Melbourne, Feb. 4 -- Ahead of the second Test against Australia at Galle, former Australian captain Tim Paine said that he does not see Lankan Lions coming any close to the visitors on any surface.

The second Test between Sri Lanka and Australia will take place at Galle from February 6 onwards. With Australia, already having booked a spot in the ICC World Test Championship (WTC), leading 1-0, Sri Lanka would like to bow out of their most successful WTC campaign on a high.

Ahead of the match, SEN cited Paine as heaping praises on Australia's all-round performance in the first Test, which they won by an innings and 242 runs.

"I think Steve Smith said himself in the post-game press conference that the performance was close to flawless," P...