Australia beat Sri Lanka

Australia beat Sri LankaAustralia beat Sri Lanka
Pix by AP

Australia beat Sri Lanka by 137 runs in the first test match played in Hobart, Australia.

The Australians scored 450 and 278 runs with Sri Lanka succumbing to a potent fast bowling attack to 336 and 255 runs respectively.

Peter Siddle was named as the man of the match after a match bag of 9 wickets. Australia lead the 3 match series 1-0.