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 Muralitharan (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
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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Shaun Tait (withdrawn) | Chamara Silva |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- Ben Hilfenhaus was added after Tait was withdrawn with an elbow injury.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 |
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4/551 dec. (151 overs) Michael Clarke 145* (249) Michael Hussey 133 (249) M Muralitharan 2/170 (50 overs) | ||
Australia won by an innings and 40 runs Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane Umpires: Tony Hill (NZ) and Rudi Koertzen (SA) Player of the match: Brett Lee (Aus) |
- Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field first
- Mitchell Johnson (cricketer) (Aus) made his Test debut.
2nd Test
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5/542 dec. (139 overs) Phil Jaques 150 (237) Michael Hussey 132 (220) Dilhara Fernando 2/134 (26 overs) | ||
Australia won by 96 runs Bellerive Oval, Hobart Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Rudi Koertzen (SA) Player of the match: Brett Lee (Aus) |
Commonwealth Bank Series
Tour Matches
Cricket Australia Chairman's XI
Queensland
2–4 November (scorecard) |
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Queensland won by 4 wickets Allan Border Field, Brisbane Umpires: Andrew Curran (Aus) and Norm McNamara (Aus) Player of the match: AA Noffke (Qld) |
Prime Minister's XI
30 January (scorecard) |
Prime Minister's XI 152 (38 overs) | v | |
Sri Lanka won by 4 wickets Manuka Oval, Canberra Umpires: Tim Laycock (Aus) and Yohan Ramasundra (Aus) Player of the match: SL Malinga (SL) |
Tasmania
See also
References
Preceded by | Sri Lankan cricket team in Australia | Succeeded by |
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