The Australian cricket team had a short tour of Sri Lanka during the 1982–83 season. The two countries played their first ever

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together, which Australia won. Sri Lanka defeated Australia in the rain affected ODI series 2–0.

Squad

The squad was announced in March 1983. Regular players

Rod Marsh Rodney William Marsh (4 November 1947 – 4 March 2022) was an Australian professional cricketer who played as a wicketkeeper for the Australian national team. He was a part of the Australian squad which finished as runners-up at the 1975 ...

Jeff Thomson Jeffrey Robert Thomson (born 16 August 1950) is a former Australian cricketer. Known as "Thommo", he is one of the fastest bowlers in the history of cricket; he bowled a delivery with a speed of 160.6 km/h against the West Indies in Perth ...

, Geoff Lawson and

Kim Hughes Kimberley John Hughes (born 26 January 1954) is a former cricketer who played for Western Australia, Natal and Australia. He captained Australia in 28 Test matches between 1979 and 1984 before captaining a rebel Australian team in a tour of ...

elected not to tour. Australia picked the following squad: *Batsmen -

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(captain),

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(vice-captain), Graeme Wood,

Kepler Wessels Kepler Christoffel Wessels (born 14 September 1957) is a South African-Australian cricket commentator and former cricketer who captained South Africa after playing 24 Tests for Australia. Since retiring he has been a lawn bowls competitor. He ...

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Graham Yallop Graham Neil Yallop (born 7 October 1952) is a former Australian international cricketer. Yallop played Test and One Day International cricket for the Australia national cricket team between 1976 and 1984, captaining the side briefly during th ...

, Steve Smith *Fast bowlers -

Dennis Lillee Dennis Keith Lillee, (born 18 July 1949) is a retired Australian cricketer rated as the "outstanding fast bowler of his generation".

Rodney Hogg Rodney Malcolm Hogg (born 5 March 1951) is an Australian former cricketer. He was a fast bowler. Hogg played in 38 Test matches and 71 One Day Internationals between 1978 and 1985. In Tests he took 123 wickets at an average of 28.47. He is be ...

, John Maguire *Spinners -

Bruce Yardley Bruce Yardley (5 September 1947 – 27 March 2019) was an Australian cricketer who played in 33 Test cricket, Test matches and seven One Day Internationals between 1978 and 1983, taking 126 Test wickets. Known to his teammates as 'Roo', Yardley ...

Tom Hogan Tom George Hogan (born 23 September 1956) is a former Australian cricketer. Hogan was a left arm spinner who played in seven Tests and 16 One Day Internationals for Australia in 1983 and 1984. Career Hogan made his debut for Western Australi ...

*Wicketkeeper -

Roger Woolley Roger Douglas Woolley (born 16 September 1954) is a former Australian cricketer who played in two Test matches and four One Day Internationals (ODIs) between 1983 and 1984. He was a middle-order batsman, and later a wicket-keeper. He was a memb ...

*Manager - Basil Rigg Five of the players had not toured for Australia before: Smith, Maguire, Hogan, Wessels and Woolley. Woolley was chosen over two other Sheffield Shield wicketkeepers who had represented Australia in Test cricket, Kevin Wright and

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. John Dyson, who had been an Australian regular over the home summer, was a surprise omission. Graham Yallop earned an international recall after a very strong domestic season.

was considered a surprise selection.

Test series

Only Test

One Day Internationals (ODIs)

Sri Lanka won the series 2–0.

1st ODI

2nd ODI

3rd ODI

4th ODI

Statistics

Most runs (Test)

Most wickets (Test)

Most runs (ODI)

Most wickets (ODI)

References

External links

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