Sri Lankan cricket team in Australia in 2007–08

Sri Lanka in Australia in 2007-08

	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
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Shaun Tait (withdrawn)	Chamara Silva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Ben Hilfenhaus was added after Tait was withdrawn with an elbow injury.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
Report

Australia	v	Sri Lanka
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)
		300 (99.2 overs) Michael Vandort 82 (170) Mahela Jayawardene 49 (115) Brett Lee 4/86 (27 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)

2nd Test

16–20 November
23:30 UTC
Scorecard

Australia	v	Sri Lanka
5/542 dec. (139 overs) Phil Jaques 150 (237) Michael Hussey 132 (220) Dilhara Fernando 2/134 (26 overs)		246 (81.2 overs) Mahela Jayawardene 104 (194) Kumar Sangakkara 57 (76) Brett Lee 4/82 (23.2 overs)
2/210 dec. (46 overs) Phil Jaques 68 (95) Ricky Ponting 53* (102) Lasith Malinga 1/61 (12 overs)		410 (104.3 overs) Kumar Sangakkara 192 (282) Marvan Atapattu 80 (164) Brett Lee 4/87 (26.3 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

Main article: 2007-08 Commonwealth Bank Series

Tour Matches

Cricket Australia Chairman's XI

27–29 October
(scorecard)

Sri Lanka	v	CA Chairman's XI
368/6 dec. (96.2 overs) ST Jayasuriya 154 (153) AK Heal 3/50 (19 overs)		409 (122.2 overs) TC Plant 124 (322) M Muralitharan 4/122 (44 overs)
125/3 (36 overs) DPMD Jayawardene 52 (73) ML Lewis 2/17 (7 overs)

Match drawn
Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
Umpires: Andy Collins (Aus) and Andrew Willoughby (Aus)

Queensland

2–4 November
(scorecard)

Sri Lanka	v	Queensland
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)

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 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)

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

2 February
Scorecard

Sri Lanka 183/9 (47.4 overs)	v	Tasmania 184/3 (36.1 overs)
DPMD Jayawardene 51 (59) BG Drew 5/36 (10 overs)		TD Paine 54 (76) KMDN Kulasekara 2/27 (6 overs)

Tasmania won by 7 wickets
Bellerive Oval, Hobart
Umpires: Brian Muir (Aus) and Greg Luck (Aus)

References

List of Warne–Muralidaran Trophy series

2007–08
2011
2012–13
2016
2018-19

Non-Warne–Muralidaran Trophy Australia v Sri Lanka Test series

1982–83 1987–88 1989–90 1992 1995–96 1999 2003–04 2004

International cricket in 2007–08

Preceding season: International cricket in 2007

September 2007	2007 ICC World Twenty20

October 2007	Pakistan v South Africa India v Australia Intercontinental Cup

November 2007	Sri Lanka v England Australia v Sri Lanka India v Pakistan South Africa v New Zealand Zimbabwe v West Indies

December 2007	Chappell–Hadlee Trophy Australia v India South Africa v West Indies New Zealand v Bangladesh

January 2008	Pakistan v Zimbabwe

February 2008	ICC U/19 Cricket World Cup Commonwealth Bank Series New Zealand v England Bangladesh v South Africa Women's Ashes

March 2008	India v South Africa West Indies v Sri Lanka Bangladesh v Ireland

Following season: International cricket in 2008

Sri Lankan international Test cricket tours abroad

History of cricket in Sri Lanka

Australia	1987–88 1989–90 1995–96 2004 2007–08 2012–13 2018–19

Bangladesh	2005–06 2008–09 2013–14 2019–20

England	1984 1988 1991 1998 2002 2006 2011 2014 2016

India	1982–83 1986–87 1990–91 1993–94 1997–98 2005–06 2009–10 2015–16 2017–18

New Zealand	1982–83 1990–91 1994–95 1996–97 2004–05 2006–07 2014–15 2018–19

Pakistan	1981–82 1985–86 1991–92 1995–96 1998–99 1999–00 2001–02 2004–05 2008–09 2011–12 2013-14 2017–18

South Africa	1997–98 2000–01 2002–03 2011–12 2016–17 2018–19

West Indies	1995–96 1996–97 2003 2007–08 2018

Zimbabwe	1994–95 1999–00 2004 2016–17

International Test cricket tours of Sri Lanka International one day cricket against Sri Lanka Other tours of Sri Lanka

International cricket tours of Australia

Test and LOI tours

Bangladesh	2003 2008 2017

England	1876–77 1878–79 1881–82 1882–83 1884–85 1886–87 1887–88 1891–92 1894–95 1897–98 1901–02 1903–04 1907–08 1911–12 1920–21 1924–25 1928–29 1932–33 1936–37 1946–47 1950–51 1954–55 1958–59 1962–63 1965–66 1970–71 1974–75 1977 1978–79 1979–80 1982–83 1986–87 1987–88 1990–91 1994–95 1998–99 2002–03 2006–07 2010–11 2013–14 2017–18

India	1947–48 1967–68 1977–78 1980–81 1985–86 1991–92 1999–2000 2003–04 2007–08 2011–12 2014–15 2015–16 2018–19 2020

New Zealand	1973–74 1980–81 1982–83 1985–86 1987–88 1989–90 1990–91 1993–94 1997–98 2001–02 2004–05 2008–09 2011–12 2015–16 2016–17 2020-21

Pakistan	1964–65 1972–73 1976–77 1978–79 1981–82 1983–84 1988–89 1989–90 1991–92 1992–93 1995–96 1996–97 1999–2000 2002 2004–05 2009–10 2016–17 2019–20

South Africa	1910–11 1931–32 1952–53 1963–64 1971–72 (cancelled) 1993–94 1997–98 2001–02 2005–06 2008–09 2012–13 2014–15 2016–17 2018–19

Sri Lanka	1982–83 1987–88 1989–90 1995–96 1998–99 2002–03 2004 2007–08 2010–11 2012–13 2016–17 2018–19 2022–23

West Indies	1930–31 1951–52 1960–61 1968–69 1975–76 1979–80 1981–82 1984–85 1986–87 1988–89 1991–92 1992–93 1995–96 1996–97 2000–01 2004–05 2005–06 2009–10 2012–13 2015–16 2019–20

Zimbabwe	1994–95 2000–01 2003–04

Tournaments hosted

World Cup	1985 1992 2015

Tri-series	1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2011–12 2014–15 2017–18

Other tours

Afghanistan	2014

Australian Forces	1919–20 1945–46

English	1861–62 1863–64 1873–74 1902–03 1922–23 1929–30 1935–36 1979–80

Fijian	1907–08 1959–60

Multi-national	1971–72 2005–06

New Zealand	1898–99 1913–14 1925–26 1927–28 1937–38 1953–54 1961–62 1967–68 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1974–75

PNG	2014

UAE	2014

West Indies (WSC)	1977–78

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