Test cricket LIVE: Connolly set for shock debut as Sri Lanka win the toss and bat in second Test
Australia will start in the field in Galle, with Sri Lankan skipper Dhanajaya De Silva winning the toss and electing to bat. Good toss to win for the home side, who watched Australia plunder 654 runs in their only innings of the last the match.
Here are the final teams for the second Test. Jeffrey Vandersay has been dropped after taking 3-182 and making score of four and 53 in the first Test.
First ball is at 3.30pm AEDT.
Australia XI: Usman Khawaja, Travis Head, Marnus Labuschagne, Steve Smith (c), Josh Inglis, Alex Carey, Beau Webster, Cooper Connolly, Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Matthew Kuhnemann.
Sri Lanka XI: Dimuth Karunaratne, Pathum Nissanka, Dinesh Chandimal, Angelo Mathews, Kamindu Mendis, Dhanajaya De Silva (c), Kusal Mendis, Ramesh Mendis, Prabath Jaysuriya, Nishan Peiris, Lahiru Kumara.
Cooper Connolly of Australia is presented with his cap by Simon Katich. Credit: Getty Images
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