| Australian cricket team in Sri Lanka in 1999 | |||
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| Sri Lanka | Australia | ||
| Test series | |||
| Result | Sri Lanka won the 3-match series 1–0 | ||
Tour matches
List A: Sri Lanka Board XI vs Australia XI
| 19 August Scorecard |
| Sri Lanka Board XI 208/5 (50 overs) |
v |  Australia212/5 (45.1 overs) |
| Sajith Fernando 67 (96) Glenn McGrath 2/17 (7 overs) |
Ricky Ponting 60* (106) Russel Arnold 2/43 (8.1 overs) |
| Australians won by 5 wickets (with 29 balls remaining) Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo Umpires: TM Samarasinghe (Sri) and EKG Wijewardena (NZ) |
- Sri Lanka Board XI won the toss and elected to bat
ODI series
1st ODI
| 22 August Scorecard |
| Australia 205/9 (43 overs) |
v |  Sri Lanka160 (37.4 overs) |
| Michael Bevan 43 (44) Sanath Jayasuriya 5/28 (9 overs) |
Romesh Kaluwitharana 33 (46) Jason Gillespie 3/26 (6 overs) |
| Australia won by 50 runs (D/L method) Galle International Stadium, Galle Umpires: Asoka De Silva (Sri) and Peter Manuel (Sri) Player of the match: Jason Gillespie (Aus) |
- Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field
- Rain stopped play from 11:54am to 1:20pm at the fall of Lehmann's wicket. Match reduced to 43 overs per side and the lunch break shortened to 20 minutes.
- Indika de Saram (Sri) made his ODI debut.
Test series
Sri Lanka won the three-match Test series 1-0 with 2 draws. Their win in the first match was their first victory against Australia in Tests.
1st Test
| 9–11 September 1999 Scorecard |
| Australia
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v | Sri Lanka
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| 188 (67.1 overs) RT Ponting 96 (160) M Muralitharan 4/63 (25.1 overs) |
234 (66.3 overs) PA de Silva 78 (146) SK Warne 5/52 (16 overs) | |
| 140 (60.2 overs) RT Ponting 51 (118) WPUJC Vaas 3/15 (15 overs) |
95/3 (26.5 overs) PA de Silva 31* (70) CR Miller 3/48 (13 overs) |
| Sri Lanka won by 6 wickets Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy Umpires: PT Manuel (SL) and S Venkataraghavan (IND) Player of the match: PA de Silva (SL) and RT Ponting (AUS) |
- Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
- The match was scheduled for five days but completed in three.
2nd Test
| 22–26 September 1999 Scorecard |
| Sri Lanka
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v | Australia
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| 296 (106.5 overs) PA de Silva 64 (162) SK Warne 3/29 (25 overs) |
228 (96.3 overs) MJ Slater 96 (220) M Muralitharan 5/71 (38 overs) | |
| 55/0 (17.2 overs) MS Atapattu 28* (61) |
| Match drawn Galle International Stadium, Galle Umpires: BC Cooray (SL) and DB Cowie (NZ) Player of the match: MJ Slater (AUS) |
- Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.
- There was no play on the fourth day.
- HMRKB Herath (SL) made his Test debut.
3rd Test
| 30 September–4 October 1999 Scorecard |
| Australia
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v | Sri Lanka
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| 342 (136.4 overs) RT Ponting 105* (171) WPUJC Vaas 4/54 (23.4 overs) |
61/4 (21.5 overs) DPMD Jayawardene 21 (52) DW Fleming 3/14 (5.5 overs) | |
| Match drawn Singhalese Sports Club Cricket Ground, Colombo Umpires: KT Francis (SL) and P Willey (AUS) Player of the match: RT Ponting (AUS) |
- Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
- There was no play on the final day.
External links
References
- "The original Indian hero". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
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