Sri Lanka vs Australia 2nd Test: Australia's star spinner Nathan Lyon made a special record during the first day (6 February) of the second and last Test match being played against Sri Lanka at the Galle International Stadium. On the first day of the match, Lyon took 3 wickets for 78 runs in 30 overs, he took the wickets of opening batsman Pathum Nishanka, Dimuth Karunaratne and Angelo Mathews.

With this, Nathan Lyon has completed his 150 wickets in Asia. He is the first non-Asian bowler to take 150 or more Test wickets in Asia. Shane Warne is at number two in this list, who has taken 127 wickets in Asia.

Most Test wickets by non-Asian bowlers in Asia:

150- Nathan Lyon

127 - Shane Warne

98 - Daniel Vettori

92 - James Anderson

92 - Dale Steyn

Let us tell you that Lyon needs just 1 wicket to complete 550 wickets in Test cricket. He has taken 549 wickets in 252 innings of 136 Test matches. Till now only Shane Warne and Glenn McGrath have achieved this feat for Australia.

It is worth noting that Sri Lanka, who won the toss and came to bat first, have scored 229 runs at the loss of 9 wickets in the first innings till the end of the first day. For the host team, Dinesh Chandimal has scored 74 runs in 163 balls and Kusal Mendis has scored an unbeaten 59 runs in 107 balls.

For Australia, apart from Lyon, Mitchell Starc took 3 wickets, Matthew Kuhnemann took 2 wickets and Travis Head took 1 wicket.

Teams

Sri Lanka Playing XI: Dimuth Karunaratne, Pathum Nissanka, Dinesh Chandimal, Angelo Mathews, Kamindu Mendis, Dhananjaya de Silva (captain), Kusal Mendis (wicketkeeper), Ramesh Mendis, Prabhat Jayasuriya, Nishan Peiris, Lahiru Kumara.

Australia Playing XI: Usman Khawaja, Travis Head, Marnus Labuschagne, Steve Smith, Josh Inglis, Alex Carey (wicketkeeper), Beau Webster, Cooper Connolly, Mitch Starc, Nathan Lyon, Matt Kuhnemann.