Unbeaten centuries for Steve Smith and Alex Carey have put Australia on course for a series whitewash of Sri Lanka after the second day of the second Test in Galle.
On a dusty wicket tipped to soon become very tricky for the batsmen, Smith (120 not out from 239 balls) and Carey (139 not out from 156) forged a potentially match-winning 239-run stand that ripped momentum back in Australia’s favour.
But Sri Lanka simply had no answers to Smith and Carey, and almost appeared to give up on setting attacking fields when it became clear the duo would chase their lead down.
Carey brought up his second Test century sweeping a struggling Prabath Jayasuriya (1-107) between the fielders for a four past square leg.
It was vintage Smith this time, the straight-laced captain bringing out his favourite cover drive and even trying his hand at the reverse sweep for one four off Ramesh Mendis (0-70).
