Live: Sri Lanka vs Australia in Galle
Australia explains ‘incredibly tough’ Murphy axing
Todd Murphy was the unlucky man to be dropped ahead of the second Test.
Australia’s bowling coach Daniel Vettori has explained why the off-spinner made way for debutant Cooper Connolly.
A look at what happened on day one
Sri Lanka reached stumps on 9-228 with Kusal Mendis unbeaten on 59.
Mendis was the second Sri Lankan to post a half-century after Dinesh Chandimal scored a classy 74.
For Australia, Mitchell Starc and Nathan Lyon took three wickets apiece, while Matthew Kuhnemann took two.
Here’s yesterday’s live blog if you want to get up to speed.
Welcome!
Good afternoon everyone and welcome to ABC Sport’s live coverage of the second Test between Sri Lanka and Australia.
It’s day two in Galle as Sri Lanka looks to add as many runs as possible with the final pair of Kusal Mendis and Lahiru Kumara out there together.
Australia will be hoping to wrap things up early so its opening pair of Usman Khawaja and Travis Head can get out there and get firing.
Join myself and Jon Healy as we bring you all the action.
