Australia's Mitchell Starc and Nathan Lyon claimed three wickets apiece but Kusal Mendis' battling half-century salvaged a difficult day one for Sri Lanka as they reached 229-9 in the second Test ...

Kusal (59) and Lahiru Kumara (0) remained at the crease at stumps. Stand-in captain Steve Smith had a large part to play in Australia's effectiveness with the ball and made a couple of inspired ...

Feb 6 (Reuters) - Australia's Mitchell Starc and Nathan Lyon claimed three wickets apiece but Kusal Mendis' battling half-century salvaged a difficult day one for Sri Lanka as they reached 229-9 ...

IMAGE: Kusal Mendis celebrates his half-century during Day 1 of the second Test against Sri Lanka on Thursday. Photograph: ICC/X Australia's Mitchell Starc and Nathan Lyon claimed three wickets ...

Kusal Mendis held together the Sri Lankan innings with a gritty unbeaten 59 (ESPN Cricinfo Photo) By the end of 90 overs, the second Test was intriguingly poised after several shifts of momentum.

Australia 414 (Carey 156, Smith 131, Jayasuriya 5-151) and 75 for 1 (Khawaja 27*, Labuschagne 26*) beat Sri Lanka 257 (Kusal 85, Chandimal 74, Starc 3-37) & 231 (Mathews 76, Kusal 50, Kuhnemann 4 ...

Sri Lanka suffered an early collapse on day one of their second Test against Australia but steadied the ship late as Kusal Mendis kept the hosts on track. (More Cricket News) Having suffered their ...

Sri Lanka’s lower-order resurgence has given the hosts a glimmer of hope in the second Test of the Warne-Muralitharan Trophy, with Kusal Mendis’ half-century frustrating the Australians on day ...

But Kusal Mendis and Ramesh Mendis combined for a seventh-wicket partnership of 65 to lift Sri Lanka to what might just be a competitive first innings total. Karunaratne: 'Series win in SA 2019 ...