Sri Lanka vs Australia second Test: How to watch? When does play start in Galle?

The second and final Test match between Australia and Sri Lanka began this afternoon in Galle, less than a week after the first Test concluded at the same venue. Australia, having won the first match, has already secured the Warne-Muralitharan Trophy, but they will be striving to win their first Test series in Sri Lanka since 2011 with a win or draw in the second match.

The second Test started at 10am local time in Galle. ABC Sport will be live blogging every ball from Galle on abc.net.au/sport. The team will also be providing live commentary on digital radio, the ABC Listen app and on the ABC Sport website. Channel Seven will be broadcasting the entire series on its main channel and 7mate, as well as through the 7plus app. Foxtel and Kayo will not be providing broadcasts.

In the first Test, Australia was completely dominant, with Usman Khawaja scoring his maiden double-century in the first innings. Supported by centuries from Steve Smith and debutant Josh Inglis, Australia posted 6-654 after winning the toss and batting first, before dismissing Sri Lanka for totals of 165 and 247. This was Sri Lanka's biggest Test defeat and was completed inside four days, despite much of day three being lost to rain.

Steve Smith will captain the side again, as Pat Cummins has decided to remain at home for the birth of his second child. Promising young player Sam Konstas has been released from the squad to return to Australia for Sheffield Shield cricket after Travis Head was promoted up the batting order in Galle, where he scored 57 off 40 balls in the opening match. The Australian team expects the pitch to potentially offer even more spin than the successful series opener, where left-arm spinner Matt Kuhnemann took the most wickets of all bowlers.

Smith indicated that the Australian team would stick with roughly the same batting lineup for the second Test, with changes to the top six "unlikely". But from a bowling perspective, Smith said "all options are on the table," suggesting a potential debut for Cooper Connolly. "We'll delay that until the last minute, but we've got resources here if we need them," Smith said. Connolly is the only other left-arm option in the squad, and he bowled a considerable amount in the nets earlier this week, despite not having taken any first-class wickets in his career.