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Aus rout Lanka, win 1st Test by 10-wkts

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Galle, July 1: Spinners Travis Head and Nathan Lyon took four wickets each to give Australia a 10-wicket win over Sri Lanka in the first session on the third day of the first Test on Friday.
Opting to bat first after winning the toss, Sri Lanka made 212 in its first innings.
Australia was still batting in its first innings when play resumed on the third day on 313/8 and fast bowler Asitha Fernando bowled Pat Cummins (26) with a yorker. Fernando later sent an in-swinger to bowl Mitchell Swepson (1) to end Australia’s first innings at 321, conceding a 109-run first-innings lead.
Sri Lanka made only 113 runs in its second innings leaving Australia five runs to win and David Warner finished the match in four balls.
Head, bowling his part-time off spinners, took four wickets in the space of 17 deliveries to return 4/10. He had not taken a wicket in the 26 previous Test matches.
Lyon continued his good form, taking 5/90 in the first innings to return 4/31 in the second. He is now placed 10th on the list of all time highest wicket takers in Test cricket with 436 wickets, passing big names like New Zealand’s Richard Hadlee (431), Sri Lanka’s Rangana Herath (433) and India’s Kapil Dev (434) during the Test match. (AP)

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