When you come to Galle, beware of the ‘Galle’dozer. 18 innings with the ball in Tests here and 9 of them have resulted in 5-fors. 79 of his 115 Test wickets have come at this venue at an average of 23.93 and a strike rate of 47.4. That means, he roughly takes a wicket here every 8 overs. And normally, once he takes one, he takes the rest pretty quickly. It was a bit of a difficult ask this time, as after taking the first one in his first over, he had to wait for a long time for his second. But once he got that second, he just dozed the Aussies away. He was well supported by Nishan Peiris, who bounced back well after a difficult opening Test. And towards the end, Ramesh Mendis got a couple for his efforts, with the scorecard not doing justification to his hard work.
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