The

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toured

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from 6 December 2012 to 28 January 2013. The tour consisted of three

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, 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 Kumar Chokshanada Sangakkara (; born 27 October 1977) is a Sri Lankan former professional cricketer who represented Sri Lanka from 2000 to 2015. A former captain in all formats. He was born in Matale, Central Province. In first-class cricke ...

scored his 10,000th career run in the Melbourne Test, tying the record for the fastest player to achieve the milestone. Australian cricketer

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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,

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, 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.

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(to replace the injured

Ben Hilfenhaus Benjamin William Hilfenhaus (born 15 March 1983) is an Australian former professional cricketer who played for Tasmania in Australian domestic cricket and for the Australia national cricket team. He is right-arm fast-medium bowler known for his ...

) 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

Shane Watson Shane Robert Watson (born 17 June 1981) is an Australian cricket coach, commentator and former cricketer who played for and occasionally captained the Australia national cricket team, Australian national cricket team between 2002 and 2016. He ...

after he was injured in the Boxing Day Test.

Lahiru Thirimanne Hettige Don Rumesh Lahiru Thirimanne, known as Lahiru Thirimanne (; born 9 August 1989) is a former Sri Lankan international cricketer, and a former ODI captain. He is a left-handed opening batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler. He had a ...

and

Suranga Lakmal Ranasinghe Arachchige Suranga Lakmal (; born 10 March 1987) is a former professional Sri Lankan cricketer, who played in all formats of the game and is a former Test cricket captain. He is a right-arm fast bowler and right-handed batsman. He sta ...

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, David Warner,

and

Matthew Wade Matthew Scott Wade (born 26 December 1987) is an Australian former international cricketer. He plays domestic cricket for the Tasmanian cricket team, who he also captains, and for Hobart Hurricanes. In December 2020, Wade List of Australia nati ...

were rested. Before the start of the second ODI,

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was replaced by

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after complaining of calf 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. David Warner and

batted together for most of the morning session, before Warner (57) was run out just before lunch. After lunch, Hughes and

put on a partnership, before Sri Lanka dismissed both with a wicket on either side of tea. Michael Clarke and

Mike 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 ...

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

(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 (; born 14 October 1976), commonly known as TM Dilshan () is a former Sri Lankan cricketer and former captain of the Sri Lanka national cricket team. He is often regarded as the best rated Sri Lankan player i ...

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

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(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 (; born 22 July 1982) is a former Sri Lankan cricketer who played all formats of the game. He was educated at Bandaranayake College Gampaha He was also a key member of the team that won the 2014 ...

(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

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, David Warner (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

(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 (; 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 slow strike rate, He is also nicknamed “Bu ...

(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

(5/63) over the following hour of play, and Australia won the match by 137 runs inside the final hour of play.

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

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, 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

made his Test Match debut and took the wicket of

Dimuth Karunaratne Frank Dimuth Madushanka Karunaratne (born 21 April 1988; ), popularly known as Dimuth Karunaratne, is a Sri Lankan former professional cricketer and former captain of Test cricket, Test and One Day International, ODI team of Sri Lanka national cr ...

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

(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 represented Australia in international cricket from ...

took 4/63 for Australia. In reply, the Australian openers scored 95 in only 18 overs before David Warner (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

(83) and

(73* at stumps). At stumps, Australia was 8/440, a lead of 284 runs. Michael Clarke broke

's record for most runs in a calendar year for an Australian, and Sri Lankan fast bowler Chanaka Welegedara 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

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

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commentator

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, who died between the second and third Tests, was farewelled with a

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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 (; born 27 May 1977) is a Sri Lankan former professional cricketer and captain of the Sri Lanka national cricket team, Sri Lankan national cricket team. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest ...

(72) both scored half-centuries, but the largest partnership was only 62 runs. Sri Lanka was bowled out at stumps for 294.

took 4/41 for Australia. ;Day 2 Australia batted solidly to take its total to 4/271 early in the evening session, with David Warner (85),

(87) and Michael Clarke (50) all scoring half-centuries. At stumps, Australia was 6/342, with a lead of 48 runs, and with

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 (; ; born 19 March 1978), known as Rangana Herath is a former Sri Lankan cricketer, who played all forms of cricket game and a former Test cricket captain for Sri Lanka. Considered as one of the ...

(4/95) was the best of Sri Lanka's bowlers in the first innings. In reply,

(85) and

(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

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(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

(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

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(16) and

(3) were dismissed.

and skipper George Bailey (89) amassed a 140-run partnership with Hughes (112) making a century on debut. Some late hitting from

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 Bowler (cricket), bowl right-arm off breaks. He is the younger brother of former Australian cricketer Michael ...

(60*) saw Australia post a score of 5/305. Sri Lanka began the innings with two early wickets, before

and

steadied the innings to take the score to 2/111. Dilshan (51) was then run out, and shortly afterwards,

inflicted two run-outs in successive balls (including

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

Clint McKay Clinton James McKay (born 22 February 1983) is an Australian former international cricketer. He was a member of the Victoria side and has represented Australia at One Day International (ODI) and Test level. A right-arm fast-medium bowler who s ...

(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 (; ; born 28 August 1983) is a Sri Lankan former cricketer who is widely regarded as one of the greatest limited overs bowlers of all time. Playing as a right-arm fast bowler, Malinga was commonly used as a specialist ...

(3/32) had the best bowling figures, and

(2/24)

(1/24) both took wickets and bowled economically. Despite losing

Upul Tharanga Warushavithana Upul Tharanga (born 2 February 1985), commonly known as Upul Tharanga () is a former professional Sri Lankan cricketer. A former limited-overs captain, Tharanga played all formats of the game. He was a left-handed opening batsman ...

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.

(102*) scored his maiden ODI and

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century, and

(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.

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.

then took three wickets between the 15th and 19th overs to reduce Australia to 9/40; he finished with 3/14 from five overs.

(22*) and

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(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

(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

(1) and

(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

(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.

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

quickly getting to 38, before suffering a top order collapse to 4/77;

(3/21) took three of these wickets.

scored 67 runs to help Sri Lanka to 5/187 in the 44th over, but Sri Lanka was eventually bowled out for 215, with

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(3/32) and

(2/51) taking the wickets of the tail-enders. Hughes was named Man of the Match.

T20I series

1st T20I

2nd T20I

Statistics

Australia

;Tests *

made his 19th Test century when he scored 115* in the 1st innings of the 1st Test. *

took his 6th five wicket haul in

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's 1st innings of the 1st Test. *

took his 2nd five wicket haul in Sri Lanka's 2nd innings of the 1st Test. *

took his 1st Test wicket when he dismissed

in the 1st innings of the 2nd Test. *

took his 200th Test wicket when he dismissed

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 surpassed 1,000 career Test runs when he scored 85 in the first innings of the 3rd Test. *

made his 2nd Test century (1st in Australia) when he scored 102* in the first innings of the 3rd Test. ;ODI's *

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

in the 2nd ODI. *

made his 2nd ODI century in the 5th ODI. ;T20I's * James Faulkner took his first T20I wicket when he dismissed

in the 2nd T20I.

Sri Lanka

;Tests * Chanaka Welegedara took his 50th Test wicket when he dismissed

in the 1st innings of the 1st Test. *

made his 15th Test century when he scored 147 in the 1st innings of the 1st Test. *

surpassed 10,000 career Test runs when he scored 58 in the 1st innings of the 2nd Test. ;ODI's *

made his 1st ODI and List A century when he scored 102* in the 2nd ODI. *

took his 1st five wicket haul in the 3rd ODI. ;T20I's

Player statistics

Australia

Sri Lanka

Broadcasters

References

External links

Australia v Sri Lanka - ''ESPNCricinfo''

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