Herath had tormented Australia in the first Test at Pallekele, exposing their vulnerability against spin bowling and claiming nine wickets in Sri Lanka's 106-run victory. The architect of Sri Lanka's Pallekele win and their top-scorer in the first innings, however, made only seven runs before Starc (6-50) sent him back. The dramatic day began with Australia resuming on 54-2 before being 106 all out to concede a 175-run first innings lead. Former paceman Nuwan Zoysa was the first Sri Lankan to achieve the feat, against Zimbabwe in a 1999 match in Harare. Australia's struggle against spin was obvious in the second innings as well as the tourists slumped to 25-3 at stumps.

Source: India Today August 05, 2016 13:18 UTC