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Starc, Cummins strike, Australia miss DRS

Travis Head has overcome a hamstring injury and will play in the first Test against Sri Lanka. (AAP)

Australia's DRS woes have cost Pat Cummins's men a crucial chance to claim the ascendancy in Galle, failing to review an lbw shout that would have removed the dangerous Dimuth Karunaratne before lunch on day one.

Both Cummins and Mitchell Starc claimed a wicket in the opening two hours on Wednesday, sending the hosts to lunch at 2-68 on the first day of the series.

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