Left-arm spinner Prabath Jayasuriya picked up the fourth-best figures in the history of test match cricket by a debutant to back up Dinesh Chandimal's first double hundred as Sri Lanka beat Australia by an innings and 39 runs.

Australia lost nine wickets in a dramatic last session to lose the game with a day to spare. It was Sri Lanka's first win by an innings against Australia since they first met in 1983. Australia had conceded a first-innings lead of 190 and its openers did well to add 49 runs for the first wicket before Ramesh Mendis made the breakthrough by dismissing David Warner (24). Jayasuriya then ran through the middle order. A late replacement after the Sri Lankan camp was hit by several cases of Covid-19, Jayasuriya bowled with impeccable control pitching to perfect lengths to hamper the Australian batsmen.