Australian national cricket team in Sri Lanka in the 2011 season

The Australian national cricket team's tour to Sri Lanka in the 2011 season took place from August 6 to September 20, 2011. The international cricket tour was part of the 2011 international cricket season and included three tests , five ODIs and two Twenty20s . Australia won the Test series 1–0 and the ODI series 3–2, while Sri Lanka won the Twenty20 series with 2–0.

prehistory

Sri Lanka previously completed a three-nation tournament in Scotland , Australia a tour in Bangladesh . The last meeting of the two teams on a tour took place in the 2010/11 season in Australia .

Stages

Colombo (RPS) bile Colombo (SSC) Hambantota Kandy

Tour venues

The following stages were designated as the venue for the tour and were set on June 13, 2011.

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
R. Premadasa Stadium (RPS)	Colombo	35,000	4th & 5th ODI
Sinhalese Sports Club Ground (SSC)	Colombo	10,000	3rd test
Galle International Stadium	bile	35,000	1st test
Mahinda Rajapaksa International Stadium	Hambantota	35,000	2nd & 3rd ODI
Muttiah Muralitharan International Cricket Stadium	Kandy	35,000	2. test; 1. ODI; 1st & 2nd T20

Squad lists

Australia named its ODI and Twenty20 roster on July 6 and its test roster on July 26, 2011. Sri Lanka named its ODI and Twenty20 roster on July 20 and its test roster on August 25, 2011.

test		ODI		Twenty20
Sri Lanka	Australia	Sri Lanka	Australia	Sri Lanka	Australia
Tillakaratne Dilshan ( K ) Shaminda Eranga Rangana Herath Mahela Jayawardene Prasanna Jayawardene ( wk ) Suranga Lakmal Angelo Mathews Ajantha Mendis Tharanga Paranavitana Dammika Prasad Seekuge Prasanna Suraj Randiv Thilan Samaraweera Kumar Sangakkara Lahiru Thirimanne Chanaka Welegedara	Michael Clarke ( K ) Shane Watson ( UK ) Michael Beer Trent Copeland Brad Haddin ( wk ) Ryan Harris Phillip Hughes Michael Hussey Mitchell Johnson Usman Khawaja Nathan Lyon Shaun Marsh James Pattinson Ricky Ponting Peter Siddle	Tillakaratne Dilshan ( K ) Angelo Mathews ( UK ) Dinesh Chandimal Shaminda Eranga Rangana Herath Mahela Jayawardene Nuwan Kulasekara Suranga Lakmal Lasith Malinga Ajantha Mendis Jeevan Mendis Thisara Perera Seekuge Prasanna Suraj Randiv Kumar Sangakkara ( wk ) Chamara Silva Upul Tharanga	Michael Clarke ( K ) Doug Bollinger Xavier Doherty Brad Haddin ( wk ) John Hastings David Hussey Michael Hussey Shaun Marsh James Pattinson Ricky Ponting Steven Smith Shane Watson	Tillakaratne Dilshan ( K ) Angelo Mathews ( UK ) Dinesh Chandimal Shaminda Eranga Rangana Herath Mahela Jayawardene Nuwan Kulasekara Suranga Lakmal Ajantha Mendis Jeevan Mendis Dilruwan Perera Thisara Perera Dhammika Prasad Suraj Randiv Kumar Sangakkara ( wk ) Chamara Silva	Cameron White ( K ) Aaron Finch Brad Haddin ( wk ) John Hastings David Hussey Mitchell Johnson Brett Lee Shaun Marsh Steve O'Keefe James Pattinson Steven Smith David Warner Shane Watson

Tour matches

June 25-27 Scorecard	Colombo (PSO)	Sri Lanka Board XI 258 (85) & 174-2 (49)	-	Australia's 393 (121.3)
		draw

Twenty20 Internationals

First Twenty20 in Kandy

August 6th scorecard	Kandy	Sri Lanka 198-3 (20)	-	Australia 163-8 (20)
		Sri Lanka wins with 35 runs

Second Twenty20 in Kandy

August 8 scorecard	Kandy	Sri Lanka 157-9 (20)	-	Australia 149-9 (20)
		Sri Lanka wins with 8 runs

One-day internationals

First ODI in Kandy

August 10th scorecard	Kandy	Sri Lanka 191 (40.1)	-	Australia 192-3 (38.1)
		Australia wins with 7 wickets

Second ODI in Hambantota

August 14th scorecard	Hambantota	Sri Lanka 208 (49.3)	-	Australia 211-2 (38.2)
		Australia wins with 8 wickets

Third ODI in Hambantota

August 16 scorecard	Hambantota	Sri Lanka 286-9 (50)	-	Australia 208 (44.2)
		Sri Lanka wins with 78 runs

Fourth ODI in Colombo

August 20 scorecard	Colombo (RPS)	Sri Lanka 132 (38.4)	-	Australia 133-5 (28)
		Australia wins with 5 wickets

Fifth ODI in Colombo

August 22nd scorecard	Colombo (RPS)	Australia 211 (46.1)	-	Sri Lanka 213-6 (47)
		Sri Lanka wins with 4 wickets

Testing

First test in bile

August 31st - September 4th scorecard	bile	Australia 273 (86.5) & 210 (59.2)	-	Sri Lanka 105 (50) & 253 (95.5)
		Australia wins with 125 runs

The world association ICC warned Sri Lanka for the poor preparation of the pitch .

Second test in Kandy

September 8-12 scorecard	Kandy	Sri Lanka 174 (64.1) & 317-6 (114.3)	-	Australia 411-7d (132)
		draw

Third test in Colombo

September 16-20 scorecard	Colombo (SSC)	Sri Lanka 316 (104.3) & 488 (138.5)	-	Australia 524 (174) & 7-0 (2)
		draw

statistics

The following cricket statistics were obtained on this tour.

Testing
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Michael Hussey	Australia	3	5	463	92.60	142	2	2
Angelo Mathews	Sri Lanka	3	5	274	91.33	105 *	1	2
Shaun Marsh	Australia	2	3	240	80.00	141	1	1
Kumar Sangakkara	Sri Lanka	3	5	223	44.60	79	0	2
Mahela Jayawardene	Sri Lanka	3	5	222	44.40	105	1	2
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
Rangana Herath	Sri Lanka	2	126	16	23.00	7/157	2	0
Ryan Harris	Australia	2	66	11	14.54	5/62	1	0
Nathan Lyon	Australia	3	94.5	8th	36.87	5/34	1	0
Chanaka Welegedara	Sri Lanka	3	89	8th	38.87	3/75	0	0
Suranga Lakmal	Sri Lanka	3	91	8th	40.75	3/55	0	0

ODIs
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Michael Clarke	Australia	5	5	242	121.00	58 *	0	2
Ricky Ponting	Australia	5	5	196	49.00	90 *	0	2
Shane Watson	Australia	5	5	185	37.00	69	0	2
Mahela Jayawardene	Sri Lanka	5	5	180	36.00	71	0	2
Upul Tharanga	Sri Lanka	5	5	166	33.20	111	1	0
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
Lasith Malinga	Sri Lanka	4th	31.2	11	11.45	5/28	1	0
Mitchell Johnson	Australia	5	46	11	16.90	6/31	1	0
Doug Bollinger	Australia	4th	34	9	15.44	4/42	0	0
Brett Lee	Australia	4th	33.5	8th	18.12	4/15	0	0
Xavier Doherty	Australia	5	45	8th	26.75	4/28	0	0

Twenty20s
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Tillakaratne Dilshan	Sri Lanka	2	2	108	108.00	104 *	1	0
Mahela Jayawardene	Sri Lanka	2	2	97	48.50	86	0	1
David Warner	Australia	2	2	69	34.50	53	0	1
Shane Watson	Australia	2	2	67	33.50	57	0	1
Kumar Sangakkara	Sri Lanka	2	2	54	27.00	30th	0	0
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
Ajantha Mendis	Sri Lanka	1	4th	6th	2.66	6/16	1	0
Brett Lee	Australia	2	8th	4th	19.25	3/39	0	0
John Hastings	Australia	2	7th	3	16.00	3/14	0	0
Dilruwan Perera	Sri Lanka	2	7th	3	17.33	3/26	0	0
Rangana Herath	Sri Lanka	2	7th	2	21.00	1/11	0	0
Nuwan Kulasekara	Sri Lanka	2	7th	2	32.50	2/39	0	0
Mitchell Johnson	Australia	2	8th	2	41.00	1/35	0	0

Player of the Series

The following players were honored as Player of the Series .

series	Player of the Series
test	Michael Hussey
ODI	Michael Clarke

Player of the Match

The following players were recognized as Player of the Match .

game	Player of the Match
1. T20	Tillakaratne Dilshan
2. T20	Ajantha Mendis
1. ODI	Mitchell Johnson
2. ODI	Ricky Ponting
3. ODI	Upul Tharanga
4. ODI	Xavier Doherty
5. ODI	Lasith Malinga
1st test	Michael Hussey
2nd test	Michael Hussey
3rd test	Michael Hussey

Web links

• The series on Cricinfo

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Australia to play three tests, five ODIs in Sri Lanka ( English ) Cricinfo. June 13, 2011. Retrieved June 27, 2016.
2. ↑ Daniel boardy and Brydon Coverdale: Cameron White dropped from ODI squad ( English ) Cricinfo. July 6, 2011. Retrieved June 27, 2016.
3. ↑ Lyon the bolter in Australia's Test squad ( English ) Cricinfo. July 26, 2011. Retrieved June 27, 2016.
4. ↑ Dilshan to lead Sri Lanka against Australia ( English ) Cricinfo. July 20, 2011. Retrieved June 27, 2016.
5. ↑ Eranga, Prasanna in Sri Lanka's Test Squad ( English ) Cricinfo. August 25, 2011. Retrieved June 27, 2016.
6. ↑ SLC gets official warning for Galle pitch ( English ) Cricinfo. October 7, 2011. Retrieved June 27, 2016.
7. ↑ Records / Warne-Muralitharan Trophy, 2011 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved July 9, 2016.
8. ↑ Records / Warne-Muralitharan Trophy, 2011 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved July 9, 2016.
9. ↑ Records / Australia in Sri Lanka ODI Series, 2011 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved July 9, 2016.
10. ↑ Records / Australia in Sri Lanka ODI Series, 2011 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved July 9, 2016.
11. ↑ Records / Australia in Sri Lanka T20I Series, 2011 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved July 9, 2016.
12. ↑ Records / Australia in Sri Lanka T20I Series, 2011 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved July 9, 2016.