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 Muralitharan (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.

Squad lists

Test squads
Australia	Sri Lanka
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Shaun Tait (withdrawn)	Chamara Silva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Ben Hilfenhaus was added after Tait was withdrawn with an elbow injury.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

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)

Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field first
Mitchell Johnson (cricketer) (Aus) made his Test debut.

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

Preceded by2004

Sri Lankan cricket team in Australia

Succeeded by2010–11

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 2007–08
Preceding season: International cricket in 2007
September 2007	Kenya Twenty20 Quadrangular ICC World Twenty20 Final
October 2007	South Africa in Pakistan Australia in India Intercontinental Cup
November 2007	England in Sri Lanka Sri Lanka in Australia Pakistan in India New Zealand in South Africa West Indies in Zimbabwe
December 2007	Chappell–Hadlee Trophy India in Australia West Indies in South Africa Bangladesh in New Zealand
January 2008	Zimbabwe in Pakistan
February 2008	Under-19 World Cup Commonwealth Bank Series England in New Zealand South Africa in Bangladesh England women in Australia
March 2008	South Africa in India Sri Lanka in West Indies Ireland in Bangladesh England women in New Zealand
Following season: International cricket in 2008

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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