Nathan Lyon took his 20th
five-wicket haul to bowl Sri Lanka out for 212 before Australia reached 98-3 at
stumps Wednesday on the opening day of the first Test.
Sri Lankan off spinner Ramesh
Mendis dismissed David Warner (25) lbw and had Marnus Labuschagne (13) caught
by Asitha Fernando in Australia's innings to finish the day on 2-35.
Steven Smith was run out for 6
after a mix-up with Usman Khawaja, who refused to run after calling Smith for a
single.
Khawaja was batting on 47 with
Travis Head on 6 at stumps.
Earlier, Lyon returned bowling
figures of 5-90 and leg spinner Mitchell Swepson had 3-55 to help Australia
bowl Sri Lanka out to a modest score.
Niroshan Dickwella top scored
for Sri Lanka with 58, his 21st Test half-century. He added 42 runs for the
sixth wicket with Angelo Mathews (39) after Sri Lanka lost five wickets for 97
runs, and 54 runs for the seventh wicket with Mendis (22).
Lyon trapped Mendis lbw with
just two runs added to the teatime score to end his partnership with Dickwella.
Dickwella edged Lyon to
wicketkeeper Alex Carey and had Lasith Embuldeniya (6) as his fifth wicket.
Earlier, he dismissed Dimuth
Karunaratne (28) and Angelo Mathews (39), both caught by David Warner.
Australia's second spinner Mitchell Swepson took two consecutive wickets in the 37th over with identical deliveries. (Agencies)
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