The Sri Lanka cricket team toured Australia in February 2017 to play three Twenty20 International (T20Is) matches.[1] Cricket Australia confirmed the venues in August 2016 with the tour starting in Melbourne, before heading to the first-ever international cricket match to be held at Kardinia Park, Geelong with the final T20 to be held at Adelaide Oval.[2][3] With both Steve Smith and David Warner unavailable due to the scheduling of the series against India, Aaron Finch was named as Australia's captain for the series.[4] Sri Lanka's T20I captain Angelo Mathews was unavailable for the tour, after suffering a hamstring injury during the second T20I against South Africa in January 2017.[5]
Ahead of the T20I series, there was a twenty-over tour match between Prime Minister's XI and Sri Lanka. Adam Voges captained the Prime Minister's XI side in his last international match before he retired.[6][7] In the T20I series, Sri Lanka won the three-match T20I series 2–1.[8]
Squads
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Australia's Chris Lynn was injured prior to the series and was replaced by Ben Dunk.[11]
Tour match
20-over match: Prime Minister's XI v Sri Lanka
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- Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.
- Harry Conway and Jason Sangha (Prime Minister's XI) both made their T20 debuts.
T20I series
1st T20I
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- Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.
- Michael Klinger, Billy Stanlake, Ashton Turner (Aus) and Vikum Sanjaya (SL) all made their T20I debuts.
- At the age of 36, Michael Klinger became the oldest player for Australia to debut in a T20I.[12]
- Aaron Finch became second fastest batsman and the third Australian to reach 1,000 runs in T20Is.[13][14]
2nd T20I
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- Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.
- Jhye Richardson (Aus) made his T20I debut.
- Sam Nogajski (Aus) stood in his first T20I as an umpire.[15]
- This was the first T20I match to be played at this venue.[16]
- Sri Lanka made 36 runs from the final two overs, the most in a successful run-chase in a T20I.[17]
- This was Australia's fifth-consecutive loss at home in T20Is, their longest losing streak.[17]
- This was the 50th win for Sri Lanka in T20Is, becoming the third team to do so.[18]
- Niroshan Dickwella (SL) was given a two-match ban after he showed his dissent at an umpire's decision. He was also fined 30% of his match fee for the incident.[19]
3rd T20I
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- Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.
- This was Australia's first win against Sri Lanka at home in a T20I.[8]
References
- ^ "Four nations set to tour in blockbuster 2016–17 summer". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
- ^ "Geelong set to host T20 international". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
- ^ "Geelong to host Australia-Sri Lanka T20I". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
- ^ "Finch named captain for SL T20I series". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
- ^ "Angelo Mathews unavailable for Australia tour due to injury". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
- ^ "Voges announces international retirement". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 February 2017.
- ^ "Sri Lankan XI warm up by thrashing PM's XI". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 February 2017.
- ^ a b "Zampa halts Sri Lanka charge". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
- ^ "Klinger, Paine in Australia's T20 squad". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
- ^ "Lasith Malinga picked for T20Is in Australia". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
- ^ "Dunk replaces injured Lynn for Sri Lanka series". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
- ^ "Malinga set for return against new-look Australia". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
- ^ Chakraborty, Paulami (17 February 2017). "Australia vs Sri Lanka, 1st T20I: Lasith Malinga's 2 on 2, Aaron Finch's career milestone and other highlights". cricketcountry.com. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
- ^ "Fastest to 1000 runs in T20I cricket". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
- ^ "Sam Nogajski to make on-field international debut in Australia's Twenty20 series against Sri Lanka". The Mercury. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
- ^ "Gunaratne 84* caps stunning series win for Sri Lanka". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
- ^ a b "Sri Lanka's perfect record in Australia". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
- ^ "Records / Twenty20 Internationals / Team records / Results summary". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
- ^ "ICC suspends Sri Lanka's Dickwella". cricket.com.au. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
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