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Get the pre-match analysis of the Sri Lanka vs Australia 2nd Test, including playing XI, recent form, head-to-head records, strategy, predictions, and pitch conditions.

Australia are coming off a really strong Test match series victory over India, so they'll be confident of keeping the good times going in Sri Lanka. Of course, playing away from home is always a challenge.

Dinesh Chandimal has scored an unbeaten 63 as Sri Lanka struggled to 136-5 at lunch on Day 3 in reply to Australia's imposing first innings of 654 in the first cricket test.

The surface for the second Test in Galle appears substantially drier than the track used for the first match, which Australia won by a massive margin

Former Sri Lanka test skipper Dimuth Karunaratne will retire from the format after his 100th match, the final test of Sri Lanka's two-test series against Australia in Galle on Thursday.

Sri Lanka opener and former skipper Dimuth Karunaratne is set to retire from international cricket after the second Test against Australia in Galle, starting Thursday, which will be his 100th long format game for his country.

Australia expect they will need to go big on spin to win again as the team flags a "really good" wicket for the second match of the Sri Lanka series.