Dimuth Karunaratne is set to become only the seventh Sri Lanka player to feature in 100 Tests. His landmark game will be his last in international cricket, bringing down curtains on a near-14-year career for Sri Lanka.

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The 36-year-old former skipper was a rock at the top of the Sri Lankan order for more than a decade, but has gone 25 innings without a century

Sri Lanka opener Dimuth Karunaratne will retire from Test cricket after this week's second Test - and his 100th - against Australia in Galle.

After their series with Australia concludes, Sri Lanka are only due to play two more Tests before May 2026. Karunaratne believes that is a factor in him falling short of a goal he set himself, to score 10,000 Test runs, something that Australia's Steve Smith achieved in the first Test against Sri Lanka last week.

Dinesh Chandimal has scored an unbeaten 63 as Sri Lanka struggled to 136-5 at lunch on Day 3 in reply to Australia's imposing first innings of 654 in the first cricket test.

Former Sri Lanka test skipper Dimuth Karunaratne will retire from the format after his 100th match, the final test of Sri Lanka's two-test series against Australia in Galle on Thursday.

Sri Lanka opener and former skipper Dimuth Karunaratne is set to retire from international cricket after the second Test against Australia in Galle, starting Thursday, which will be his 100th long format game for his country.