The

Sri Lanka cricket team The Sri Lanka men's national cricket team, ( si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා ජාතික ක්‍රිකට් කණ්ඩායම, ta, இலங்கை தேசிய கிரிக்கெட் அணி) nicknamed The Lions ...

toured Australia in January and February 2019 to play two

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for the Warne–Muralitharan Trophy. The first Test, in Brisbane, was a day/night match. They also played a three-day warm-up match ahead of the Test series. In April 2018,

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confirmed that the

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would host its first ever Test match. Australia won the series 2–0, with

Tim Paine Timothy David Paine (born 8 December 1984) is an Australian cricketer and a former captain of the Australia national cricket team in Test cricket. A right-handed batsman and a wicket-keeper, he plays for the Tasmanian Tigers in Australian dome ...

winning his first Test series as captain of Australia.

Squads

Before the start of the series,

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was ruled out of Australia's squad due to a back injury and was replaced by

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. Ahead of the first Test,

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was added to Australia's squad.

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and

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were named the joint vice-captains of the Australian Test squad. Ahead of the second Test,

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was added to Australia's squad, replacing

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Nuwan Pradeep Aththachchi Nuwan Pradeep Roshan Fernando ( si, නුවන් ප්‍රදීප්; born 19 October 1986), commonly known as Nuwan Pradeep, is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer. Despite being a national cricketer, he had never actually p ...

was ruled out of Sri Lanka's squad before the Test series after suffering a hamstring injury during the warm-up match.

Vishwa Fernando Muthuthanthrige Vishwa Thilina Fernando (born 18 September 1991), commonly as Vishwa Fernando, is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer, who represents the national side in all three formats. Early and domestic career He played in the tour match ...

was named as his replacement in the team.

Dushmantha Chameera Pathira Vasan Dushmantha Chameera (born 11 January 1992) is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer who plays for all three formats for the national team, and plays domestically for Nondescripts Cricket Club. He made his international debut for Sri ...

and

Lahiru Kumara Chandradasa Brahammana Ralalage Lahiru Sudesh Kumara, commonly as Lahiru Kumara (born 13 February 1997), is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer, who plays for the Sri Lanka national cricket team in all three formats of the game. He was selected ...

were both ruled out of Sri Lanka's squad for the second Test due to injury.

Chamika Karunaratne Edirimuni Chamika Dinushan Perera Karunaratne (born 29 May 1996) is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer who plays all three formats as well as a national badminton player. He made his international debut for the Sri Lanka cricket team in Februa ...

was added to Sri Lanka's squad as a replacement for Kumara.

Tour match

Three-day match: Cricket Australia XI vs Sri Lanka

Test series

1st Test

2nd Test

Notes

References

External links

Series home at ESPN Cricinfo
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