Prabhat Jayasuriya Took 6 Wickets In The Debut Test
Prabhat Jayasuriya took 6 wickets in the debut test, and Steve Smith could not complete 150 runs: SL vs AUS.
Left-arm spinner Prabhat Jayasuriya has made a great debut in Test cricket. On the second day of the second Test between Sri Lanka and Australia (SL vs AUS), Jayasuriya took 5 wickets on Saturday.
He took a total of 6 wickets in the innings. Meanwhile, Steve Smith remained unbeaten on 145. He could not reach 150 runs. Australia’s team got out after scoring 364 runs in 110 overs in the first innings.
Apart from Smith, Marnus Labuschagne also scored a century. Smith had a chance to reach the score of 150 after 31 innings. But he did not get the support of the lower-order batsmen.
Kangaroo team is ahead 1-0 in the 2-match series. Australia’s team also remains at number 1 on the points table of the World Test Championship.
On the second day of the match, Australia started playing 298 for 5 in the first innings. Steve Smith and Alex Carey took the score to 329 runs.
Carey became the victim of Jayasuriya after scoring 28 off 61 balls. After this Mitchell Starc (1), Pat Cummins (5), and Nayan Lion (5) could not play big innings.
In this way, the score became 345 for 9 wickets. Smith was playing 133 runs when the 9th wicket fell. Mitchell Swepson was dismissed as the last wicket after scoring 3 runs.
Smith stood till the end after scoring 145 runs off 262 balls. Hit 16 fours. Labuschagne scored 104 runs.
Good performance in first class.
30-year-old Prabhat Jayasuriya’s record is excellent in first class. That’s why he got a chance on the Test team. Before this match, he has taken 234 wickets at an average of 26 in 62 first-class matches.
7 wickets for 26 runs is his best performance. He has achieved the feat of taking 5 wickets 15 times and 17 times.
Apart from this, he has also scored 826 runs with the help of 2 half-centuries. Has played the biggest innings of 81 runs.
Prabhat got a chance to play 2 ODIs for Sri Lanka in 2018, but he could not take a single wicket.
After 4 years, he got a chance to play international cricket again for Sri Lanka. So they would like to take advantage of it.
