Starc, Lyon leave Sri Lanka in tatters

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Lunch Sri Lanka 55 for 5 (De Silva 23*, Chandimal 7*, Starc 3-10) v AustraliaLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details

Mitchell Starc and Nathan Lyon left Sri Lanka in a sizeable hole on the first morning in Colombo, where the home side went to lunch at 55 for 5 after Angelo Mathews chose to bat. Aiming for a historic whitewash after sealing the series in Galle, Sri Lanka struggled on a dry surface and at the break were relying on Dhananjaya de Silva, who was on 23, and Dinesh Chandimal, who had 7.

Starc had picked up 3 for 10 and Lyon had 2 for 21, and Kusal Perera (16) was the only one of the dismissed batsmen who had reached double figures. Australia had made two big changes, dropping Joe Burns and Usman Khawaja for Shaun Marsh and Moises Henriques, but by lunch neither Henriques nor the other seaming …

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