Australia's national cricket team in Sri Lanka in the 1999 season

The tour of the Australian national cricket team to Sri Lanka in the 1999 season took place from September 9 to October 4, 1999. The international cricket tour was part of the 1999 international cricket season and included three tests . Sri Lanka won the test series 1–0.

prehistory

Both teams previously played a three-nation tournament in Sri Lanka together with India . The last meeting of the two teams on a tour took place in the 1995/96 season in Australia .

Stages

Colombo (SSC) bile Kandy (AS)

Tour venues

The following stages have been designated as the venue for the tour.

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
Sinhalese Sports Club Ground (SSC)	Colombo	10,000	3rd test
Galle International Stadium	bile	35,000	2nd test
Asgiriya Stadium	Kandy	10,300	1st test

Squad lists

The teams named the following squads.

test
Sri Lanka	Australia
Russell Arnold Marvan Atapattu Upul Chandana Aravinda de Silva Rangana Herath Sanath Jayasuriya Mahela Jaywardene Romesh Kaluwitharana Muttiah Muralitharan Arjuna Ranatunga Chaminda Vaas Nuwan Zoysa	Greg Blewett Damien Fleming Jason Gillespie Ian Healy Justin Langer Glenn McGrath Colin Miller Ricky Ponting Michael Slater Shane Warne Mark Waugh Steve Waugh

Tour matches

September 3-6 scorecard	Colombo (PSS)	SL Board XI 228 (79.3) & 271 (80.1)	-	Australians 179 (57.5) & 321-6 (101)
		Australia wins with 4 wickets

September 17th - 19th Scorecard	Colombo (CCC)	Australians 226 & 296-5d	-	SL Board XI 185 & 90 (25.3)
		Australians wins with 247 runs

Testing

First test in Kandy

September 9-11 Scorecard	Kandy	Australia 188 (67.1) & 140 (60.2)	-	Sri Lanka 234 (66.3) & 95-4 (26.5)
		Sri Lanka wins with 6 wickets

A collision between Australians Jason Gillespie and Steve Waugh on the second day resulted in broken bones in both players who then had to be taken to hospital.

Second test in bile

September 22nd - 26th scorecard	bile	Sri Lanka 296 (106.5) & 50-0 (17.2)	-	Australia 228 (96.3)
		draw

Third test in Colombo

September 30th - October 4th scorecard	Colombo (SSC)	Australia 342 (136.4)	-	Sri Lanka 61-4 (21.5)
		draw

Web links

• The series on Cricinfo

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Gillespie breaks leg in on-field collision ( English ) BBC. September 10, 1999. Retrieved July 28, 2017.