More galling than Galle
Sri Lanka bounced back from a 192-run deficit in the first innings to win in Galle. We take a look at six Tests when teams came back from a bigger deficit
Australia v Sri Lanka, Colombo (SSC), 1992 First-innings deficit: 291
Match summary: Australia 256 and 471 beat Sri Lanka 547 and 164 by 16 runs
Men of the Turnaround: Shane Warne sealed what Allan Border called the "greatest heist since the Great Train Robbery" with the final three wickets • Hamish Blair/Getty Images
Match summary: India 171 and 657 for 7 dec beat Australia 445 and 212 by 171 runs
Men of the Turnaround: VVS Laxman and Rahul Dravid put on 376 in one of the most famous partnerships in Test cricket•AFP
Match summary: England 325 and 437 beat Australia 586 and 166 by ten runs
Men of the Turnaround: England's players reportedly went drinking the evening before the final day - Australia were 113 for 2 chasing 177 - but overnight rain on an uncovered pitch helped Bobby Peel rip through Australia•Getty Images
Match summary: Australia 75 and 336 for 5 beat South Africa 311 and 99 by five wickets
Men of the Turnaround: Australia, in their first series after Don Bradman's retirement, pulled off the second-highest chase at the time, with Neil Harvey scoring 151 not out•Getty Images
Match summary: England 174 and 356 beat Australia 401 and 111 by 18 runs
Men of the Turnaround: England were still 122 behind when Ian Botham came in to bat in the second innings, and his brutal 149 not out was the inspiration for a 500-1 odds win•Adrian Murrell/Getty Images
Match summary: Australia 127 and 381 beat Pakistan 333 and 139 by 36 runs
Men of the Turnaround: A defeat looked imminent with Australia 51 ahead and eight down in their second innings, but Michael Hussey and Peter Siddle put on 123 runs, aided by a bunch of Kamran Akmal missed chances•Getty Images