Galle Test: Australia bundle Sri Lanka on 105

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Galle Test: Australia bundle Sri Lanka on 105

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Off-spinner Nathan Lyon overcame nerves and inexperience to claim a five-wicket haul on debut.

01 September,2011 09:10 pm

On a remarkable second day where 16 wickets fell, Lyon claimed 5-34 - including a wicket off his first ball in Test cricket - as Australia took a near unbeatable position in the match.The tourists dismissed Sri Lanka for just 105 in their first innings and by stumps were 115-6 to be 283 runs ahead with four second innings wickets remaining.Lyon stole the show in just his sixth first class outing, completing a rise from Adelaide Oval groundsman to Test star inside a year and recording the best figures by an Australian bowler on debut since Jason Krejzas 8-215 in Nagpur in 2008.His dream day started when he dismissed Kumar Sangakkara (10) with his first delivery, in the process becoming the second Australian in Test history to achieve the feat alongside 19th century player Arthur Coningham.That success made him the second debutant to claim a wicket in his first over of Test cricket in the day after lanky NSW paceman Trent Copeland (1-24) had earlier removed Sri Lanka captain Tillakaratne Dilshan (4) with his second delivery.Shane Watsons (3-11) triple LBW strike following lunch destroyed the middle-order before Lyon returned to mop up the tail, ending a Sri Lankan collapse of 7-18 with an athletic caught and bowled that also delivered his five-for.