Sri Lanka vs Australia, 1st Test Live Updates (Sri Lanka National Cricket Team vs Australia National Cricket Team): Australia captain Steve Smith won the toss and opted to bat first against Sri Lanka. The tourists have given debut to Josh Inglis. In the context of the ICC World Test Championship, the series has been reduced to a dead rubber with Australia already qualifying for the final alongside South Africa. However, the WTC title holders haven’t won a Test series in Sri Lanka in 14 years and would want to end that wait.

SL vs AUS Playing XIs for 1st Test

Australia: Usman Khawaja, Travis Head, Marnus Labuschagne, Steven Smith (captain), Josh Inglis, Beau Webster, Alex Carey (wicketkeeper), Mitchell Starc, Matthew Kuhnemann, Nathan Lyon, Todd Murphy

Sri Lanka: Dimuth Karunaratne, Oshada Fernando, Dinesh Chandimal, Angelo Mathews, Kamindu Mendis, Dhananjaya de Silva (captain), Kusal Mendis (wicketkeeper), Prabath Jayasuriya, Nishan Peiris, Jeffrey Vandersay, Asitha Fernando