Dimuth Karunaratne strode to the crease to start his 100th and last test match after Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat against Australia.

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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.

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 will play host to Australia in a two-match series. They suffered a serious defeat against the visitor, who gave a masterclass performance and outplayed them in all sections. Team Australia won the match by innings and 242 runs.

Australia are not yet a great team but completing a series sweep in Sri Lanka would push them closer, according to spin bowler Nathan Lyon.

Ahead of the second Test against Australia at Galle, former Australian captain Tim Paine said that he does not see Lankan Lions coming any close to the visitors on any surface. The second Test between Sri Lanka and Australia will take place at Galle from February 6 onwards.

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.

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