Australian cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2011

Australian cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2011

	Australia	Sri Lanka
Dates	6 August – 20 September 2011
Captains	Michael Clarke (Test and ODI) Cameron White (T20I)	Tillakaratne Dilshan
Test series
Result	Australia won the 3-match series 1–0
Most runs	Michael Hussey (463)	Angelo Mathews (274)
Most wickets	Ryan Harris (11)	Rangana Herath (16)
Player of the series	Michael Hussey (Aus)
One Day International series
Result	Australia won the 5-match series 3–2
Most runs	Michael Clarke (242)	Mahela Jayawardene (180)
Most wickets	Mitchell Johnson (11)	Lasith Malinga (11)
Player of the series	Michael Clarke (Aus)
Twenty20 series
Result	Sri Lanka won the 2-match series 2–0
Most runs	David Warner (69)	Tillakaratne Dilshan (108)
Most wickets	Brett Lee (4)	Ajantha Mendis (6)
Player of the series	Ajantha Mendis and Tillakaratne Dilshan (both SL)

The Australian cricket team toured Sri Lanka from 6 August to 20 September 2011. The tour consisted of two Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is), five One Day Internationals (ODIs) and three Tests played for Warne-Muralidaran Trophy. Four uncapped players had been named in the Australian Test squad;^[1] Shaun Marsh, Trent Copeland, James Pattinson and Nathan Lyon. Lyon had only made four first-class appearences and was previously one of the groundstaff at the Adelaide Oval.^[2]

1 Squads
2 Tour matches
- 2.1 First-class: SL Board XI Vs Australia
3 T20I Series
- 3.1 1st T20I
- 3.2 2nd T20I
4 ODI Series
5 Test Series (Warne-Muralidaran Trophy)
6 See also
7 References

Squads

Tests		ODIs		T20Is
Sri Lanka^[3]	Australia^[4]	Sri Lanka^[5]^[6]	Australia^[7]	Sri Lanka^[8]	Australia^[9]
Tillakaratne Dilshan (c)	Michael Clarke (c)	Tillakaratne Dilshan (c)	Michael Clarke (c)	Tillakaratne Dilshan (c)	Cameron White (c)
Mahela Jayawardene	Shane Watson (vc)	Angelo Mathews (vc)	Doug Bollinger	Angelo Mathews (vc)	Aaron Finch
Rangana Herath	Michael Beer	Dinesh Chandimal	Xavier Doherty	Dinesh Chandimal	John Hastings
Prasanna Jayawardene (wk)	Brad Haddin (wk)	Kumar Sangakkara (wk)	Brad Haddin (wk)	Kumar Sangakkara (wk)	Brad Haddin (wk)
Shaminda Eranga	Trent Copeland	Rangana Herath	John Hastings	Rangana Herath	David Hussey
Suraj Randiv	Ryan Harris	Mahela Jayawardene	David Hussey	Mahela Jayawardene	Mitchell Johnson
Suranga Lakmal	Phillip Hughes	Suraj Randiv	Michael Hussey	Suraj Randiv	Brett Lee
Angelo Mathews	Michael Hussey	Nuwan Kulasekara	Shaun Marsh	Nuwan Kulasekara	Shaun Marsh
Ajantha Mendis	Mitchell Johnson	Suranga Lakmal	James Pattinson	Suranga Lakmal	Steve O'Keefe
Tharanga Paranavitana	Usman Khawaja	Ajantha Mendis	Ricky Ponting	Ajantha Mendis	James Pattinson
Dammika Prasad	Nathan Lyon	Jeevan Mendis	Steven Smith	Jeevan Mendis	Steven Smith
Seekkuge Prasanna	Shaun Marsh	Chamara Silva	Shane Watson	Dilruwan Perera	David Warner
Thilan Samaraweera	James Pattinson	Thisara Perera		Thisara Perera	Shane Watson
Kumar Sangakkara	Ricky Ponting	Lasith Malinga		Dammika Prasad
Lahiru Thirimanne	Peter Siddle	Shaminda Eranga		Shaminda Eranga
Chanaka Welegedara		Upul Tharanga		Chamara Silva
		Seekkuge Prasanna

Tour matches

First-class: SL Board XI Vs Australia

25–27 August Scorecard	Sri Lanka Board XI 258 (85 overs)	v	Australians 393 (121.3 overs)	Match drawn P Sara Oval, Colombo, Sri Lanka Umpires: Rohitha Kottahachchi (Sri) and Tyron Wijewardene (Sri)
	Dinesh Chandimal 59 (90) Trent Copeland 5/47 (20 overs)		Michael Clarke 104 (127) Dilruwan Perera 3/137 (46 overs)
	174/2 (49 overs)
	Lahiru Thirimanne 100 (161) Trent Copeland 1/14 (8 overs)
Sri Lanka Board XI won the toss and elected to bat

T20I Series

1st T20I

6 August (D/N) Scorecard	Sri Lanka 198/3 (20 overs)	v	Australia 163/8 (20 overs)	Sri Lanka won by 35 runs Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy, Sri Lanka Umpires: Asoka De Silva (Sri) and Ruchira Palliyaguru (Sri) Player of the match: Tillakaratne Dilshan (Sri)
	Tillakaratne Dilshan 104* (57) Brett Lee 1/38 (4 overs)		David Warner 53 (31) Dilruwan Perera 3/26 (4 overs)
Australia won the toss and elected to field

2nd T20I

8 August (D/N) Scorecard	Sri Lanka 157/9 (20 overs)	v	Australia 149/9 (20 overs)	Sri Lanka won by 8 runs Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy, Sri Lanka Umpires: Ranmore Martinesz (Sri) and Ruchira Palliyaguru (Sri) Player of the match: Ajantha Mendis (Sri)
	Mahela Jayawardene 86 (63) John Hastings 3/14 (4 overs)		Shane Watson 57 (24) Ajantha Mendis 6/16 (4 overs)
Sri Lanka the won toss and elected to bat

ODI Series

1st ODI

10 August (D/N) Scorecard	Sri Lanka 191 (40.1 overs)	v	Australia 192/3 (38.1 overs)	Australia won by 7 wickets (with 71 balls remaining) Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy, Sri Lanka Umpires: Asoka De Silva (Sri) and Tony Hill (NZ) Player of the match: Mitchell Johnson (Aus)
	Suraj Randiv 41 (50) Mitchell Johnson 6/31 (10 overs)		Shane Watson 69 (51) Suraj Randiv 2/43 (8 overs)
Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat

2nd ODI

14 August (D/N) Scorecard	Sri Lanka 208 (49.3 overs)	v	Australia 211/2 (38.2 overs)	Australia won by 8 wickets (with 70 balls remaining) Mahinda Rajapaksa International Stadium, Hambantota, Sri Lanka Umpires: Tony Hill (NZ) and Ruchira Palliyaguru (Sri) Player of the match: Ricky Ponting (Aus)
	Kumar Sangakkara 52 (85) Doug Bollinger 3/35 (10 overs)		Ricky Ponting 90* (106) Nuwan Kulasekara 1/38 (7 overs)
Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat

3rd ODI

16 August (D/N) Scorecard	Sri Lanka 286/9 (50 overs)	v	Australia 208 (44.2 overs)	Sri Lanka won by 78 runs Mahinda Rajapaksa International Stadium, Hambantota, Sri Lanka Umpires: Asad Rauf (Pak) and Ranmore Martinesz (Sri) Player of the match: Upul Tharanga (Sri)
	Upul Tharanga 111 (139) Doug Bollinger 4/42 (10 overs)		Michael Hussey 63 (76) Lasith Malinga 5/28 (8.2 overs)
Australia won the toss and elected to field Shaminda Eranga (Sri Lanka) made his ODI debut

4th ODI

20 August (D/N) Scorecard	Sri Lanka 132 (38.4 overs)	v	Australia 133/5 (28 overs)	Australia won by 5 wickets (with 132 balls remaining) R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka Umpires: Asoka De Silva (Sri) and Tony Hill (NZ) Player of the match: Xavier Doherty (Aus)
	Mahela Jayawardene 53 (102) Brett Lee 4/15 (6.4 overs)		Shaun Marsh 70 (80) Seekkuge Prasanna 3/32 (6 overs)
Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat Seekkuge Prasanna (Sri Lanka) made his ODI debut

5th ODI

22 August (D/N) Scorecard	Australia 211 (46.1 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 213/6 (47 overs)	Sri Lanka won by 4 wickets (with 18 balls remaining) R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka Umpires: Asad Rauf (Pak) and Ranmore Martinesz (Sri) Player of the match: Lasith Malinga (Sri)
	Shane Watson 56 (84) Lasith Malinga 3/35 (8 overs)		Mahela Jayawardene 71 (119) James Pattinson 2/41 (10 overs)
Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field Lasith Malinga took his third ODI Hat-Trick

Test Series (Warne-Muralidaran Trophy)

Main article: Warne-Muralidaran Trophy

1st Test

31 August – 4 September Scorecard	Australia 273 (86.5 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 105 (50 overs)	Australia won by 125 runs Galle International Stadium, Galle, Sri Lanka Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Richard Kettleborough (Eng) Player of the Match: Michael Hussey (Aus)
	Michael Hussey 95 (178) Rangana Herath 3/54 (24 overs)		Tharanga Paranavitana 29 (85) Nathan Lyon 5/34 (6 overs)
	210 (59.2 overs)		253 (95.5 overs)
	Michael Clarke 60 (80) Rangana Herath 5/79 (23 overs)		Mahela Jayawardene 105 (215) Ryan Harris 5/62 (20 overs)
Australia won the toss and elected to bat Trent Copeland and Nathan Lyon (both Australia) made their test debut Rain delayed play on Day 2 resulting Stumps to be called Rain delayed play on Day 3 therfore there was no first session but an extended second and third session Bad light on Day 3 suspended play at the end of the day with a min. of 3 overs to spare ultimately resulting in stumps Rain delayed part of the first session on Day 4

On the 2nd day of the test, Nathan Lyon took his first wicket in tests with his first ball, his victim was Kumar Sangakkara; he is the 14th international player and 2nd Australian to do so. He finished with figures of 5/34, becoming the 131st player to take five wickets on debut in a Test match.^[10] Also, Trent Copeland took his first wicket in tests with his second ball; his victim was Tillakaratne Dilshan.

Australia lead the series 1–0

2nd Test

8–12 September Scorecard	Sri Lanka 174 (64.1 overs)	v	Australia 411/7 d (132 overs)	Match drawn Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Pallekele, Sri Lanka Umpires: Richard Kettleborough (Eng) and Tony Hill (NZ) Player of the Match: Michael Hussey (Aus)
	Angelo Mathews 58 (111) Ryan Harris 3/38 (16 overs)		Michael Hussey 142 (244) Suraj Randiv 3/103 (43 overs)
	317/6 (114.3 overs)
	Kumar Sangakkara 69 (265) Ryan Harris 3/54 (22 overs)
Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat Seekkuge Prasanna (Sri Lanka) and Shaun Marsh (Australia) made their test debut. Match delayed by bad light on Day 1 Match delayed by rain on 2nd, 3rd and 4th days Match delayed by bad light on Day 2 and 5, resulting in stumps

Ricky Ponting missed this test. Ponting's wife, Rianna, gave birth to the couple's second child, and he returned to Australia to witness the event. As a result Shaun Marsh made his debut and he scored 141 of 315 balls.^[11]