{"id":29025,"date":"2025-02-07T12:09:18","date_gmt":"2025-02-07T06:39:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uccricket.live\/?p=29025"},"modified":"2025-02-07T12:13:38","modified_gmt":"2025-02-07T06:43:38","slug":"watch-kusal-mendis-and-mathew-kuhnemann-collide-with-each-other-aus-vs-sl-2nd-test-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uccricket.live\/news\/watch-kusal-mendis-and-mathew-kuhnemann-collide-with-each-other-aus-vs-sl-2nd-test-2025-29025\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch: Kusal Mendis and Mathew Kuhnemann Collide with each other &#8211; AUS vs SL 2nd Test 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Kusal Mendis&#8217; herculean effort with the bat helped Sri Lanka to survive against the fiery Australia in the second test of the ongoing series. Kusal along with Ramesh Mendis added a crucial 65 runs to put Sri Lanka in a formidable position after the Lankan Lions opted to bat first.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Apart from Kusal Mendis, Dinesh Chandimal also scored a brilliant half century while kusal ended his day with 85* helping Sri Lanka to get to 224\/9 at the end of day 1. However Sri Lanka got bowled out for 257 in their first innings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mendis was not harmed due to a collision with an Australian left-arm spinner named Matthew Kuhnemann on Day 1, which took place just after Dinesh Chandimal had been dismissed in the 61st over of the innings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ramesh, who was batting at that stage, played the ball toward mid-on. Kusal tried to take a single but collided with Kuhnemann, who was trying to get the ball. Luckily, both of them were back in action afterward without any serious injuries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Bit happening here between Kuhnemann and Kusal Mendis \ud83d\ude05\ud83e\udee3<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SLvAUS?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#SLvAUS<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yDKW2Kiahf\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/yDKW2Kiahf<\/a><\/p>&mdash; 7Cricket (@7Cricket) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/7Cricket\/status\/1887438420663837178?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">February 6, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p>Nathan Lyon and Mitchell Starc produced a prolific performance, having each picked up three wickets on the first day of the Test.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Travis Head was able to add a third to Kuhnemann&#8217;s wicket haul.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kuhnemann was the star in the first Test of this series, where he finished with nine wickets in a huge innings victory that gave Australia a 1-0 lead in the series.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His outstanding performance came after he had recovered from a surgery in Brisbane. At the age of 28, he had injured his right thumb during an innings with the Brisbane Heat in the BBL.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>\u201cI thought he was gone,&#8221; Australia men\u2019s team coach Andrew McDonald said by cricket.com.au. \u201cBut as it got closer to the Test match, he was pretty much a lock three days out. It was a real surprise for me, I don\u2019t know how it works really.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kusal Mendis&#8217; herculean effort with the bat helped Sri Lanka to survive against the fiery Australia in the second test of the ongoing series. Kusal along with Ramesh Mendis added a crucial 65 runs to put Sri Lanka in a formidable position after the Lankan Lions opted to bat first. 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