AUS vs SL 1st Test: After winning the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25 against India (TEAM India), Australia is on a visit to Sri Lanka for the bilateral series (Test and ODI). The first match of the two -match Test series between the two countries is being played at Galle’s Galle International Stadium. Today, Australian wicketkeeper batsman Josh England played a great innings of 102 runs, playing the first match of his Test career on the second day of the match. With this, Josh made a 21 -year -old Dwayne Smith’s record of scoring the fastest century while making his Test debut.
Let us know that in the first match, the Sri Lankan bowlers have been completely battered in front of the batsmen of the Kangaroo team. In the first day’s game, where Usman Khwaja and Steve Smith saw a century innings, Iglis, who came to bat on number-5, completed his century on the second day. The player along with Usman Khwaja shared a 146 -run partnership in 172 balls. Illis was dismissed by scoring 102 runs in 94 balls. 10 fours and 1 six came out of his bat. With this, he has become the 21st Australian and 118th player in the world to score a century in his debut Test.
Second fastest century in debut test
The Batsman has also become the second fastest century in the Iglis debut Test. He completed a century in 90 balls. The first place in the list is former Indian team opener Shikhar Dhawan. He scored a century in just 85 balls in his first Test match against Australia in 2013. Dwayne Smith of West Indies is third in this list. He scored a century in 93 balls against South Africa cricket team.
England’s cricket career
Let us know that Iglis has played 59 first class matches. In these 97 innings, he has scored more than 3,000 runs with an average of over 36. During this time, 8 centuries and 12 half -centuries have been scored from his bat. His best score has been 153*. The Iglis has played 26 ODIs and 29 T20 matches for the Kangaroo team. In ODIs, he has scored 521 runs at an average of 23.68. In T20, he has scored 706 runs at an average of 30.69 in T20.
What happened in the match?
The Kangaroos scored 654 for 6 wickets thanks to Osman Khwaja (232), Travis Head (57), Steve Smith (141) and Josh England (102) in the first Test against Sri Lanka. After this, till the end of the second day’s play, host Sri Lanka’s 3 wickets took just 44 runs. In this way, the hosts are now under threat of follow -on.
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