Sri Lanka v Australia 3rd Test, Day 1 – Statistical Highlights

Australia began the final Test of the series strongly as they reduced the hosts to 26/5 only before Dhananjaya de Silva and Dinesh Chandimal’s resistance gave them a fair advantage towards the end of the day. The pair put on a record-breaking unbeaten 188 runs stand for the 6th wicket. Dhananjaya de Silva scored his maiden Test century while Chandimal scored a gritty 64. Here we look at all the stats and records recorded during the day’s play.

2 – Dhananjaya de Silva is now only the 2nd Sri Lankan to score a century while batting at No.7 or lower against Australia in Tests. Romesh Kaluwitharana scored in 1992.

3 – De Silva is now only the 3rd player to score a century while batting at No.7 coming in with the team score of less than 30 runs in Tests.

4 – Dhananjaya de Silva’s fifty plus score while batting at No.7 coming in with the team score less than 50 runs is only the 4th instance for Sri Lanka in Tests.

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12 – For the 12th consecutive instance, opening stand in Tests in Sri Lanka ended in single digits.

26 – Score at which Sri Lanka lost half their side. Only once they lost to a lower score. They were 18/5 vs New Zealand at Kandy in 1984.

188* – 6th wicket stand between de Silva and Chandimal is now the highest stand for the 6th wicket in Tests which started at a score of less than 30.

1952 – Last and only time before this game, a century stand was recorded for the 6th wicket with a score of 26/5 or lower was in 1952 by Indian pair V Hazare and D Phadkar vs England at Leeds.

2001 – Last time Sri Lanka lost after electing to bat at Colombo (SSC) in Tests and ended up on losing side. Since then they chose to bat first on 9 occasions and ended up winning 6 times.

2006 – Last time before Dhananjaya de Silva, a no.7 came to bat with team score less than 50 and scored a century in Tests was Kamran Akmal vs India in 2006.