Australian cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2003–04

Australian cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2003–04
	Sri Lanka	Australia
Test series
Result	Australia won the 3-match series 3–0
Most runs	Sanath Jayasuriya (294)	Darren Lehmann (375)
Most wickets	Muttiah Muralitharan (28)	Shane Warne (26)
Player of the series	Darren Lehmann (Aus)
One Day International series
Results	Australia won the 5-match series 3–2
Most runs	Kumar Sangakkara (250)	Ricky Ponting (257)
Most wickets	Chaminda Vaas (7)	Brad Hogg (9)
Player of the series	Andrew Symonds (Aus)

Tour matches

List A: Sri Lanka Board XI vs Australia XI

17 February Scorecard

Sri Lanka Board XI 283/8 (50 overs)	v	Australia 284/5 (45.1 overs)
Jehan Mubarak 56 (66) Brad Hogg 2/46 (10 overs)		Ricky Ponting 57* (77) Charitha Buddhika 1/38 (8 overs)

Australians won by 5 wickets De Soysa Stadium, Moratuwa Umpires: Gamini Dissanayake (Sri)

• Sri Lanka Board XI won the toss and elected to bat

First-class: Sri Lankan XI vs Australia

2–4 March 2004 Scorecard

Australians	v	Sri Lanka XI
484/6d (89.5 overs) Darren Lehmann 134 (143) Rangana Herath 3/132 (24.5 overs)		166 (36.2 overs) Avishka Gunawardene 70 (93) Brett Lee 4/29 (7 overs)
250/4d (50 overs) Andrew Symonds 119* (138) Kaushal Lokuarachchi 2/51 (10 overs)		323 (85.2 overs) Lanka de Silva 92 (136) Stuart MacGill 3/57 (13 overs)

Australians won by 245 runs CCC Ground, Colombo Umpires: Ranmore Martinesz (SL) and Jagath Nandakumar (SL)

• Sri Lanka Cricket President's XI and elected to field.

ODI series

1st ODI

20 February 2004 (D/N) Scorecard

Australia 262/6 (50 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 178 (43.3 overs)
Adam Gilchrist 66 (64) Muttiah Muralitharan 2/30 (10 overs)		Mahela Jayawardene 61 (91) Brad Hogg 5/41 (9.3 overs)

Australia won by 84 runs Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla Umpires: Billy Bowden (NZ) and Asoka de Silva (SL) Player of the match: Brad Hogg (Aus)

• Australia won the toss and elected to bat.

2nd ODI

22 February 2004 (D/N) Scorecard

Sri Lanka 245 (49.5 overs)	v	Australia 244/5 (50 overs)
Sanath Jayasuriya 55 (65) Michael Clarke 5/35 (7.5 overs)		Matthew Hayden 93 (116) Chaminda Vaas 3/48 (10 overs)

Sri Lanka won by 1 run Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla Umpires: Billy Bowden (NZ) and Peter Manuel (SL) Player of the match: Chaminda Vaas (SL)

• Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.

3rd ODI

25 February 2004 (D/N) Scorecard

Sri Lanka 226/8 (50 overs)	v	Australia 227/5 (48.3 overs)
Mahela Jayawardene 80 (110) Jason Gillespie 3/36 (10 overs)		Ricky Ponting 63 (75) Chaminda Vaas 3/34 (9 overs)

Australia won by 5 wickets R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Umpires: Billy Bowden (NZ) and Asoka de Silva (SL) Player of the match: Jason Gillespie (Aus)

• Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.

4th ODI

27 February 2004 (D/N) Scorecard

Australia 233 (47.4 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 193 (43.4 overs)
Ricky Ponting 67 (79) Upul Chandana 3/37 (7.4 overs)		Kumar Sangakkara 101 (110) Michael Kasprowicz 5/45 (9 overs)

Australia won by 40 runs R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Umpires: Billy Bowden (NZ) and Tyron Wijewardene (SL) Player of the match: Michael Kasprowicz (Aus)

• Australia won the toss and elected to bat.

5th ODI

29 February 2004 Scorecard

Australia 198/7 (50 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 202/7 (47.5 overs)
Andrew Symonds 40 (48) Nuwan Zoysa 3/34 (41 overs)		Nuwan Zoysa 47* (42) Michael Kasprowicz 2/20 (9 overs)

Sri Lanka won by 3 wickets Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo Umpires: Billy Bowden (NZ) and Asoka de Silva (SL) Player of the match: Nuwan Zoysa (SL)

• Australia won the toss and elected to bat.

Test series

1st Test

8–12 March 2004 Scorecard

Australia	v	Sri Lanka
220 (68.3 overs) Darren Lehmann 63 (113) Muttiah Muralitharan 6/59 (21.3 overs)		381 (136.4 overs) Tillakaratne Dilshan 104 (188) Shane Warne 5/116 (42.4 overs)
512/8d (152 overs) Matthew Hayden 130 (211) Muttiah Muralitharan 5/153 (56 overs)		154 (45.2 overs) Upul Chandana 43 (34) Shane Warne 5/43 (15 overs)

Australia won by 197 runs Galle International Stadium, Galle Umpires: Rudi Koertzen (SA) and David Shepherd (Eng) Player of the match: Matthew Hayden (Aus)

• Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
• Andrew Symonds (Aus) made his Test debut.

2nd Test

16–20 March 2004 Scorecard

Australia	v	Sri Lanka
120 (42.2 overs) Matthew Hayden 54 (99) Muttiah Muralitharan 4/48 (15 overs)		211 (63.1 overs) Chaminda Vaas 68 (126) Shane Warne 5/65 (20.1 overs)
442 (134.3 overs) Damien Martyn 161 (349) Muttiah Muralitharan 5/173 (50.3 overs)		324 (73.1 overs) Sanath Jayasuriya 134 (145) Shane Warne 5/90 (21.1 overs)

Australia won by 27 runs Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy Umpires: Steve Bucknor (WIN) and Dave Orchard (SA) Player of the match: Shane Warne (Aus)

• Australia won the toss and elected to bat.

3rd Test

24–28 March 2004 Scorecard

Australia	v	Sri Lanka
401 (115.1 overs) Darren Lehmann 153 (269) Muttiah Muralitharan 5/123 (37.1 overs)		407 (127.1 overs) Marvan Atapattu 118 (219) Darren Lehmann 3/50 (19 overs)
375 (106.2 overs) Justin Langer 166 (295) Rangana Herath 4/92 (24.2 overs)		248 (93.4 overs) Thilan Samaraweera 53 (126) Shane Warne 4/92 (33 overs)

Australia won by 121 runs Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo Umpires: Steve Bucknor (WIN) and Dave Orchard (SA) Player of the match: Shane Warne (Aus)

• Australia won the toss and elected to bat.

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