Updated On: 27 July, 2016 08:29 AM IST | | AFP
<p>An unbroken stand of 59 between Steve Smith and Usman Khawaja placed Australia in firm command on Day One of the opening Test against Sri Lanka after the hosts were bowled out for just 117 here yesterday</p>

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Pallekele: An unbroken stand of 59 between Steve Smith and Usman Khawaja placed Australia in firm command on Day One of the opening Test against Sri Lanka after the hosts were bowled out for just 117 here yesterday.

Australia's Nathan Lyon (second from left) celebrates the wicket of Sri Lanka’s Dilruwan Perera with teammates in Pallekele yesterday. Pic/AFP