Australia hammer hapless Sri Lanka inside four days as records fall in Galle

• Australia 654-6 dec; Sri Lanka 165 and 247 in four days
• Spinners Lyon and Kuhnemann inflict bulk of damage

Australia have recorded their biggest Test win on the subcontinent, trouncing a hapless Sri Lanka by an innings and 242 runs in the series opener in Galle.

Australia took a staggering 15 wickets either side of enforcing the follow-on during day four, wrapping up the series opener by tea. Veteran Nathan Lyon (three for 57, four for 78) and left-arm off-spinner Matthew Kuhnemann (five for 63, four for 86) inflicted the bulk of the damage, the latter barely two weeks after dislocating his thumb playing Big Bash League.

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Source: Cricket - The Guardian