Australia took 15 wickets on day 4 of the primary Check in Galle to sentence Sri Lanka to their greatest Check defeat by an innings and 242 runs.
Left-arm spinner Matt Kuhnemann took 9 wickets in his first Check for almost two years in a match dominated by the turning ball.
Kuhnemann and Nathan Lyon, who took seven wickets within the match, took the final 5 wickets of the hosts’ first innings for under 9 runs earlier than captain Steve Smith enforced the follow-on.
Trailing by 489 runs, Sri Lanka had been dismissed for 247 with tailender Jeffrey Vandersay offering the principle resistance with a brisk 53.
Resuming at 136-5 after the ultimate two classes of day three had been misplaced to rain, Sri Lanka collapsed to Kuhnemann and Lyon by dropping their final 5 wickets in simply over 4 overs. Dinesh Chandimal fell to Lyon for 72, whereas Kuhnemann, 28, accomplished his second five-wicket haul in his 4 Exams thus far to complete with 5-63.
Sri Lanka shortly misplaced each openers at the beginning of their second innings, with Mitchell Starc trapping Oshada Fernando LBW within the third over whereas off-spinner Todd Murphy, opening the assault, bowled Dimuth Karunaratne for nought.
Chandimal, Angelo Mathews, Kamindu Mendis, captain Dhananjaya de Silva and Kusal Mendis all made a minimum of 30 however couldn’t go on to greater scores.
Kuhnemann and Lyon labored their means by way of Sri Lanka’s batting order, whereas keeper Alex Carey continued his good show behind the wickets along with his third stumping of the match.
Vandersay delayed Australia’s victory with an entertaining innings off 47 deliveries earlier than he sliced Kuhnemann to Starc at level to finish Australia’s big victory.
The second of the two-Check collection begins on the Galle Worldwide Stadium on 6 February.
