Australia may well have traded short-term gain for long-term pain with Sam Konstas – to win a Test that doesn’t need to be won.

Incessant afternoon rain forced an early end to day three on Friday, with Australia leading by 518 runs and former home ...

Spinner Matthew Kuhnemann has praised Steve Smith for a "genius" move against Sri Lanka but brushed off suggestions the ...

Steve Smith has been labelled a tactical “genius” by Australian spinner Matt Kuhnemann after the stand-in skipper helped set ...

In the past 15 years, Australia has only enforced the follow-on five times, with acting skipper Smith in command for one of those matches, a win over the West Indies in Hobart in 2015. But it may be ...

Dinesh Chandimal’s unbeaten half-century and persistent rain in Galle delayed Australia’s push for victory in the opening ...

After dominating the first two and a half days of the opening Test against Sri Lanka, Australia found itself battling an unexpected adversary — Galle’s unpredictable sub-tropical weather. Despite ...

More storms are forecast on Saturday as Galle’s fickle weather threatens to prevent a crushing Australian victory in the ...

He is one of greatest ever batters and we all know what he did years ago was wrong but some people will never forgive him.

Sri Lanka's Dinesh Chandimal was waging a lone battle on 63 with Australia ahead by 518 runs and tightening their grip on the ...

Australia had Sri Lanka three down after opener Usman Khawaja's first double century and a ton on debut by Josh Inglis helped ...