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Sri Lanka They are all established as accommodation Australia For a series of 2 games, scheduled to start on January 29 in Galle. The islanders are entering the battle of tests with some recent setbacks, having lost 0-2 on their previous tour of South Africa. Sri Lanka’s team will seek to recover strongly at home, but face a difficult challenge in the form of visitors, Australia.
Australia, on the other hand, enters this series thoroughly of a dominant performance against Indiawhere they won the Border-Gavavar Trophy 3-1, showing their formidable force in the longest format. With the two teams coming out of different results, this series promises to be an exciting contest.
Steve Smith confirms Australia’s opening couple
Before the first test, Australian Captain Steve Smith He has confirmed the pair of openings. While Usman Khawaja was somehow an obvious option, the problem was the ideal partner for Khawaja. Smith, however, confirmed the pair of khawaja openings and attacking Batter Travis Head.
Smith highlighted Head’s impressive performances in India, where he handled the new ball well, even put the spinners under pressure with their aggressive approach.
“Trav (Travis Head) will go to the top, out of that, I think it will be quite stable. He did it very well in India against the new ball. He put the spinners under pressure immediately, and we know how well it also reaches the seam if they come with that. It will be very fun to see it “, Smith said before the first test.
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Smith remains with tight lips on the full game XI
While Smith was clear about the pair of openings, he decided not to reveal the full game for the game. The Australian captain emphasized that the team’s management will evaluate the conditions closely before making the final decisions.
“We will wait and see what we get, probably the morning of the game, and then we will go from there. But things can change quite fast, this part of the world, the sun has not come out much. Then, we will take another look at the wickt, and then from there, we will name a team in Toss. “ Smith added.
