After reaching the landmark of 10,000 runs in the first ball of his knock, Steve Smith went on to smash a century as Australia scored 330/2 on the opening day.
The rainy weather conditions have given Australia a selection problem for the opening test against Sri Lanka starting Wednesday, although one thing seems certain: Travis Head will open the batting.
The Australia U19s have gone down to Sri Lanka in their first loss of the T20 World Cup On the same day Australia’s Steve Smith passed 10K Test runs with a century against Sri Lanka, Australia’s U19s went down to Sri Lanka in the ICC U19 Women’s T20 World Cup.
Inglis, the Western Australia wicketkeeper and a noted player of spin, will replace Head at No. 5 and play as a specialist batter. He is Australia's first choice wicketkeeper in T20I and ODI cricket, having recently captained the team in both formats, and has scored 363 runs at an average of 72.6 in this season's Sheffield Shield.
Here is the live streaming information and squads ahead of the first Test between Sri Lanka and Australia, which begins from January 29 in Galle.
Australia's Test series in Sri Lanka often seem to have a touch of the dramatic about them. Last time Australia were in Galle, Sri Lanka saw the greatest mass protests in the country's history, while the teams battled out a 1-1 series. In 2016, Australia had nosedived spectacularly against spin, Rangana Herath gobbling up their top order en masse.