Two matches are being played currently, one in Melbourne and the other one in Galle. Australia is playing a Women's Ashes Test against England at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. On the other hand, Australia's men's team is locking horns with Sri Lanka away from home at Galle.
Melbourne: Australia 431/5 to 440 all outGalle: Sri Lanka 156/5 to 165 all outBoth Tests today have had a collapse of 5 wickets for 9 runs ?#SLvAUS | #Ashes pic.twitter.com/J22JEG3CEg — ESPNcricinfo (@ESPNcricinfo) February 1, 2025
It was a day of collapses as Australia was involved in both of them. In one game, they were the victim of the collapse while they were on the other end in another Test.
Australia Women collapse in Ashes Test
In this game, Australia looked good for an even bigger first-innings lead and seemed on track to cross the 500-run mark. However, England's bowlers bounced back with a fine effort to clean up the tail quickly.
Alana King, who had an impressive game with the ball, was found dead in front by Ecclestone as she picked up her fourth wicket. Filer, who had an impressive day with the ball after a dismal showing on the second day, got the big wicket of Beth Mooney for a well-made 106.
Sri Lanka suffer batting collapse
In the other match, Sri Lanka were 156-5 at one stage in reply to Australia's mammoth first-innings score of 654-6. The hosts Sri Lanka were looking to score as much as they could and avoid the follow-on.
With still no runs added to the board, Dinesh Chandimal was found plumb in front as he tried to play a reverse sweep off Nathan Lyon. With still no runs added, Kuhnemann got another wicket in the form of Prabath Jayasuriya. Sri Lanka had lost three wickets without any runs added to their tally.
Nathan Lyon and Matthew Kuhnemann picked up the last two wickets respectively to bundle out Sri Lanka for just 165. As a result, Australia took a massive first-innings lead and also enforced a follow-on.
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