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The Sri Lankan cricket team toured Australia from 6 December 2012 to 28 January 2013. The tour consisted of three Tests, five
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(ODIs) and two
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s (T20Is). Tests were played for the Warne–Muralidaran Trophy. The Test series was preceded by a match against the Cricket Australia Chairman's XI and Sri Lankans. Australia won the test series in a 3-0 whitewash, the ODI series was drawn 2-2 and Sri Lanka won the T20I series 2-0. Sri Lanka's
Kumar Sangakkara Kumara Chokshananda Sangakkara ( si, කුමාර් චොක්ශනාද සංගක්කාර; born 27 October 1977) is a Sri Lankan cricket commentator, former professional cricketer, businessman, ICC Hall of Fame inductee and the ...
scored his 10,000th career run in the Melbourne Test, tying the record for the fastest player to achieve the milestone. Australian cricketer
Michael Hussey Michael Edward Killeen Hussey (born 27 May 1975) is an Australian cricket coach, commentator and former international cricketer, who played all forms of the game. Hussey is also widely known by his nickname 'Mr Cricket'. Hussey was a relative la ...
retired from Test cricket after the final test in Sydney.


Background

Immediately prior to the series, Australia played a home series against South Africa, and lost the series 1-0. At the end of that series, Ricky Ponting, the second highest run scorer in Tests and former Test captain, retired. Meanwhile, Sri Lanka enjoyed some success at a home series against New Zealand, winning an ODI series and drawing a Test series 1-1.


Squads

On 20 November 2012, Sri Lanka announced a 16-man Test squad. Australia announced a 12-man squad for the first Test in Hobart on 6 December 2012.
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was selected to replace Ricky Ponting, who retired after the preceding South African series.
Jackson Bird Jackson Munro Bird (born 11 December 1986) is an Australian international cricketer. He has played for Australia in the past and currently plays first-class cricket for Tasmania. Bird is a fast-medium bowler. He is originally from Sydney and wa ...
(to replace the injured Ben Hilfenhaus) and
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(to cover for Michael Clarke) were the additions after to the Australian squad the first Test.
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was picked to replace vice-captain
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after he was injured in the Boxing Day Test. Lahiru Thirimanne and
Suranga Lakmal Ranasinghe Arachchige Suranga Lakmal ( si, රණසිංහ ආරච්චිගේ සුරංග ලක්මාල්; born 10 March 1987) is a former professional Sri Lankan cricketer, who played in all formats of the game and is a forme ...
were called up for the final test. Sri Lanka announced a squad for the limited overs series on 2 January 2013, while Australia announced a squad (for the first two ODIs) on 6 January 2013, Mike Hussey was not picked, while Michael Clarke,
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,
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and
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were rested. Before the start of the second ODI,
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was replaced by
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after complaining of
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soreness. The rested Australian players (excluding Shane Watson) returned to the squad after the 2nd ODI. Jackson Bird was added for cover after the 3rd ODI. Australia announced a squad for the T20I series on 21 January 2013. * * Replaced the injured Ben Hilfenhaus after the first Test. * ** Was added as cover for Michael Clarke in the final two tests * *** Replaced Mitchell Starc after the first ODI


Tour matches


CA Chairman's XI v Sri Lankans


Test series (Warne–Muralitharan Trophy)


1st Test

Before the start of the Test, the Blundstone Arena pitch was criticized because it had produced many low scores during
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matches earlier in the season. Match Report: ;Day 1 Australia won the toss and chose to bat.
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and
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batted together for most of the morning session, before Warner (57) was run out just before lunch. After lunch, Hughes and
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put on a partnership, before Sri Lanka dismissed both with a wicket on either side of tea. Michael Clarke and
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added 101 runs in the evening session, and at stumps Australia was 4/299. ;Day 2 Rain delayed the start of Day 2 by 50 minutes. After the rain cleared, Sri Lanka dismissed Michael Clarke (74). After lunch, about two and half hours of play was lost due to more rain. After the resumption, Hussey (115*) and
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(68*) combined for an unbeaten 146 run partnership, before Clarke declared at 5/450. Sri Lanka's experienced top order failed to build a platform, and Sri Lanka finished the day at 4/87, with
Tillakaratne Dilshan Tillakaratne Mudiyanselage Dilshan ( si, තිලකරත්න මුදියන්සේලාගේ ඩිල්ෂාන්; born 14 October 1976), commonly known as TM Dilshan () is a former Sri Lankan cricketer and former captain of th ...
not out 50. ;Day 3 Sri Lanka made a brisk start to Day 3 and Tillakaratne Dilshan made his second century against Australia. Dilshan (147) and
Angelo Mathews Angelo Davis Mathews, (Tamil: அஞ்செலோ மத்தியூஸ்; born 2 June 1987) is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer and a former captain in all formats. Even though he represented Sri Lanka in all three formats, Mathews cur ...
(75) added 161 runs for the fifth wicket, before both were dismissed either side of tea.
Prasanna Jayawardene Hewasandatchige Asiri Prasanna Wishvanath Jayawardene ( Sinhala: හේවාසන්දච්චිගේ ආසිරි ප්‍රසන්න විශ්වනාත් ජයවර්ධන) (born 10 September 1979), commonl ...
(40) and
Nuwan Kulasekara Kulasekara Mudiyanselage Dinesh Nuwan Kulasekara ( si, නුවන් කුලසේකර; born 22 July 1982) is a former Sri Lankan cricketer who played all formats of the game. Considered as one of the best swing bowlers in world cricket, H ...
(23) added useful runs in the lower order, and Sri Lanka was bowled out for 336, a deficit of 114 runs.
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was the best of the bowlers, taking 5/54, and fast bowler Ben Hilfenhaus left the field with a side strain, and did not bowl again in the game. Australia survived fourteen overs before stumps, and finished at 0/27. ;Day 4 The Australian openers,
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(68) and
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(56) resumed and made a solid 132 run partnership before a collapse saw Australia fall from 0/132 to 5/181. Michael Clarke (58
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) and
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(31*) took Australia's total to 278, setting a target of 393 for victory. Sri Lanka lost its openers early and at the close of play finished at 2/65. ;Day 5 On the last day, the pitch deteriorated with uneven bounce, and Australia was short one bowler due to Ben Hilfenhaus' injury. Attempting to save the Test, Sri Lanka lost only Sangakkara (63) and Mahela Jayawardene (19) before the tea break, but
Thilan Samaraweera Thilan Thusara Samaraweera ( si, තිලාන් සමරවීර; born 22 September 1976) is a former Sri Lankan international cricketer. Samaraweera played international cricket for Sri Lanka. Known as Sri Lanka's crisis man and for his sl ...
(49) and Mathews (19), the last two recognised batsmen fell shortly after the tea break; all four of those wickets fell to Peter Siddle (4/50). The last four wickets fell to
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(5/63) over the following hour of play, and Australia won the match by 137 runs inside the final hour of play.
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was named the Man of the match for his match figures of 9/104. There was minor controversy when broadcast footage of the match appeared to show Siddle ball tampering, but the issue was quickly cleared up without any formal complaint against him. Siddle was later cleared by the
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(ICC).


2nd Test

Match Report: ;Day 1 Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bat. Australian bowler
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made his Test Match debut and took the wicket of
Dimuth Karunaratne Frank Dimuth Madushanka Karunaratne (born 21 April 1988; si, දිමුත් කරුණාරත්න), popularly known as Dimuth Karunaratne, is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer and current captain of the Sri Lanka Test cricket team. ...
on his tenth ball in Test cricket. Sri Lanka collapsed and was all out for 156; the only highlight for Sri Lanka was top-scorer
Kumar Sangakkara Kumara Chokshananda Sangakkara ( si, කුමාර් චොක්ශනාද සංගක්කාර; born 27 October 1977) is a Sri Lankan cricket commentator, former professional cricketer, businessman, ICC Hall of Fame inductee and the ...
(58), who surpassing 10,000 career Test runs in the innings.
Mitchell Johnson Mitchell Guy Johnson (born 2 November 1981) is a former Australian cricketer, who played all forms of the game for his national side. He is a left-arm fast bowler and left-handed batsman. He made his Test debut for Australia in November 2007 ...
took 4/63 for Australia. In reply, the Australian openers scored 95 in only 18 overs before
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(62) was dismissed. At stumps, Australia was 150/3. ;Day 2 Australia batted throughout the second day, with a century to Michael Clarke (106) and half-centuries to
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(83) and
Mitchell Johnson Mitchell Guy Johnson (born 2 November 1981) is a former Australian cricketer, who played all forms of the game for his national side. He is a left-arm fast bowler and left-handed batsman. He made his Test debut for Australia in November 2007 ...
(73* at stumps). At stumps, Australia was 8/440, a lead of 284 runs. Michael Clarke broke Ricky Ponting's record for most runs in a calendar year for an Australian, and Sri Lankan fast bowler
Chanaka Welegedara Uda Walawwe Mahim Bandaralage Chanaka Asanka Welegedara, commonly as Chanaka Welegedara, ( si, චානක වෙලගෙදර; born 20 March 1981), is a former Sri Lankan international cricketer who played all formats of the game. Early c ...
tore his
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while bowling and was ruled out for the series. ;Day 3 Australia added twenty more runs at the start of Day 3, before being dismissed for 460, a lead of 304 runs; Mitchell Johnson finished not out 92. Sri Lanka's collapsed to 3/3 inside the first two overs, and was dismissed shortly after lunch in the 25th over for 103 (with Welegedara and
Prasanna Jayawardene Hewasandatchige Asiri Prasanna Wishvanath Jayawardene ( Sinhala: හේවාසන්දච්චිගේ ආසිරි ප්‍රසන්න විශ්වනාත් ජයවර්ධන) (born 10 September 1979), commonl ...
absent hurt and Sangakkara retired hurt), giving Australia a dominant victory by an innings and 201 runs.


3rd Test

Former England cricket captain and Australia's Nine Network commentator
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, who died between the second and third Tests, was farewelled with a minute's silence and
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from the commentary team before the match. Match Report ;Day 1 Australia won the toss and chose to bowl, and took wickets at regular intervals throughout the day. Lahiru Thirimanne (91) and captain
Mahela Jayawardene Denagamage Praboth Mahela de Silva Jayawardene ( si, දෙනගමගේ ප්‍රබෝත් මහේල ද සිල්වා ජයවර්ධන; born 27 May 1977) is a former Sri Lankan cricketer who is the current consultant coach ...
(72) both scored half-centuries, but the largest partnership was only 62 runs. Sri Lanka was bowled out at stumps for 294.
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took 4/41 for Australia. ;Day 2 Australia batted solidly to take its total to 4/271 early in the evening session, with
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(85),
Phillip Hughes Phillip Joel Hughes (30 November 1988 – 27 November 2014) was an Australian Test and One Day International (ODI) cricketer who played domestic cricket for South Australia and Worcestershire. He was a left-handed opening batsman who play ...
(87) and Michael Clarke (50) all scoring half-centuries. At stumps, Australia was 6/342, with a lead of 48 runs, and with
Matthew Wade Matthew Scott Wade (born 26 December 1987) is an Australian cricketer. He has represented the Australian national team as wicket-keeper and batsman in all three forms of international cricket. He plays domestic cricket for the Tasmanian cricke ...
not out 47*. ;Day 3 In the morning session, Matthew Wade (102*) batted with the tail to make the second century of his Test career, and to take Australia to 9/432, at which point Michael Clarke declared with a lead of 138 runs.
Rangana Herath Herath Mudiyanselage Rangana Keerthi Bandara Herath ( si, රංගන හේරත්; ta, ரங்கன ஹெரத்; born 19 March 1978), known as Rangana Herath, is a former Sri Lankan cricketer, who played all forms of the game and a f ...
(4/95) was the best of Sri Lanka's bowlers in the first innings. In reply,
Dimuth Karunaratne Frank Dimuth Madushanka Karunaratne (born 21 April 1988; si, දිමුත් කරුණාරත්න), popularly known as Dimuth Karunaratne, is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer and current captain of the Sri Lanka Test cricket team. ...
(85) and
Mahela Jayawardene Denagamage Praboth Mahela de Silva Jayawardene ( si, දෙනගමගේ ප්‍රබෝත් මහේල ද සිල්වා ජයවර්ධන; born 27 May 1977) is a former Sri Lankan cricketer who is the current consultant coach ...
(60) added 108 runs for the second wicket, taking Sri Lanka to 1/132; but after Karunaratne was dismissed, Sri Lanka lost 5/46, eventually finishing at 7/225 at stumps, a lead of 87 runs. ;Day 4
Dinesh Chandimal Lokuge Dinesh Chandimal ( si, ලොකුගේ දිනේෂ් චන්දිමාල්; born 18 November 1989) is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer who captained the Sri Lanka national cricket team. A handy and agile right-handed ba ...
(62*) batted with the tail to take Sri Lanka's score to 278, and to set Australia a target of 141; Bird (3/76) and Mitchell Johnson (3/34) each took three wickets for Australia. In the run chase, David Warner was out first ball, and Hughes (34) was dismissed shortly after lunch to leaving Australia at 2/45. But top-scorer Ed Cowan (36) and Michael Clarke (29) put on a 59 run partnership for the third wicket, which was enough of a platform for Australia to reach the target with five wickets in hand. Herath (3/47) was again Sri Lanka's leading wicket taker for the innings. The Man of the Match award went to
Jackson Bird Jackson Munro Bird (born 11 December 1986) is an Australian international cricketer. He has played for Australia in the past and currently plays first-class cricket for Tasmania. Bird is a fast-medium bowler. He is originally from Sydney and wa ...
(4/41 & 3/75).


ODI series


1st ODI

Match Report Australia won the toss and elected to bat. Three debutants were named in the XI for Australia. Australia made a steady start to the innings (0/53) before Aaron Finch (16) and
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(3) were dismissed.
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and skipper George Bailey (89) amassed a 140-run partnership with Hughes (112) making a century on debut. Some late hitting from
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(60*) saw Australia post a score of 5/305. Sri Lanka began the innings with two early wickets, before
Tillakaratne Dilshan Tillakaratne Mudiyanselage Dilshan ( si, තිලකරත්න මුදියන්සේලාගේ ඩිල්ෂාන්; born 14 October 1976), commonly known as TM Dilshan () is a former Sri Lankan cricketer and former captain of th ...
and
Dinesh Chandimal Lokuge Dinesh Chandimal ( si, ලොකුගේ දිනේෂ් චන්දිමාල්; born 18 November 1989) is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer who captained the Sri Lanka national cricket team. A handy and agile right-handed ba ...
steadied the innings to take the score to 2/111. Dilshan (51) was then run out, and shortly afterwards,
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inflicted two run-outs in successive balls (including Lahiru Thirimanne for a diamond duck) to reduce Sri Lanka to 5/128 in the 30th over. Sri Lanka was ultimately dismissed for 198 in the 40th over, with Dinesh Chandimal (73) top-scoring, and
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(4/33) finishing with the best bowling figures. Phillip Hughes was named Man of the match for his century on debut.


2nd ODI

Match Report Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to field, and immediately took advantage of seaming conditions, reducing Australia to 2/12 after seven overs, and then to 6/83 in the 25th over.
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(50) managed to bat with the tail and extend the innings into the 47th over, before Australia was ultimately dismissed for 170 runs.
Lasith Malinga Separamadu Lasith Malinga ( si, සෙපරමාදු ලසිත් මාලිංග; born 28 August 1983), nicknamed "Slinga Malinga", is a Sri Lankan former cricketer who is widely regarded as one of the greatest limited overs bowlers ...
(3/32) had the best bowling figures, and
Angelo Mathews Angelo Davis Mathews, (Tamil: அஞ்செலோ மத்தியூஸ்; born 2 June 1987) is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer and a former captain in all formats. Even though he represented Sri Lanka in all three formats, Mathews cur ...
(2/24)
Nuwan Kulasekara Kulasekara Mudiyanselage Dinesh Nuwan Kulasekara ( si, නුවන් කුලසේකර; born 22 July 1982) is a former Sri Lankan cricketer who played all formats of the game. Considered as one of the best swing bowlers in world cricket, H ...
(1/24) both took wickets and bowled economically. Despite losing
Upul Tharanga Warushavithana Upul Tharanga (born 2 February 1985), commonly known as Upul Tharanga ( si, උපුල් තරංග), is a former professional Sri Lankan cricketer, and a former limited over captain who played for all formats of the game. He ...
for a duck in the first over of its run chase, Sri Lanka had little difficulty chasing Australia's total, reaching the target in the 41st over with eight wickets in hand. Lahiru Thirimanne (102*) scored his maiden ODI and List A century, and
Tillakaratne Dilshan Tillakaratne Mudiyanselage Dilshan ( si, තිලකරත්න මුදියන්සේලාගේ ඩිල්ෂාන්; born 14 October 1976), commonly known as TM Dilshan () is a former Sri Lankan cricketer and former captain of th ...
(51) made a half-century. Thirimanne was named Man of the Match.


3rd ODI

Match Report Australia won the toss and chose to bat, but humid conditions meant that the game was dominated by swing bowling.
Nuwan Kulasekara Kulasekara Mudiyanselage Dinesh Nuwan Kulasekara ( si, නුවන් කුලසේකර; born 22 July 1982) is a former Sri Lankan cricketer who played all formats of the game. Considered as one of the best swing bowlers in world cricket, H ...
took five wickets between the 5th and 11th overs of Australia's innings to reduce Australia to 6/30; he finished with 5/22 from ten overs.
Lasith Malinga Separamadu Lasith Malinga ( si, සෙපරමාදු ලසිත් මාලිංග; born 28 August 1983), nicknamed "Slinga Malinga", is a Sri Lankan former cricketer who is widely regarded as one of the greatest limited overs bowlers ...
then took three wickets between the 15th and 19th overs to reduce Australia to 9/40; he finished with 3/14 from five overs.
Mitchell Starc Mitchell Aaron Starc (born 30 January 1990) is an Australian international cricketer who plays for the Australian national team and New South Wales in domestic cricket. A left-arm fast bowler and a lower order left-handed batsman, Starc repres ...
(22*) and Xavier Doherty (15) added 34 runs for the last wicket to take Australia's score to 74. They were the only batsmen to register a double-figure score. In reply, Sri Lanka took its total to 1/33, before
Mitchell Johnson Mitchell Guy Johnson (born 2 November 1981) is a former Australian cricketer, who played all forms of the game for his national side. He is a left-arm fast bowler and left-handed batsman. He made his Test debut for Australia in November 2007 ...
(3/11) took three wickets between the 10th and 12th overs to reduce Sri Lanka to 4/37. Sri Lanka lost two more wickets late in its small run chase, reaching the target after 20 overs with four wickets in hand. Kulasekara was named Man of the Match.


4th ODI

Match Report Australia won the toss and chose to bat. Australia was reduced to 3/53 in the 13th over, with both
Phillip Hughes Phillip Joel Hughes (30 November 1988 – 27 November 2014) was an Australian Test and One Day International (ODI) cricketer who played domestic cricket for South Australia and Worcestershire. He was a left-handed opening batsman who play ...
(1) and
David Hussey David John Hussey (born 15 July 1977) is an Australian cricket coach and former cricketer. Hussey is a right-handed batter and can also bowl right-arm off breaks. He is the younger brother of former Australian cricketer Michael Hussey. He was ...
(1) dismissed cheaply; much of the early damage with the ball was done by Nuwan Kulasekara (3/30) taking two wickets and Lasith Malinga (2/33). From there, Australia lost wickets at regular intervals, with David Warner (60) top-scoring. Australia managed to bat out the full 50 overs, and 40 runs were added in an unbroken tenth wicket partnership to take the score to 9/222, with
Mitchell Starc Mitchell Aaron Starc (born 30 January 1990) is an Australian international cricketer who plays for the Australian national team and New South Wales in domestic cricket. A left-arm fast bowler and a lower order left-handed batsman, Starc repres ...
(52*) providing the most significant lower order contribution. In the run chase, play was delayed by rain after 20 balls were bowled. Three hours later, the umpires abandoned the match due to a wet outfield.


5th ODI

Match Report Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to field. The Australian openers made a solid start (0/31) before two quick wickets left them at 2/37 after 10 overs.
Phillip Hughes Phillip Joel Hughes (30 November 1988 – 27 November 2014) was an Australian Test and One Day International (ODI) cricketer who played domestic cricket for South Australia and Worcestershire. He was a left-handed opening batsman who play ...
and George Bailey steadied the innings before Bailey (17) was caught and bowled in the 27th over. A 98-run stand followed between Phillip Hughes and David Hussey (34), and late hitting from Australia saw them post a score of 5/247. Hughes finished unbeaten on 138, his second ODI century for the series, and in his career. Sri Lanka got of to a brisk start (0/57), with
Mahela Jayawardene Denagamage Praboth Mahela de Silva Jayawardene ( si, දෙනගමගේ ප්‍රබෝත් මහේල ද සිල්වා ජයවර්ධන; born 27 May 1977) is a former Sri Lankan cricketer who is the current consultant coach ...
quickly getting to 38, before suffering a top order collapse to 4/77; Xavier Doherty (3/21) took three of these wickets.
Angelo Mathews Angelo Davis Mathews, (Tamil: அஞ்செலோ மத்தியூஸ்; born 2 June 1987) is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer and a former captain in all formats. Even though he represented Sri Lanka in all three formats, Mathews cur ...
scored 67 runs to help Sri Lanka to 5/187 in the 44th over, but Sri Lanka was eventually bowled out for 215, with
Moises Henriques Moisés Constantino Henriques (; born 1 February 1987) is a Portugal-born Australian professional cricketer who plays for Australia, New South Wales and the Sydney Sixers. An all-rounder, he is the first cricketer born in Portugal to play for ...
(3/32) and
Clint McKay Clinton James McKay (born 22 February 1983) is an Australian former international cricketer. He was a member of the Victoria cricket team, Victoria side and has represented Australian cricket team, Australia at One Day International (ODI) and T ...
(2/51) taking the wickets of the tail-enders. Hughes was named Man of the Match.


T20I series


1st T20I

Match Report


2nd T20I

Match Report Australia fell two runs short after needing a four to win of the last ball.


Statistics


Australia

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Michael Hussey Michael Edward Killeen Hussey (born 27 May 1975) is an Australian cricket coach, commentator and former international cricketer, who played all forms of the game. Hussey is also widely known by his nickname 'Mr Cricket'. Hussey was a relative la ...
made his 19th Test century when he scored 115* in the 1st innings of the 1st Test. *
Peter Siddle Peter Matthew Siddle (born 25 November 1984) is an Australian cricketer. He is a specialist right-arm fast-medium bowler who currently plays for Tasmania in first-class and List A cricket and for the Adelaide Strikers in the Big Bash League. ...
took his 6th five wicket haul in Sri Lanka's 1st innings of the 1st Test. *
Mitchell Starc Mitchell Aaron Starc (born 30 January 1990) is an Australian international cricketer who plays for the Australian national team and New South Wales in domestic cricket. A left-arm fast bowler and a lower order left-handed batsman, Starc repres ...
took his 2nd five wicket haul in Sri Lanka's 2nd innings of the 1st Test. *
Jackson Bird Jackson Munro Bird (born 11 December 1986) is an Australian international cricketer. He has played for Australia in the past and currently plays first-class cricket for Tasmania. Bird is a fast-medium bowler. He is originally from Sydney and wa ...
took his 1st Test wicket when he dismissed
Dimuth Karunaratne Frank Dimuth Madushanka Karunaratne (born 21 April 1988; si, දිමුත් කරුණාරත්න), popularly known as Dimuth Karunaratne, is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer and current captain of the Sri Lanka Test cricket team. ...
in the 1st innings of the 2nd Test. *
Mitchell Johnson Mitchell Guy Johnson (born 2 November 1981) is a former Australian cricketer, who played all forms of the game for his national side. He is a left-arm fast bowler and left-handed batsman. He made his Test debut for Australia in November 2007 ...
took his 200th Test wicket when he dismissed
Kumar Sangakkara Kumara Chokshananda Sangakkara ( si, කුමාර් චොක්ශනාද සංගක්කාර; born 27 October 1977) is a Sri Lankan cricket commentator, former professional cricketer, businessman, ICC Hall of Fame inductee and the ...
in the 1st innings of the 2nd Test. * Michael Clarke made his 22nd Test century when he scored 106 in the 1st innings of the 2nd Test. *
David Warner David or Dave Warner may refer to: Sports * Dave Warner (strongman) (born 1969), Northern Ireland strongman competitor * David Bruce Warner (born 1970), South African alpine skier * David Warner (cricketer) (born 1986), Australian cricketer Oth ...
surpassed 1,000 career Test runs when he scored 85 in the first innings of the 3rd Test. *
Matthew Wade Matthew Scott Wade (born 26 December 1987) is an Australian cricketer. He has represented the Australian national team as wicket-keeper and batsman in all three forms of international cricket. He plays domestic cricket for the Tasmanian cricke ...
made his 2nd Test century (1st in Australia) when he scored 102* in the first innings of the 3rd Test. ;ODI's *
Phillip Hughes Phillip Joel Hughes (30 November 1988 – 27 November 2014) was an Australian Test and One Day International (ODI) cricketer who played domestic cricket for South Australia and Worcestershire. He was a left-handed opening batsman who play ...
made his 1st ODI century on debut in the 1st ODI. *
Ben Cutting Benjamin Colin James Cutting (born 30 January 1987) is an Australian cricketer who plays as an all-rounder. Cutting represented Australia in one-day internationals and T20 matches, and at the 2006 U-19 Cricket World Cup in Sri Lanka. Cutting pl ...
took his 1st ODI wicket when he dismissed
Tillakaratne Dilshan Tillakaratne Mudiyanselage Dilshan ( si, තිලකරත්න මුදියන්සේලාගේ ඩිල්ෂාන්; born 14 October 1976), commonly known as TM Dilshan () is a former Sri Lankan cricketer and former captain of th ...
in the 2nd ODI. *
Phillip Hughes Phillip Joel Hughes (30 November 1988 – 27 November 2014) was an Australian Test and One Day International (ODI) cricketer who played domestic cricket for South Australia and Worcestershire. He was a left-handed opening batsman who play ...
made his 2nd ODI century in the 5th ODI. ;T20I's * James Faulkner took his first T20I wicket when he dismissed
Tillakaratne Dilshan Tillakaratne Mudiyanselage Dilshan ( si, තිලකරත්න මුදියන්සේලාගේ ඩිල්ෂාන්; born 14 October 1976), commonly known as TM Dilshan () is a former Sri Lankan cricketer and former captain of th ...
in the 2nd T20I.


Sri Lanka

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Chanaka Welegedara Uda Walawwe Mahim Bandaralage Chanaka Asanka Welegedara, commonly as Chanaka Welegedara, ( si, චානක වෙලගෙදර; born 20 March 1981), is a former Sri Lankan international cricketer who played all formats of the game. Early c ...
took his 50th Test wicket when he dismissed
Shane Watson Shane Robert Watson (born 17 June 1981) is an Australian former cricketer, and occasional captain in all formats, who has played for Australia's national cricket team. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-handed fast-medium swing bowler w ...
in the 1st innings of the 1st Test. *
Tillakaratne Dilshan Tillakaratne Mudiyanselage Dilshan ( si, තිලකරත්න මුදියන්සේලාගේ ඩිල්ෂාන්; born 14 October 1976), commonly known as TM Dilshan () is a former Sri Lankan cricketer and former captain of th ...
made his 15th Test century when he scored 147 in the 1st innings of the 1st Test. *
Kumar Sangakkara Kumara Chokshananda Sangakkara ( si, කුමාර් චොක්ශනාද සංගක්කාර; born 27 October 1977) is a Sri Lankan cricket commentator, former professional cricketer, businessman, ICC Hall of Fame inductee and the ...
surpassed 10,000 career Test runs when he scored 58 in the 1st innings of the 2nd Test. ;ODI's * Lahiru Thirimanne made his 1st ODI and List A century when he scored 102* in the 2nd ODI. *
Nuwan Kulasekara Kulasekara Mudiyanselage Dinesh Nuwan Kulasekara ( si, නුවන් කුලසේකර; born 22 July 1982) is a former Sri Lankan cricketer who played all formats of the game. Considered as one of the best swing bowlers in world cricket, H ...
took his 1st five wicket haul in the 3rd ODI. ;T20I's


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Broadcasters


References


External links


Australia v Sri Lanka - ''ESPNCricinfo''


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