Dimuth Karunaratne strode to the crease to start his 100th and last test match after Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat against Australia.

Left-arm spinning allrounder Cooper Connolly will make his Test debut for Australia on a dry surface expected to produce significant turn as Sri Lanka captain Dhananjaya de Silva won the toss and elected to bat in the second Test in Galle.

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Dinesh Chandimal has scored an unbeaten 63 as Sri Lanka struggled to 136-5 at lunch on Day 3 in reply to Australia's imposing first innings of 654 in the first cricket test.

Australia are not yet a great team but completing a series sweep in Sri Lanka would push them closer, according to spin bowler Nathan Lyon.

Australia wrapped up the first test against Sri Lanka with a session and a day to spare, handing the hosts their biggest defeat in test cricket.

Ahead of the second Test against Australia at Galle, former Australian captain Tim Paine said that he does not see Lankan Lions coming any close to the visitors on any surface. The second Test between Sri Lanka and Australia will take place at Galle from February 6 onwards.

Australia expect they will need to go big on spin to win again as the team flags a "really good" wicket for the second match of the Sri Lanka series.