| Sri Lanka in Australia in 2007-08 | ||
| Teams | Australia | Sri Lanka |
| Dates | 8 November – 20 November 2007 | |
| Captains | Ricky Ponting | Mahela Jayawardene |
| Number of Tests | 2 | |
| Tests won | 2 | 0 |
| Most runs (Tests) | Phil Jaques (319) | Kumar Sangakkara (249) |
| Most wickets (Tests) | Brett Lee (16) | Muttiah Muralidaran (4) |
| Player of Series (Tests) | Brett Lee | |
The Sri Lanka cricket team toured Australia for four tour matches, two Test matches and the 2007-08 Commonwealth Bank Series from October 27, 2007 to March 7, 2008.[1]
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| November 8 - 12 00:00 UTC Report |
Australia 4/551 dec. (151 overs) |
v | Sri Lanka 211 (81.5 overs) |
Australia won by an innings and 40 runs Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane Umpires: Tony Hill & Rudi Koertzen Player of the Match: Brett Lee |
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| Michael Clarke 145* (249) Michael Hussey 133 (249) M Muralitharan 2/170 (50 overs) |
Marvan Atapattu 51 (183) Chamara Silva 40 (45) Brett Lee 4/26 (17.5 overs) |
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| 300 (99.2 overs) | |||||
| Michael Vandort 82 (170) Mahela Jayawardene 49 (115) Brett Lee 4/86 (27 overs) |
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| November 16 - 20 23:30 UTC Scorecard |
Australia 5/542 dec. (139 overs) |
v | Sri Lanka 246 (81.2 overs) |
Australia won by 96 runs Bellerive Oval, Hobart Umpires: Aleem Dar & Rudi Koertzen Player of the Match: Brett Lee |
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| Phil Jaques 150 (237) Michael Hussey 132 (220) Dilhara Fernando 2/134 (26 overs) |
Mahela Jayawardene 104 (194) Kumar Sangakkara 57 (76) Brett Lee 4/82 (23.2 overs) |
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| 2/210 dec. (46 overs) | 410 (104.3 overs) | ||||
| Phil Jaques 68 (95) Ricky Ponting 53* (102) Lasith Malinga 1/61 (12 overs) |
Kumar Sangakkara 192 (282) Marvan Atapattu 80 (164) Brett Lee 4/87 (26.3 overs) |
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| 27 October - 29 October (scorecard) |
Sri Lanka 368/6 dec. (96.2 overs) |
v | CA Chairman's XI 409 (122.2 overs) |
Match drawn Adelaide Oval, Australia Umpires: Andy Collins and Andrew Willoughby |
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| ST Jayasuriya 154 (153) AK Heal 3-50 (19 overs) |
TC Plant 124 (322) M Muralitharan 4-122 (44 overs) |
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| 125/3 (36 overs) | |||||
| DPMD Jayawardene 52 (73) ML Lewis 2-17 (7 overs) |
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| 2 November - 4 November (scorecard) |
Sri Lanka 210/9 dec. (63.2 overs) |
v | Queensland 295 (79.2 overs) |
Queensland won by 4 wickets Allan Border Field, Brisbane, Australia Umpires: Andrew Curran and Norm McNamara Player of the Match: AA Noffke |
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| HAPW Jayawardene 58 (130) AA Noffke 5-36 (14 overs) |
AJ Bichel 125 (168) MF Maharoof 3-72 (20 overs) |
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| 226 (73.5 overs) | 142/6 (37.1 overs) | ||||
| WPUJC Vaas 84 (76) AA Noffke 3-21 (13 overs) |
CT Perren 62* (74) MF Maharoof 3-33 (9 overs) |
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| 30 January (scorecard) |
Prime Minister's XI 152 (38 overs) |
v | Sri Lanka 156/6 (31.5 overs) |
Sri Lanka won by 4 wickets Manuka Oval, Canberra, Australia Umpires: Tim Laycock and Yohan Ramasundra Player of the match: SL Malinga |
| AA Noffke 30 (54) SL Malinga 3-33 (9 overs) |
TM Dilshan 75* (83) CL White 2-24 (6 overs) |
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| 2 February (scorecard) |
Sri Lanka 183/9 (47.4 overs) |
v | Tasmania 184/3 (36.1 overs) |
Tasmania won by 7 wickets Bellerive Oval, Hobart, Australia Umpires: Brian Muir and Greg Luck |
| DPMD Jayawardene 51 (59) BG Drew 5-36 (10 overs) |
TD Paine 54 (76) KMDN Kulasekara 2-27 (6 overs) |
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