Sri Lanka vs Australia Live Score Updates 1st Test Day 1

SL vs AUS Live Score 1st Test Day 1: Australia have won the toss and opted to bat against Sri Lanka in the first Test of a two-match series in Galle. Josh Inglis is making his debut for Australia, who have recalled spinner Matthew Kuhnemann and Todd Murphy into the playing XI. Beau Webster, who impressed on his debut against India in Sydney earlier this month, also makes the cut with regular skipper Pat Cummins not part of the squad. (Live Scorecard)

Australia XI: Usman Khawaja, Travis Head, Marnus Labuschagne, Steven Smith (capt.), Josh Inglis, Beau Webster, Alex Carey (wk), Mitchell Starc, Mathew Kuhnemann, Nathan Lyon, Todd Murphy

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

1 run.

FOUR! Connects, and connects well!

Just short and wide of the short square leg fielder! Flighted on middle, Khawaja goes for a defensive push, but gets an inside edge that flies past the diving short leg fielder for a run.

On a length on the stumps, Khawaja hangs back and blocks it.

Full and drifting on leg, Khawaja flicks it past mid-wicket for a couple.

SIX! Good shot! Into the slot, on middle, Usman Khawaja steps down and tonks it over mid off for a six.

Flighted delivery on leg, Khawaja defends it to mid-wicket.

Not a bad start to this Test series in Galle, for Australia. They have got a 50-run opening stand in Sri Lanka after 8 years. Of course, that is stretching it a bit too much because they have played only two series in that span. So let's put it this way - the last time they were here, in Sri Lanka, for a Test series, in 4 innings, their highest opening stand