GALLE (AFP) - Sri Lanka were Sunday searching for solutions to their batting woes after Australia hammered them by 125 runs in the first cricket Test in Galle. The hosts lost on a dusty wicket, apparently tailor-made for their spinners, on Saturday after being shot out for 105 in the first innings in reply to Australias 273. Sri Lanka managed 253 in their second knock on in the back of a classy century from Mahela Jayawardene and 95 from young Angelo Mathews, but the target of 379 never looked like being surpassed. They have now gone nine Tests without a win since the retirement of world bowling record holder Muttiah Muralitharan in July last year, but it is the batting that is causing the main worry. In Cardiff in May, Sri Lanka were all out for 82 in just 24.4 overs, losing to England by an innings in a Test match that had been destined for a draw. Sri Lankan captain Tillakaratne Dilshan admitted batting failures had let the team down in recent months. We cant expect to win after getting out for 105, Dilshan said. That is where we lost this match. If we had made 250, as we should have, we would not be chasing so much in the fourth innings.