Sri Lanka in Australia, 2007-08

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Past Aus-SL tours:
1999-00   2003-04   2004

 

Date Match Venue Result & Card
Oct 27-29 v CA Chairman's XI Adelaide Match Drawn
Nov 2-4 v Queensland Brisbane ABF Queensland by 4 wickets
Nov 8-12 1st TEST v Australia Brisbane Australia by an Innings and 40 runs
Aus 551/4d, SL 211 & 300
Nov 16-20 2nd TEST v Australia Hobart Australia by 96 runs
Aus 542/5d & 210/2d, SL 246 & 410

 

Australia
Age TEST
32 SR Clark Bat Bowl
26 MJ Clarke Bat Bowl
36 AC Gilchrist Bat Bowl
36 ML Hayden Bat Bowl
32 MEK Hussey Bat Bowl
28 PA Jaques Bat Bowl
26 MG Johnson Bat Bowl
31 B Lee Bat Bowl
36 SCG MacGill Bat Bowl
32 RT Ponting Bat Bowl
32 A Symonds Bat Bowl
Sri Lanka
Age TEST
34 MS Atapattu Bat Bowl
28 CRD Fernando Bat Bowl
38 ST Jayasuriya Bat Bowl
30 DPMD Jayawardene Bat Bowl
28 HAPW Jayawardene Bat Bowl
23 MF Maharoof Bat Bowl
24 SL Malinga Bat Bowl
35 M Muralitharan Bat Bowl
31 TT Samaraweera Bat Bowl
30 KC Sangakkara Bat Bowl
27 LPC Silva Bat Bowl
33 WPUJC Vaas Bat Bowl
27 MG Vandort Bat Bowl

 

Record performances for series

Highest Innings

Rank Name   Opp. Venue Date
1 MJ Slater (Aus) 219 SL Perth 8 Dec 1995
2 KC Sangakkara (SL) 192 Aus Hobart 16 Nov 2007
3 SR Waugh (Aus) 170 SL Adelaide 25 Jan 1996
4 PA de Silva (SL) 167 Aus Brisbane 8 Dec 1989
5 JL Langer (Aus) 166 SL Colombo SSC 24 Mar 2004
6 MA Taylor (Aus) 164 SL Brisbane 8 Dec 1989
7 JL Langer (Aus) 162 SL Cairns 9 Jul 2004
8 DR Martyn (Aus) 161 SL Kandy 16 Mar 2004
9 DS Lehmann (Aus) 153 SL Colombo SSC 24 Mar 2004
10 PA Jaques (Aus) 150 SL Hobart 16 Nov 2007
11 MJ Clarke (Aus) 145* SL Brisbane 8 Nov 2007
12 AC Gilchrist (Aus) 144 SL Kandy 16 Mar 2004
13 DW Hookes (Aus) 143* SL Kandy 22 Apr 1983
14 AP Gurusinha (SL) 143 Aus Melbourne 26 Dec 1995
15 KC Wessels (Aus) 141 SL Kandy 22 Apr 1983

Best Bowling - Innings

Rank Name   Opp. Venue Date
1 MS Kasprowicz (Aus) 7-39 SL Darwin 1 Jul 2004
2 M Muralitharan (SL) 6-59 Aus Galle 8 Mar 2004
3 RJ Ratnayake (SL) 6-66 Aus Hobart 16 Dec 1989
4 WPUJC Vaas (SL) 5-31 Aus Darwin 1 Jul 2004
5 GD McGrath (Aus) 5-37 SL Darwin 1 Jul 2004
6 PR Reiffel (Aus) 5-39 SL Adelaide 25 Jan 1996
7 GD McGrath (Aus) 5-40 SL Melbourne 26 Dec 1995
8 SK Warne (Aus) 5-43 SL Galle 8 Mar 2004
9 SK Warne (Aus) 5-52 SL Kandy 9 Sep 1999
10 SK Warne (Aus) 5-65 SL Kandy 16 Mar 2004
11 TG Hogan (Aus) 5-66 SL Kandy 22 Apr 1983
12 MG Hughes (Aus) 5-67 SL Perth 12 Feb 1988
13 M Muralitharan (SL) 5-71 Aus Galle 22 Sep 1999
14 CPH Ramanayake (SL) 5-82 Aus Moratuwa 8 Sep 1992
15 MG Hughes (Aus) 5-88 SL Hobart 16 Dec 1989

Best Bowling - Match

Rank Name   Opp. Venue Date
1 M Muralitharan (SL) 11-212 Aus Galle 8 Mar 2004
2 SK Warne (Aus) 10-155 SL Kandy 16 Mar 2004
3 SK Warne (Aus) 10-159 SL Galle 8 Mar 2004
4 UDU Chandana (SL) 10-210 Aus Cairns 9 Jul 2004
5 M Muralitharan (SL) 9-221 Aus Kandy 16 Mar 2004
6 B Lee (Aus) 8-112 SL Brisbane 8 Nov 2007
7 MG Hughes (Aus) 8-156 SL Hobart 16 Dec 1989
8 CPH Ramanayake (SL) 8-157 Aus Moratuwa 8 Sep 1992

Most Runs for Series

Rank Name M I R Avg. 50 100 HS
1 RT Ponting (Aus) 12 19 851 50.05 7 1 105*
2 PA de Silva (SL) 12 19 803 47.23 6 1 167
3 SR Waugh (Aus) 8 11 701 87.62 3 3 170
4 ST Jayasuriya (SL) 13 24 686 31.18 2 2 131
5 A Ranatunga (SL) 12 19 673 42.06 3 1 127
6 ML Hayden (Aus) 7 13 664 51.07 1 3 132
7 MS Atapattu (SL) 11 21 625 31.25 2 2 133
8 MA Taylor (Aus) 8 15 611 43.64 1 2 164

Most Wickets for Series

Rank Name M R W Avg. 5i/10m Best
1 SK Warne (Aus) 13 1507 59 25.54 5/2 5-43
2 M Muralitharan (SL) 12 1971 54 36.50 5/1 6-59
3 WPUJC Vaas (SL) 12 1229 38 32.34 1/0 5-31
4 GD McGrath (Aus) 8 823 37 22.24 2/0 5-37
5 CJ McDermott (Aus) 7 735 27 27.22 0/0 4-53
6 CPH Ramanayake (SL) 6 744 21 35.42 1/0 5-82
7 MS Kasprowicz (Aus) 5 503 20 25.15 1/0 7-39
8 JN Gillespie (Aus) 6 569 17 33.47 0/0 4-76