses this time and it is imperative that Dinuth Karunaratne bows out on a high and the new kid on the block of Sri Lanka cricket, Kamindu Mendis, is able to find his form after a poor outing in Galle last week.
The bowlers will also need to raise their levels after struggling and toiling in the field in the first Test. They were put to the sword by the opening pair of Usman Khawaja and Travis Head and never recovered, so if Sri Lanka do find themselves in the field once again on day one then they must have some new ideas to make early inroads.
Prabath Jayasuriya and Jeffrey Vandersay both took three wickets last week and are likely to be the main threat once again.
Sri Lanka Predicted Playing XI:
Oshada Fernando, Dimuth Karunaratne, Dinesh Chandimal, Angelo Mathews, Kamindu Mendis, Dhananjaya de Silva (c), Kusal Mendis (wk), Prabath Jayasuriya, Jeffrey Vandersay, Nishan Peiris, Asitha Fernando
Sri Lanka Key Players From Previous Game Of Australia tour of Sri Lanka, 2025
Sri Lanka Actual Playing XI:
Dimuth Karunaratne, Pathum Nissanka, Kamindu Mendis, Angelo Mathews, Dhananjaya de Silva, Dinesh Chandimal, Kusal Mendis, Prabath Jayasuriya, Nishan Peiris, Lahiru Kumara, Ramesh Mendis
Australia Preview
Particularly in modern Test cricket and even more so when playing overseas, things rarely go as perfect as they went for Australia in the opening Test of the series! As such, they will know they must maintain their standards across the team in this game when they may not be so fortunate to win the toss and benefit from the best of the conditions.
Usman Khawaja (232), Steve Smith (141) and debutant Josh Inglis (102) all made centuries in Galle last week and the trio will all be desperate to get back in the middle in this game. Not that they are the only capable batters in the line-up as shown by Travis Head who hit aa half-century and was awarded the Allan Border Medal earlier this week due to his incredible cross-format performances over the last 12 months.
With the ball, we expect the spinners to once again be crucial and that means more overs and potentially another slew of wickets for both Matthew Kuhnemann and Nathan Lyon.
Australia Predicted Playing XI:
Usman Khawaja, Travis Head, Marnus Labuschagne, Steve Smith (c), Josh Inglis, Alex Carey (wk), Beau Webster, Mitchell Starc, Matthew Kuhnemann, Nathan Lyon
Australia Key Players From Previous Game Of Australia tour of Sri Lanka, 2025
Australia Actual Playing XI:
Usman Khawaja, Travis Head, Steven Smith, Marnus Labuschagne, Cooper Connolly, Beau Webster, Alex Carey, Josh Inglis, Matthew Kuhnemann, Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon
PITCH AND WEATHER CONDITIONS
Weather Conditions
The forecast is for another warm five days in Galle with the temperature predicted to be over 30 degrees across the entire Test match. There may be some short cloudy periods but no rain is forecast.
SL vs AUS Pitch Report
There is not a great deal of bounce in this wicket and the bowlers really have to work hard for their wickets. Batters with patience will succeed although they may need to take a different approach later in the game when the spinners come into their own.
Toss: To Bat
On a pitch which is likely to be best for batting on across the opening two days before turning a lot more from day three onwards, we expect both captains to be desperate to bat first when they go out for the toss.
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Winning Prediction
We do expect Sri Lanka to put in a much stronger performance than we saw in Galle last week and they could well put Australia under-pressure at times. However, this Australia team, even without their full-time captain Pat Cummins, are still a powerful outfit and we expect another win for the tourists.
We are backing Australia to win!
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