Galle

Australia off-spinner Nathan Lyon joined the league of top-10 Test wicket-takers in the world as Pat Cummins-led tourists routed Sri Lanka by 10 wickets in the first match at the Galle International Stadium on Friday.

The 34-year-old Lyon took four wickets as Sri Lanka was bundled out for 113 in the second innings leaving Australia with the task of scoring just five runs for victory. The visitors completed the formality in only the fourth ball of the first over.

Meanwhile, Lyon moved into outright 10th on the all-time Test wicket-takers list and joined the likes of Sri Lanka's Muttiah Muralitharan, India's Anil Kumble and Ravichandran Ashwin and the late Australian spin legend Shane Warne.

Lyon took a total of nine wickets across the two innings in the opening Test. The Australian now has 436 Test wickets, only three behind former South Africa fast bowler Dale Steyn and six behind India spinner Ravichandran Ashwin.

Backing up his 5/90 on day one after Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat, Lyon was equally devastating on day three, as the hosts' plan to counter-attack backfired.

Dimuth Karunaratne's side could only bat 22.5 overs in their second innings, the shortest completed innings in their Test history, as Lyon claimed four scalps.

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This was Australia’s first test win at Galle.  The two teams will meet again at the same venue on July 8 for the second Test.