Australia v Sri Lanka Test 1 Day 3: Live scores, updates from Galle

The first Test against Sri Lanka is Australia’s to lose with the tourists in a dominant position heading into day three at Galle, follow all the action here live.

Australia has Sri Lanka three down after opener Usman Khawaja’s first double century and a ton on debut by Josh Inglis helped the tourists to 654-6 declared in the first match on Thursday.

Sri Lanka were 44-3 by stumps on day two at Galle with senior batsmen Dinesh Chandimal, on nine, and Kamindu Mendis, on 13, on guard until rain stopped play.

Travis Head, who contributed 57 in the first innings, is the raging hot favourite to cement his matchwinning reputation with his first Allan Border Medal.

Head’s consistency across all formats – especially his sheer domination with the bat in Test cricket – has him likely to storm to victory at next week’s Australian Cricket Awards in a year where there were few other stand outs.

In less than ideal circumstances, Head would be accepting the gong from a hotel room in Sri Lanka where Test players will tap into the medal ceremony in Melbourne on Monday night via video link.

Fast bowlers Josh Hazlewood and Pat Cummins will poll well but in all likelihood missed too much cricket to challenge Head who has taken over David Warner’s mantle as a true all-format superstar.

Head averaged over 42 across all three formats – incredible given more than half his 29 international matches were T20s – and he finishes with three Test centuries and an ODI ton.

The rest of Australia’s batsmen only managed a combined five centuries across the voting period.

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