David Warner made a magical catch on the first day of the first Test against Sri Lanka
Reflexes
- David Warner caught Karunaratne’s shocking catch with one hand
- Australia eliminates Sri Lanka by 212 on the first day of the Galle Test
- Spinner Nathan Lyon took five wickets
After losing the ODI series against Sri Lanka 2-3, Australia started the Test series strong. On the first day of the first test of the series which was held in Galle, the Kangaroo team swamped the hosts with just 212 runs. In this match the Australian spinners performed well as expected. Leg-spinning veteran Nathan Lyon took the 20th five-wicket haul of his career, while Mitchell Swepson took three wickets. Together these two spin bowlers took eight wickets for Sri Lanka. David Warner was the player who completely pushed Sri Lanka early in the second session amid brilliant performances from the spinners.
Sri Lanka hit by charismatic catch from Warner
The bowler of each opposing team makes captain Dimuth Karunaratne’s wicket his first target in the test match against Sri Lanka. His biggest goal was to send Karunaratne to the Australian national team pavilion as well. At the end of the first session, the captain of the host team was present at the crease after scoring 25 runs. At the beginning of the second session, there was a LBW appeal against Karunaratne on the Lion ball, he was also out, but caught. The ball touched his bat before hitting the bag and David Warner, standing on the first slide, dove in front and caught his magic one-handed catch.
The Sri Lankan captain came to the pavilion with Warner’s magical catch
Sri Lanka captain Karunaratne had to return to the pavilion after receiving a surprise catch from Warner after scoring 28 of 84 balls. Thereafter, goalkeeper Niroshan Dickwella made a quick 58 from 59 balls, while senior batsman Angelo Mathews contributed 39 runs to take Sri Lanka past 200.
Australia had 3 setbacks until the end of the first day of play
In the first Test of the series, the Kangaroo team had gone 98 from three in 25 overs to the stumps on day one. Warner, Marnus Labuschagne and Steve Smith were cheaply returned to the pavilion, while Usman Khawaja 47 and Travis Head were in the crease for six runs.