Australia National Cricket Team achieved the feat during the ongoing first Test of the two-match series against the Sri Lanka National Cricket Team. The opening game between the teams is taking place at the Galle International Stadium in Galle, which witnessed a festival of runs.
But after that, it was Usman Khawaja and Steve Smith who stole the limelight and played magnificently. The duo were all over the Sri Lanka National Cricket Team bowlers and made them look clueless as they added 266 runs partnership to put their team at the top position.
Josh Inglis slammed 102 runs off 94 balls before Alex Carey (46*) played a vital hand as well. Beau Webster (23) and Mitchell Starc (19*) also contributed as Australia National Cricket Team posted a total of 654 runs on the board before Steve Smith declared the innings.
Australia register their highest Test score in Tests in Asia, surpassing their last score of 617 runs
Australia's highest Test score in Asia:
617/10 : vs Pakistan, Faisalabad (1980)
581/4d : vs Bangladesh, Chattogram (2006)
Australia's highest Test score in Asia:632/6* : vs ??, Galle (2025)*617/10 : vs ??, Faisalabad (1980)599/4d : vs ??, Peshawar (1998)581/4d : vs ??, Chattogram (2006)577/10 : vs ??, Delhi (2008) pic.twitter.com/fpSGjsRvHX
— All Cricket Records (@Cric_records45) January 30, 2025
Australia post the second-highest Test score by a visiting team in Sri Lanka
This was also the second-highest Test score by a visiting team in Sri Lanka. They are below India National Cricket Team, who have the highest score by visiting team, as they posted 707 runs in 2010.
707/10 - India, Colombo 2010
638/10 - Bangladesh, Galle 2013
600/8d - Pakistan, Galle 2000
— All Cricket Records (@Cric_records45) January 30, 2025
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