Sri Lankan national cricket team in Australia in the 1995/96 season

The tour of the Sri Lankan national cricket team to Australia in the 1995/96 season took place from December 8, 1995 to January 29, 1996. The international cricket tour was part of the 1995/96 international cricket season and included three tests . Australia won the series 3–0.

prehistory

Sri Lanka previously played in a three-nation tournament in the United Arab Emirates , Australia a tour against Pakistan . The last meeting of the two teams on a tour took place in the 1992 season in Sri Lanka .

Stages

Adelaide Melbourne Perth (WACA)

Tour venues

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

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
Adelaide oval	Adelaide	53,583	3rd test
Melbourne Cricket Ground	Melbourne	100.024	2nd test
WACA Ground	Perth	20,000	1st test

Squad lists

The following squads were named by the teams.

test
Australia	Sri Lanka
David Boon Ian Healy Brendon Julian Stuart Law Craig McDermott Glenn McGrath Ricky Ponting Paul Reiffel Michael Slater Mark Taylor Shane Warne Steve Waugh Mark Waugh	Aravinda de Silva Kumar Dharmasena Asanka Gurusinha Chandika Hathurusingha Sanath Jayasuriya Romesh Kaluwitharana Roshan Mahanama Muttiah Muralitharan Ravindra Pushpakumara Arjuna Ranatunga Arjuna Ranatunga Jayantha Silva Hashan Tilla caratne Chaminda Vaas Pramodya Wickramasinghe

Testing

First test in Perth

December 8-11 Scorecard	Perth	Sri Lanka 251 (89.4) & 330 (93.4)	-	Australia 617-5d (174)
		Australia wins with one innings and 36 runs

Second test in Melbourne

December 26th - 30th scorecard	Melbourne	Australia 500-6d (165) & 41-0 (7.4)	-	Sri Lanka 233 (88.4) & 307 (116.5) (f / o)
		Australia wins with 10 wickets

Third test in Adelaide

January 25-29 Scorecard	Adelaide	Australia 502-9 (157.3) & 215-6d (73)	-	Sri Lanka 317 (97.3) & 252 (96.2)
		Australia wins with 148 runs

Web links

• The series on Cricinfo