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Match details

Australia vs Sri Lanka, 2nd Test – Sri Lanka tour of Australia, 2019

1-5 February 2019, 5:00 am IST

Manuka Oval, Canberra

Venue:

Ø  The Manuka Oval in Australia’s capital city of Canberra will become just the 11th Test venue in the nation’s history when the hosts take on Sri Lanka in the second and final Test of the series, starting on Friday.

Ø  The history in 50-over cricket at the venue paints a similar picture, with the average first innings score in 9 ODIs here being 310. But the five-day format is an altogether different story, and it will be interesting to see how the first Test at the venue plays out.

Preview

2018 was a very bad year for Australian cricket with just three Test wins – its fewest in a calendar year since 1996. In fact, the team won only 15 of 41 completed fixtures across all formats last year.

Despite Australia’s poor run of form, it was hardly a surprise to see Tim Paine’s side win the series opener at the Gabba by a comprehensive margin of an innings and 40 runs, given Sri Lanka’s woeful record Down Under.

The visitors are yet to win a Test match in Australia, and the chances of that record changing at Canberra are slim. Injuries have not helped their cause either with seamers Nuwan Pradeep, Lahiru Kumara and Dushmantha Chameera out of action.

The hosts will start as strong favourites yet again and the Australian batsmen will be especially keen to avoid the unwanted record of going through a summer of three or more Tests without a century for the first time since 1882-83.

Head to Head

Total Matches – 30

Australia – 18 (60%)

Sri Lanka – 4 (13.33%)

Draw – 8 (26.67%)

Form (Most recent to oldest)

Australia – W D L W L (average form)

Sri Lanka – L L D L L (poor form)

Last match’s playing XI and possible changes

Australia

Tim Paine (c & wk), Usman Khawaja, Mitchell Starc, Marcus Harris, Nathan Lyon, Pat Cummins, Joe Burns, Kurtis Patterson, Travis Head, Marnus Labuschagne, Jhye Richardson

Possible changes: None

Sri Lanka

Dilruwan Perera, Suranga Lakmal, Lahiru Thirimanne, Dinesh Chandimal (c), Dhananjaya de Silva, Niroshan Dickwella (wk), Dimuth Karunaratne, Dushmantha Chameera, Roshen Silva, Kusal Mendis, Lahiru Kumara

Possible changes: Injuries mean that Lahiru Kumara and Dushmantha Chameera will not be available for selection and their place in the playing XI is likely to be taken by Kasun Rajitha and Lakshan Sandakan.

Ø  Kusal Perera is also likely to feature in place of Roshen Silva.

Squad:

Australia Squad:

Tim Paine(c), Joe Burns, Pat Cummins, Marcus Harris, Travis Head, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Nathan Lyon, Will Pucovski, Matt Renshaw, Mitchell Starc, Peter Siddle, Jhye Richardson, Kurtis Patterson, Marcus Stoinis

Sri Lanka Squad:

Dinesh Chandimal(c), Kusal Mendis, Dhananjaya de Silva, Roshen Silva, Niroshan Dickwella, Kusal Perera, Lahiru Thirimanne, Sadeera Samarawickrama, Dilruwan Perera, Lakshan Sandakan, Suranga Lakmal, Kasun Rajitha, Lahiru Kumara, Dimuth Karunaratne, Dushmantha Chameera, Vishwa Fernando, Chamika Karunaratne

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