Sri Lanka vs Australia..Live Score Updates on Test Day

Steve Smith of Australia celebrates after scoring his ten thousandth run during the first day of the first Test match of the series between Sri Lanka and Australia at the Galle International Stadium on January 29, 2025, in Galle, Sri Lanka

, as Steve Smith recorded his 10,000th Test goal to put him in the Elite Cricket Company, Australia were 145-2 after winning the toss and batting on Wednesday (January 29, 2025) in the first Test against Sri Lanka. Smith needed just one run on Wednesday to achieve the milestone, and it was 2 not out at lunch alongside opener Usman Khawaja, who was unbeaten on 65 in Sydney earlier this month.

Smith became the 15th player in Test cricket, and the fourth Australian, to score 10,000 runs in a career. He brought up the landmark on his first delivery, skipped the wicket and punched one to midwicket. Ricky Ponting (13,378), Allan Border (11,174), and Steve Waugh (10,927) are other Australian batsmen to have scored 10,000 runs in a Test. Sachin Tendulkar is the all-time leading Test run scorer with 15,921 runs.

Earlier, Khawaja and Travis Head made the most of the spin-friendly conditions in Galle, where they struck half-centuries.

On a surface expected to favour spinners, Australia's batsmen faced up to the challenge, finding boundaries regularly and forcing Sri Lanka to spread the field. Head, in particular, was in punishing mood, hitting a half-century in just 35 balls, leaving Sri Lanka scrambling for answers. Smith captains the Australian side in the absence of Pat Cummins, who is on paternity leave. Australia recently won a five-Test series against India in Australia which set up a World Test Championship final against South Africa at Lord's in June.