Australian national cricket team in Sri Lanka for the 2003/04 season

The tour of the Australian national cricket team to Sri Lanka in the 2003/04 season took place from February 20 to March 28, 2004. The international cricket tour was part of the 2003/04 international cricket season and included three tests and five ODIs . Australia won the Test Series 3–0 and the ODI Series 2–3.

prehistory

Sri Lanka previously played a tour against England , Australia a three-nation tournament in Australia . The last meeting of the two teams on a tour took place in the 2002/03 season in Australia .

Stages

Colombo (RPS) Colombo (SSC) Dambulla bile Kandy (AS)

Tour venues

The following stages were designated as the venue for the tour and announced on October 30, 2003.

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
R. Premadasa Stadium (RPS)	Colombo	35,000	3rd & 4th ODI
Sinhalese Sports Club Ground (SSC)	Colombo	10,000	3rd test; 5. ODI
Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium	Dambulla	16,800	1st & 2nd ODI
Galle International Stadium	bile	35,000	1st test
Asgiriya Stadium	Kandy	10,300	2nd test

Squad lists

Australia named its ODI roster on February 9 and its test roster on February 20, 2004. Sri Lanka named its ODI roster on February 18, 2004.

test		ODI
Sri Lanka	Australia	Sri Lanka	Australia
Hashan Tilla caratne ( K ) Marvan Atapattu Upul Chandana Kumar Dharmasena Tillakaratne Dilshan Avishka Gunawardene Rangana Herath Sanath Jayasuriya Mahela Jayawardene Kaushal Lokuarachchi Muttiah Muralitharan Thilan Samaraweera Kumar Sangakkara ( wk ) Chaminda Vaas Nuwan Zoysa	Ricky Ponting ( K ) Adam Gilchrist ( wk ) Jason Gillespie Matthew Hayden Michael Kasprowicz Simon Katich Justin Langer Darren Lehmann Stuart MacGill Damien Martyn Andrew Symonds Shane Warne Brad Williams	Marvan Atapattu ( K ) Russell Arnold Upul Chandana Kumar Dharmasena Tillakaratne Dilshan Saman Jayantha Sanath Jayasuriya Mahela Jayawardene Romesh Kaluwitharana ( wk ) Nuwan Kulasekara Kaushal Lokuarachchi Muttiah Muralitharan Kumar Sangakkara ( wk ) Chaminda Vaas Nuwan Zoysa	Ricky Ponting ( K ) Adam Gilchrist ( VK & wk ) Michael Bevan Michael Clarke + Jason Gillespie Brad Haddin Ian Harvey Matthew Hayden Brad Hogg Michael Kasprowicz Simon Katich Brett Lee Damien Martyn Andrew Symonds Brad Williams

Tour matches

February 17th scorecard	Moratuwa	Sri Lanka Cricket President's XI 283-8 (50)	-	Australians 284-5 (44.1)
		Australians win with 5 wickets

March 8-12 scorecard	Colombo (CCC)	Australians 484-6d (89.5) & 250-4d (50)	-	Sri Lanka Cricket President's XI 166 (36.2) & 323 (85.4)
		Australians wins with 245 runs

One-day internationals

First ODI in Dambulla

February 20 scorecard	Dambulla	Australia 262-6 (50)	-	Sri Lanka 178 (43.3)
		Australia wins with 84 runs

Second ODI in Dambulla

February 22nd scorecard	Dambulla	Sri Lanka 245 (49.5)	-	Australia 244-5 (50)
		Sri Lanka wins with 1 run

Adam Gilchrist was fined for showing open incomprehension for a referee's decision.

Third ODI in Colombo

February 25 scorecard	Colombo (RPS)	Sri Lanka 226-8 (50)	-	Australia 227-5 (48.3)
		Australia wins with 5 wickets

Fourth ODI in Colombo

February 27 scorecard	Colombo (RPS)	Australia 233 (47.4)	-	Sri Lanka 193 (43.4)
		Australia wins with 40 runs

Fifth ODI in Colombo

February 29 scorecard	Colombo (SSC)	Australia 198-7 (50)	-	Sri Lanka 202-7 (47.5)
		Sri Lanka wins with 3 wickets

Testing

First test in bile

March 8-12 scorecard	bile	Australia 220 (68.3) & 512-8d (152)	-	Sri Lanka 381 (136.4) & 154 (45.2)
		Australia wins with 197 runs

Second test in Kandy

March 16-20 Scorecard	Kandy (AS)	Australia 120 (42.2) & 442 (134.3)	-	Sri Lanka 211 (63.1) & 324 (73.1)
		Australia wins with 27 runs

Third test in Colombo

March 24-28 Scorecard	Colombo (SSC)	Australia 401 (115.1) & 375 (106.2)	-	Sri Lanka 407 (127.1) & 248 (93.4)
		Australia wins with 121 runs

After the end of the tour it became known that the English referee Chris Broad had reported the Sri Lankan bowler Muttiah Muralitharan to the world association due to suspicious bowling. It was particularly about the Doosra and the problem of Muralitharan's proven in experiments to fully stretch his arm.

statistics

The following cricket statistics were obtained on this tour.

Testing
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Darren Lehmann	Australia	3	6th	375	62.50	153	2	1
Damien Martyn	Australia	3	6th	333	55.50	161	2	0
Sanath Jayasuriya	Sri Lanka	3	6th	294	49.00	131	1	2
Matthew Hayden	Australia	3	6th	283	47.16	130	1	1
Justin Langer	Australia	3	6th	241	40.16	166	1	0
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
Muttiah Muralitharan	Sri Lanka	3	209.1	28	23.17	6/59	4th	1
Shane Warne	Australia	3	168	26th	20.03	5/43	4th	2
Michael Kasprowicz	Australia	3	107.5	12	25.16	4/83	0	0
Chaminda Vaas	Sri Lanka	3	130.2	11	34.27	3/93	0	0
Jason Gillespie	Australia	3	110	10	31.60	4/76	0	0

ODIs
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Ricky Ponting	Australia	4th	4th	257	64.25	69	0	4th
Kumar Sangakkara	Sri Lanka	5	5	250	50.00	101	1	1
Mahela Jayawardene	Sri Lanka	5	5	225	45.00	80	0	2
Andrew Symonds	Australia	5	5	211	105.50	53	0	1
Matthew Hayden	Australia	4th	4th	151	37.75	93	0	1
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
Brad Hogg	Australia	5	43.1	9	21.44	5/41	1	0
Michael Kasprowicz	Australia	3	28	8th	12.75	5/45	1	0
Chaminda Vaas	Sri Lanka	4th	32	7th	20.85	3/34	0	0
Upul Chandana	Sri Lanka	5	41.4	7th	28.28	3/37	0	0
Muttiah Muralitharan	Sri Lanka	5	49	7th	28.71	3/44	0	0

Player of the Series

The following players were honored as Player of the Series .

series	Player of the Series
test	Shane Warne
ODI	Andrew Symonds

Player of the Match

The following players were recognized as Player of the Match .

game	Player of the Match
1. ODI	Brad Hogg
2. ODI	Chaminda Vaas
3. ODI	Jason Gillespie
4. ODI	Michael Kasprowicz
5. ODI	Nuwan Zoysa
1st test	Matthew Hayden
2nd test	Shane Warne
3rd test	Darren Lehmann

Web links

• The series on Cricinfo

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Australian Tour of Sri Lanka 2004 ( English ) Cricinfo. October 30, 2003. Retrieved January 5, 2017.
2. ↑ Kasprowicz and Haddin in one-day squad ( English ) Cricinfo. February 9, 2004. Retrieved January 5, 2017.
3. ↑ Cricket Australia announces 15-man Test squad for Travelex tour of Sri Lanka ( English ) Cricinfo. February 20, 2004. Retrieved January 5, 2017.
4. ↑ Lokuarachchi recalled in a spin-heavy squad ( English ) Cricinfo. February 18, 2004. Retrieved January 5, 2017.
5. ↑ Gilchrist fined for dissent, but Symonds cleared ( English ) Cricinfo. February 24, 2004. Retrieved January 5, 2017.
6. ^ Charlie Austin: Murali reported for suspect action ( English ) Cricinfo. March 28, 2004. Retrieved January 5, 2017.
7. ↑ Sambit Bal: Save the doosra ( English ) Cricinfo. January 29, 2013. Retrieved January 5, 2017.
8. ↑ Records / Australia in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2003/04 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved March 31, 2017.
9. ↑ Records / Australia in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2003/04 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved March 31, 2017.
10. ↑ Records / Australia in Sri Lanka ODI Series, 2003/04 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved March 31, 2017.
11. ↑ Records / Australia in Sri Lanka ODI Series, 2003/04 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved March 31, 2017.