Sri Lankan cricket team in Australia in 2007–08
Sri Lanka in Australia in 2007-08 | |||
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Australia | Sri Lanka | ||
Dates | 8 November – 20 November 2007 | ||
Captains | Ricky Ponting | Mahela Jayawardene | |
Test series | |||
Result | Australia won the 2-match series 2–0 | ||
Most runs | Phil Jaques (319) | Kumar Sangakkara (249) | |
Most wickets | Brett Lee (16) | Muttiah Muralidaran (4) | |
Player of the series | Brett Lee |
The Sri Lanka cricket team toured Australia for four tour matches, two Test matches and the 2007–08 Commonwealth Bank Series from 27 October 2007 to 7 March 2008.[1]
Squad lists[]
Test squads | |
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Australia [2][3] | Sri Lanka [4] |
Ricky Ponting (c) | Mahela Jayawardene (c) |
Adam Gilchrist (wk) | Kumar Sangakkara (wk) |
Stuart Clark | Marvan Atapattu |
Michael Clarke | Malinga Bandara |
Matthew Hayden | Sujeewa de Silva |
Ben Hilfenhaus (added) | Dilhara Fernando |
Brad Hogg | Sanath Jayasuriya |
Michael Hussey | Prasanna Jayawardene (wk) |
Phil Jaques | Farveez Maharoof |
Mitchell Johnson | Lasith Malinga |
Brett Lee | Jehan Mubarak |
Stuart MacGill | Muttiah Muralitharan |
Andrew Symonds | Thilan Samaraweera |
Shaun Tait (withdrawn) | Chamara Silva |
Upul Tharanga | |
Chaminda Vaas | |
Michael Vandort | |
Chanaka Welegedara |
- Ben Hilfenhaus was added after Tait was withdrawn with an elbow injury.
- Sujeewa de Silva was added as cover for Welegedara.
Test series[]
1st Test[]
8–12 November
00:00 UTC |
Australia
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v
|
Sri Lanka
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4/551 dec. (151 overs)
Michael Clarke 145* (249) Michael Hussey 133 (249) M Muralitharan 2/170 (50 overs) |
211 (81.5 overs)
Marvan Atapattu 51 (183) Chamara Silva 40 (45) Brett Lee 4/26 (17.5 overs) | |
- Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field first
- Mitchell Johnson (cricketer) (Aus) made his Test debut.
2nd Test[]
Australia
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v
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Sri Lanka
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5/542 dec. (139 overs)
Phil Jaques 150 (237) Michael Hussey 132 (220) Dilhara Fernando 2/134 (26 overs) |
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2/210 dec. (46 overs)
Phil Jaques 68 (95) Ricky Ponting 53* (102) Lasith Malinga 1/61 (12 overs) |
Commonwealth Bank Series[]
Tour Matches[]
Cricket Australia Chairman's XI[]
27–29 October
(scorecard) |
Sri Lanka
|
v
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CA Chairman's XI
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409 (122.2 overs)
TC Plant 124 (322) M Muralitharan 4/122 (44 overs) | ||
Queensland[]
2–4 November
(scorecard) |
Sri Lanka
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v
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Queensland
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210/9 dec. (63.2 overs)
HAPW Jayawardene 58 (130) AA Noffke 5/36 (14 overs) |
295 (79.2 overs)
AJ Bichel 125 (168) MF Maharoof 3/72 (20 overs) | |
226 (73.5 overs)
WPUJC Vaas 84 (76) AA Noffke 3/21 (13 overs) |
142/6 (37.1 overs)
CT Perren 62* (74) MF Maharoof 3/33 (9 overs) |
Prime Minister's XI[]
30 January
(scorecard) |
Prime Minister's XI
152 (38 overs) |
v
|
Sri Lanka
156/6 (31.5 overs) |
AA Noffke 30 (54)
SL Malinga 3/33 (9 overs) |
TM Dilshan 75* (83)
CL White 2/24 (6 overs) |
Tasmania[]
2 February
Scorecard |
Sri Lanka
183/9 (47.4 overs) |
v
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Tasmania
184/3 (36.1 overs) |
TD Paine 54 (76)
KMDN Kulasekara 2/27 (6 overs) |
See also[]
References[]
Categories:
- 2007 in Australian cricket
- 2008 in Australian cricket
- 2007–08 Australian cricket season
- Sri Lankan cricket tours of Australia
- International cricket competitions in 2007–08
- 2007 in Sri Lankan cricket
- 2008 in Sri Lankan cricket