Sri Lankan cricket team in Australia in 2004

Sri Lankan cricket team in Australia in 2004

	Australia	Sri Lanka
Dates	1 July – 13 July 2004
Captains	Adam Gilchrist Ricky Ponting	Marvan Atapattu
Test series
Result	Australia won the 2-match series 1–0
Most runs	Matthew Hayden (288)	Marvan Atapattu (156)
Most wickets	Glenn McGrath (10) Shane Warne (10)	Upul Chandana (12)
Player of the series	Matthew Hayden (Aus)

The Sri Lankan national cricket team toured Australia in July 2004, well outside the normal Australian cricket season. Two Test matches were played, Australia winning the series 1–0.

Test series

1st Test

1–3 July 2004
Scorecard

Australia	v	Sri Lanka
207 (71.3 overs) Darren Lehmann 57 (107) Chaminda Vaas 5/31 (18.3 overs)		97 (41.5 overs) Tillakaratne Dilshan 17* (59) Glenn McGrath 5/37 (15 overs)
201 (63.1 overs) Adam Gilchrist 80 (123) Lasith Malinga 4/42 (15.1 overs)		162 (65.4 overs) Mahela Jayawardene 44 (114) Michael Kasprowicz 7/39 (17.4 overs)

Australia won by 149 runs
Marrara Oval, Darwin
Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Billy Bowden (NZ)
Player of the match: Glenn McGrath (Aus)

Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.
Lasith Malinga (SL) made his Test debut

2nd Test

9–13 July 2004
Scorecard

Australia	v	Sri Lanka
517 (124.2 overs) Justin Langer 162 (285) Upul Chandana 5/109 (26 overs)		455 (144.4 overs) Marvan Atapattu 133 (268) Jason Gillespie 3/116 (37.4 overs)
292/9d (66.4 overs) Matthew Hayden 132 (169) Upul Chandana 5/101 (18.4 overs)		183/8 (85 overs) Kumar Sangakkara 66 (173) Shane Warne 4/70 (37 overs)

Match drawn
Cazaly's Stadium, Cairns
Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Billy Bowden (NZ)
Player of the match: Matthew Hayden (Aus)

Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.

External links

CricketArchive

List of Warne–Muralitharan Trophy series

Non-Warne–Muralidaran Trophy Australia v Sri Lanka Test series
1982–83 1987–88 1989–90 1992 1995–96 1999 2003–04 2004

v t e International cricket in 2004
Preceding season: International cricket in 2003–04
April 2004	Sri Lanka in Zimbabwe
May 2004	Bangladesh in West Indies New Zealand in England Australia in Zimbabwe
June 2004	NatWest Series
July 2004	Sri Lanka in Australia West Indies in England Asia Cup New Zealand women in Ireland
August 2004	South Africa in Sri Lanka New Zealand women in England Videocon Cup
September 2004	India in England Australia against Pakistan in England Champions Trophy Final
Following season: International cricket in 2004–05

International cricket tours of Australia

Test and LOI tours
Afghanistan	2021–22 (cancelled)
Bangladesh	2003 2008
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 2021–22 2022–23
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 2020–21 2024–25
New Zealand	1973–74 1980–81 1982–83 1985–86 1987–88 1989–90 1993–94 1997–98 2001–02 2004–05 2008–09 2011–12 2015–16 2016–17 2019–20 2022–23
Pakistan	1964–65§ 1972–73§ 1976–77 1978–79§ 1981–82 1983–84 1989–90 1992–93 1995–96 1996–97 1999–2000 2002 2004–05 2009–10 2016–17 2019–20 2023–24 2024–25
South Africa	1910–11 1931–32§ 1952–53§ 1963–64§ 1971–72 (cancelled) 1993–94 1997–98 2000 2001–02 2005–06 2008–09 2012–13 2014–15 2016–17 2018–19 2022–23
Sri Lanka	1987–88 1989–90 1995–96 2004 2007–08 2010–11 2012–13 2016–17 2018–19 2019–20 2021–22
West Indies	1930–31 1951–52§ 1960–61 1968–69§ 1975–76 1979–80§ 1981–82 1984–85 1988–89 1992–93 1995–96 1996–97 2000–01 2005–06 2009–10 2012–13 2015–16 2020–21 2022–23 2023–24
Zimbabwe	1994–95 2003–04 2022

Tournaments hosted
World Cup	1992 2015
T20 World Cup	2022
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 multi-team tournaments	1985 1987

Other tours
Afghanistan	2014–15
Australian Forces	1919–20 1945–46
English	1861–62 1863–64 1873–74 1902–03 1922–23 1929–30 1935–36 1979–80
England Lions	2012–13 2021
Fijian	1907–08
Ireland	2014–15
Multi-national	1971–72 2005–06
Nepal	2023–24
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	2014–15
Scotland	2014–15
Sri Lanka	1982–83
UAE	2014–15
World Series Cricket (West Indies & World XI)	1977-78 1978-79
Pakistan A	2024

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