GALLE, Sri Lanka – Usman Khawaja da Steve Smith sun yi nasarar zura kwallaye marasa cin karo a wasan gwajin farko na Australia da Sri Lanka a Galle, inda suka kai Australia zuwa 330-2 bayan sun ci zura a farkon wasan.
Khawaja ya zura kwallo 147 ba tare da an ci shi ba, yayin da Smith ya kammala da 104 ba tare da an ci shi ba, inda suka taimaka wa Australia su sami rinjaye a wasan. Travis Head ya fara wasan da sauri, inda ya zura kwallo 57 daga kwallo 40 kafin ya fice, amma Khawaja da Smith sun ci gaba da kare gida, inda suka nuna basirarsu ta musamman a kan filin wasa mai saukin kwallo.
Khawaja ya yi amfani da dabarar ‘reverse sweep’ sosai, yayin da Smith ya nuna cikakken iko a kan kowane irin kwallo da aka jefa masa. Sri Lanka ta yi ƙoƙarin dakile ci gaban Australia, amma ba su sami nasarar samun wicket ba a cikin sauran lokacin wasan.
“Yana da kyau a gani Khawaja yana sake komawa cikin tsari,” in ji mai sharhi Rob Smyth. “Bayan ya sha wahala a hannun Jasprit Bumrah a wasannin da suka gabata, yanzu ya nuna cewa yana iya zama babban ɗan wasa a cikin waɗannan yanayi.”
Smith, wanda ya kai ga zura kwallo 10,000 a wasannin gwaji, ya nuna cewa yana cikin babban tsari, inda ya zura kwallo 104 ba tare da an ci shi ba. Wannan shine karo na 35 da ya zura kwallo a wasannin gwaji, kuma ya tabbatar da cewa Australia tana cikin matsayi mai kyau don cin nasara a wasan.
Wasu masu sharhi sun yi tsokaci kan yadda Sri Lanka ta yi ƙoƙarin dakile ci gaban Australia, amma ba su sami nasarar samun wicket ba a cikin sauran lokacin wasan. “Ba za su iya dakile Khawaja da Smith ba,” in ji mai sharhi Gary Naylor. “Dukansu suna cikin babban tsari, kuma ba za su yi watsi da damar samun maki ba.”
Australia za ta ci gaba da wasan a ranar biyu, tare da fatan ci gaba da kara maki da kuma kare gida daga Sri Lanka. Wasan yana cikin matsayi mai kyau ga Australia, tare da fatan samun nasara a wasan.
