Australian cricket team in Sri Lanka in 1982–83
Sri Lanka | Australia | ||
Dates | 22 April 1983 – 26 April 1983 | ||
Captains | Duleep Mendis | Greg Chappell | |
Test series | |||
Result | Australia won the 1-match series 1–0 | ||
Most runs | Arjuna Ranatunga (122) | David Hookes (143) | |
Most wickets | Ashantha de Mel (2) | Bruce Yardley (7) | |
Player of the series | Kepler Wessels (Aus) |
The Australian cricket team had a short tour of Sri Lanka during the 1982-83 season. The two countries played their first ever Test together, which Australia won.[1]
Squad[]
The squad was announced in March 1983. Regular players Rod Marsh, Jeff Thomson, Geoff Lawson and Kim Hughes elected not to tour. Australia picked the following squad:
- Batsmen - Greg Chappell (captain), David Hookes (vice-captain), Graeme Wood, Kepler Wessels, Allan Border, Graham Yallop, Steve Smith
- Fast bowlers - Dennis Lillee, Rodney Hogg, John Maguire
- Spinners - Bruce Yardley, Tom Hogan
- Wicketkeeper - Roger Woolley
- 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 Steve Rixon.[2] 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. Tom Hogan was considered a surprise selection.[3]
Test series[]
Only Test[]
22 – 26 April
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- Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
- This was the first Test match between two teams.
- Roger Woolley (Aus), Tom Hogan (Aus) and Roshan Guneratne (SL) all made their debut.
- David Hookes scored his first (and only) Test match century.
One Day Internationals (ODIs)[]
Sri Lanka won the series 2-0.
1st ODI[]
13 April 1983
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Australia
168/9 (45 overs) |
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- Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
- R. D. Woolley (AUS) made his ODI debut.
2nd ODI[]
3rd ODI[]
4th ODI[]
30 April 1983
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124/3 (19.2 overs) |
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- Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
- The match was reduced before play started to 30 overs per side.
- GN de Silva and DSBP Kuruppu (SL) made their ODI debuts.
References[]
- ^ Australian cricket team in Sri Lanka 1982-83 at Wisden
- ^ Brian Mossop, "Woolley to Tour Sri Lanka", Sydney Morning Herald, 4 March 1983 accessed 22 July 2012
- ^ "CRICKET In-form Yallop gains tour place". The Canberra Times. 57 (17, 322). Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 3 March 1983. p. 26. Retrieved 31 May 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
External links[]
- Series home
- Australian cricket team in Sri Lanka 1982-83 Archived 2009-01-23 at the Wayback Machine at CricketArchive
- Australian cricket team in Sri Lanka in 1982-83 at Test Cricket Tours
- Tour report at Wisden
- Australian cricket tours of Sri Lanka
- 1983 in Australian cricket
- 1983 in Sri Lankan cricket
- Sri Lankan cricket seasons from 1972–73 to 1999–2000
- International cricket competitions from 1980–81 to 1985
- International cricket tour stubs