Report Khawaja brings up maiden double-century as Australia cross 450 Australia continued to build a formidable first innings total on day two against a hapless Sri Lanka Tristan Lavalette 30-Jan-2025 • 29 mins ago Usman Khawaja celebrates his double-century • Getty Images {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"ImageObject","contentUrl":"https://img1.hscicdn.
com/image/upload/f_auto/lsci/db/PICTURES/CMS/395700/395717.4.jpg","caption":"Usman Khawaja celebrates his double-century"} Australia 475 for 3 (Khawaja 204*, Smith 141, Head 57, Inglis 44*, Vandersay 2-131) vs Sri Lanka Opener Usman Khawaja celebrated his maiden Test double century as Australia continued to build a formidable first innings total on day two against a hapless Sri Lanka in the opening Test in Galle.
Khawaja reached lunch on 204 not out, while debutant Josh Inglis cruised to 44 at a run-a-ball pace to strengthen Australia's position. Khawaja also notched his highest Test score, overtaking his 195 not out against South Africa at the SCG in 2023 when rain forced an Australia declaration. Khawaja and stand-in captain Steven Smith have been the fulcrum of what will be a massive Australia first innings, combining for a 266-run partnership.
They added 71 runs on day two before Smith fell lbw for 141 to legspinner Jeffrey Vandersay, Sri Lanka's most threatening bowler. Smith added 37 runs to his overnight tally after a momentous opening day where he became the fourth Australian to reach 10,000 Test runs en ro.
