Today (1st), Sri Lanka had to suffer a humiliating massive defeat by an innings and 242 runs in the first test match of the Vaughan-Murali Cup Test series, which is being held in connection with the Australian team's tour of Sri Lanka, due to the extremely poor batting pattern of the Sri Lankan batsmen.Accordingly, Australia was able to take a 1-0 lead in the 2-match Test series.

Accordingly, this defeat went down in history as Sri Lanka's biggest defeat in Test history. Moreover, this is also the biggest Test match win for the Australians against Sri Lanka.
In this match held at the Galle International Cricket Stadium, Australian captain Stephen Smith won the toss and decided to score first. Accordingly, the Australians suspended their first innings while collecting 654 runs for the loss of 6 wickets in 154 overs.In Test history, this was also the highest number of runs scored by an Australian team in a Test innings in the Asian region. Opening batsman Usman Khawaja scored the first double century of his Test career and scored 232 runs.
Captain Steven Smith scored 141 runs which was Smith's 35th Test century. Josh English, who played his first Test match, scored 102 runs. Alex Carey scored 46 not out, Travis Head 57, Beau Webster 23 and Mitchell Starc 19 not out.While bowling for Sri Lanka, Prabhat Jayasuriya and Geoffrey Vandersay took 3 wickets each.
However, Sri Lanka, who played the first innings, scored 165 runs in 52.2 overs.Dinesh Chandimal, who played an exemplary innings, scored 72 runs in 139 balls when the batsmen collapsed at the other end. Skipper Dhananjaya de Silva scored 22 runs and Kusal Mendis scored 21 runs and none of the other batsmen could even reach the 20 run mark.Matthew Quenman took 5 wickets while bowling for Australia, Nathan Lyon took 3 wickets and Mitchell Starc took 2 wickets.
Accordingly, Sri Lanka had to fight to avoid defeat by an innings 489 runs behind the Australian first innings.In the second innings, in 54.3 overs, Sri Lanka could collect only 247 runs.While all the Sri Lankan batsmen on the familiar Galle pitch were helpless against the Australian spinners like school players, the number 9 batsman Geoffrey Vandersay scored 53 runs.Angelo Mathews scored 41 points, Dinesh Chandimal 31 points, Kamindu Mendis 32 points, Dhananjaya de Silva 39 points and Kusal Mendis 34 points, but it was not enough for Sri Lanka to achieve a respectable defeat.
In the second innings, Matthew Quenman and Nathan Lyon took 4 wickets each and Mitchell Starc and Todd Murphy shared one wicket each.
Opening batsman Usman Khawaja, who scored a double century for Australia, won the Man of the Match award.
Score summary
Australia 1st innings - 654/6 (154) (Usman Khawaja 232, Steven Smith 141, Josh English 102,Travis Head 57, Prabath Jayasuriya 193/3, Jeffrey Vandersay 182/3, Asita Fernando 77/0, Nishan Peiris 189/0)
Sri Lanka 1st innings - 165 (52.2) (Dinesh Chandimal 72, Dhananjaya de Silva 22, Kusal Mendis 21, Kamindu Mendis 15, Matthew Queneman 63/5, Nathan Lyon 57/3, Mitchell Starc 13/2)
Sri Lanka 2nd innings - 247 (54.3) (Jeffrey Vandersay 53, Dinesh Chandimal 31, Angelo Mathews 41, Kamindu Mendis 32, Dhananjaya de Silva 39, Kusal Mendis 34, Matthew Quenman 86/4, Nathan Lyon 78/4, Mitchell Starc 14/1, Todd Murphy 57/1)