Sri Lankan cricket team in Australia in 1995–96
The Sri Lanka national cricket team toured Australia in the and played 3 Test matches against Australia. Australia won the series 3-0.
The second Test had controversy when umpire Darryl Hair called Sri Lanka's Muttiah Muralitharan for throwing.[1]
Test series summary[]
1st Test[]
Sri Lanka
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v
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Australia
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251 (89.4 overs)
RS Kaluwitharana 50 (74) GD McGrath 4/81 (24 overs) |
617/5d (174 overs)
MJ Slater 219 (321) WPUJC Vaas 2/103 (31 overs) | |
330 (93.4 overs)
HP Tillakaratne 119 (206) CJ McDermott 3/73 (20 overs) |
- Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.
- The match was scheduled for five days but completed in four.
- SG Law and RT Ponting (both AUS) made their Test debuts.
2nd Test[]
Australia
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v
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Sri Lanka
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500/6d (165 overs)
SR Waugh 131* (252) GP Wickramasinghe 2/77 (30.2 overs) |
233 (88.4 overs)
A Ranatunga 51 (105) GD McGrath 5/40 (23.4 overs) | |
41/0 (7.4 overs)
MA Taylor 25* (23) |
- Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.
3rd Test[]
Australia
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v
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Sri Lanka
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502/9d (157.3 overs)
SR Waugh 170 (316) WPUJC Vaas 3/106 (42 overs) |
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215/6d (73 overs)
SR Waugh 61* (129) WPUJC Vaas 3/44 (21 overs) |
252 (96.2 overs)
ST Jayasuriya 112 (188) SR Waugh 4/34 (19 overs) |
- Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
External sources[]
References[]
- Playfair Cricket Annual (annual)
- Wisden Cricketers Almanack (annual)
- ^ Australia v Sri Lanka Australia v Sri Lanka - 26-30 December 1995, The Electronic Telegraph, ESPNcricinfo
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