Sri Lanka vs Australia live: All eyes on follow-on target with more rain forecast on day four in Galle

Dinesh Chandimal is on strike.

4! Kuhnemann’s first ball is a shocker, floating down leg and Chandimal’s sweep simply pats the ball on the bum to ship it racing superb to the boundary.

His first ball zips on straight and virtually catches the skin edge on the best way via to Alex Carey. The enchantment is stifled, however the umpires take a look on the stumping.

Credit score to Chandimal although, stopping his toe sliding out of the crease.

I’ve to be sincere, Watcher,

Chris is having a little bit of a time of it. I’ve informed him to go brew a pleasant cuppa and go contact some grass.

Hopefully issues enhance for Sri Lanka within the second Check within the friendlier climes of … oh no.

4! Pretty timing from Chandimal, simply dropping the bat onto a half-volley exterior off and swinging again into him to ship it racing away via mid-off.

Bang! Smith plugs the gab with a catching mid-off simply off the pitch, Starc dishes up some width and Chandimal clatters it via level. Pretty, fearless stroke. And maybe a suggestion the swing is beginning to disappear.

Enormous motion again into Chandimal off the pitch. It was shorter and jagged again into his thigh pad.

Chandimal will get off strike, working off his thigh for a single.

Mathews does the identical, however goes properly in entrance of sq. leg for a pair. Sri Lanka wants large innings from Mathews, Chandimal, Kamindu Mendis and Dhananjaya de Silva. They should consider they’ll not less than make it into the lengthy rain delay, then reload from there.

Mitchell Starc has two slips, a gully, one other barely deeper gully, a leg slip and a leg gully.

There’s nonetheless a leg gully, however only one, and a brief leg in for Angelo Mathews.

Mathews’s defence exterior off appears actually shaky — able to present a catch to gully. However he makes it via for now.

There’s loads of expertise on this Sri Lankan batting line-up, nevertheless it actually appears like all hopes relaxation with Kamindu Mendis pulling off a miracle at quantity 5.

Though Dinesh Chandimal’s resistance within the first innings gives hope too.

4. Angelo Mathews ends the over with a tidy reverse sweep to the third man boundary,.

Absolute mind fade from the skilled Sri Lankan, and each openers are gone.

Murphy angles in from across the wicket and Karunaratne simply watches it cannon into his off stump. He was clearly anticipating it to show sharply away, and it simply carried on straight.

All the time a danger with a model new ball. Karunaratne must be higher than that.

Dimuth Karunaratne is on strike in his 99th Check match.

Chandimal was dismissed for 72 (the highest rating by 50 runs) off the second ball of the fiftieth over. Sri Lanka was all out 17 balls later.

Did he even hassle taking his pads off?

Starc is hooping it into the right-handers’ entrance pads right here. Simply doing an excessive amount of to threaten Chandimal with LBW.

Sri Lanka loses its first wicket for six, and Oshada takes a evaluate with him. Gee, that could be a surprising evaluate.

Starc is over the wicket to the right-hander, pitching full on center and swinging it down the road of the stumps.

It is smashing the underside third of center.

The one factor he could have thought is that he edged it, as a result of he did clip his entrance pad along with his inside edge.

Sri Lanka wants to withstand the fiery left-armer and get into their work in opposition to the spinners.

Matthew Kuhnemann and Nathan Lyon getting a relaxation after ending off the primary innings.

He fires one down leg and Oshada Fernando tries the reverse sweep, lacking every little thing. I do not suppose we will credit score Murphy for seeing Oshada transfer and properly pinging it down leg. Only a horrible shot from the Sri Lankan opener I believe.

FOUR! A greater line and a greater executed reverse sweep from Oshada. He will get 4 runs for his bother.

Starc’s first ball is correct on the cash. Oshada defending properly to a ball on off stump that was swinging in.

One other full supply and Oshada drives down the bottom for no run.

Starc goes wider and Oshada pushes it out to the sweeper on the off facet for a single.

BEATEN! Starc’s getting some glorious form and bends this away from Karunaratne and previous his defensive prod.

Glorious over from the left-armer.

Mitchell Starc has the ball in hand for Sri Lanka’s second innings.

Oshada Fernando and Dimuth Karunaratne out within the center

The house facet trails by 489 runs.

Hello Phil,

If we get a full day’s play, Australia is totally each probability of bowling Sri Lanka out right here.

However given we’re anticipating some rain right now, my guess is that this goes into day 5.

It is confirmed! Australia has enforced the follow-on for the primary time since 2022.

Can Sri Lanka’s high order present a bit extra resistance right now?

 Kuhnemann grabs a five-wicket haul!

Jeffrey Vandersay goes for an enormous slog and hits it straight up within the air and is caught by Mitchell Starc.

As predicted, Sri Lanka’s final 5 wickets have fallen in a heap.

The house facet goes from 5-156 to all out for 165. They misplaced 5-9 in simply 26 deliveries.

Once more, if you happen to watch this facet frequently, this occurs very, fairly often.

This weak tail is one thing the selectors have to deal with as a result of it places approach an excessive amount of strain on the highest order to carry out.

Lyon persevering with across the wicket to the left-handed Nishan.

CLOSE! That may be a courageous, courageous depart from Nishan as Lyon will get one to go on straight with the arm and the ball juuuust floats previous off stump.

Nishan’s ahead defence appears fairly stable. I really feel like he ought to be forward of Prabath Jayasuriya.

Jayasuriya should not be batting at eight in an Beneath-12s facet.

FOUR! Nishan goes for a minimize and will get it previous Beau Webster (did not know that was attainable) for a boundary.

Lyon ends the over with a dot ball to Asitha Fernando.