MELBOURNE, - Australia are not yet a great team but completing a series sweep in Sri Lanka would push them closer, according to spin bowler Nathan Lyon. Australia won the first test by an innings and 242 runs in Galle and will look to wrap up the series 2-0 with another win at the same venue when the second test starts on Thursday.

Australia's biggest Test win in terms of innings came against South Africa in the 2002 Johannesburg Test. A fiery double-hundred from Adam Gilchrist meant the Aussies declared at 652/7 while batting first. Matthew Hayden and Damien Martyn made tons. The hosts were folded for 159 in response as Australia en forced a follow-on.

Australia's stand-in captain Steve Smith hailed his side's resounding innings and 242-run victory over Sri Lanka in Galle on Saturday as "near flawless" after the visitors retained the Warne-Muralitharan Trophy.

(Reuters) -Spin twins Matthew Kuhnemann and Nathan Lyon combined to dismantle Sri Lanka and bowl Australia to a crushing victory by an innings and 242 runs in the opening test in Galle on Saturday. Australia's biggest victory in Asia also ensured they will retain the Warne-Muralitharan Trophy,

Australia take 15 wickets on day four of the first Test in Galle to send Sri Lanka to defeat by an innings and 242 runs.

With a crushing defeat in the first Test of the Warne-Muralitharan Trophy 2025, Sri Lanka's cricketing woes reached a new low. The loss, by an innings and 242 runs against Australia, now stands as the biggest defeat in Sri Lanka's Test history.