Sri Lankan national cricket team in Australia in 2007-08

The Sri Lankan national cricket team tour to Australia in the 2007/08 season took place from November 8 to 20, 2007. The international cricket tour was part of the 2007/08 international cricket season and included two tests . Australia won the series 2–0.

prehistory

Australia previously played a tour in India , Sri Lanka against England . The last meeting of the two teams on a tour took place in the 2004 season in Australia .

Stages

Brisbane Hobart

Tour venues

The following stages were planned as venues for the tour and announced on April 19, 2007.

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
The gabba	Brisbane	42,000	1st test
Bellerive oval	Hobart	20,000	2nd test

Squad lists

Sri Lanka named its roster on October 5, 2007. Australia named its roster on November 1, 2007.

test
Australia	Sri Lanka
Ricky Ponting ( K ) Stuart Clark Michael Clarke Adam Gilchrist ( wk ) Matthew Hayden Ben Hilfenhaus Brad Hogg Michael Hussey Phil Jaques Mitchell Johnson Brett Lee Stuart MacGill Andrew Symonds Shaun Tait	Mahela Jayawardene ( K ) Marvan Atapattu Malinga Bandara Sujeewa de Silva Dilhara Fernando Sanath Jayasuriya Prasanna Jayawardene ( wk ) Farveez Maharoof Lasith Malinga Jehan Mubarak Muttiah Muralitharan Thilan Samaraweera Kumar Sangakkara ( wk ) Chamara Silva Upul Tharanga Chaminda Vaas Michael Vandort Chanaka Welegedara

Tour matches

October 27-29 Scorecard	Adelaide	Sri Lankans 368-6d (96.2) & 125-3 (36)	-	CA Chairman's XI 409 (122.2)
		draw

November 2-4 scorecard	Brisbane	Sri Lankans 210-9d (63.2) & 226 (73.5)	-	Queensland 295 (79.2) & 142-6 (37.1)
		Queensland wins with 4 wickets

Testing

First test in Brisbane

November 8-12 Scorecard	Brisbane	Australia 551-4d (151)	-	Sri Lanka 211 (81.5) & 300 (99.2) (f / o)
		Australia wins with one innings and 40 runs

Second test in Hobart

November 16-20 Scorecard	Hobart	Australia 542-5 (139) & 210-2d (46)	-	Sri Lanka 246 (81.2) & 410 (104.3)
		Australia wins with 96 runs

statistics

The following cricket statistics were obtained on this tour.

Testing
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Phil Jaques	Australia	2	3	318	106.00	150	2	1
Michael Hussey	Australia	2	3	299	149.50	133	2	0
Kumar Sangakkara	Sri Lanka	1	2	249	124.50	192	1	1
Michael Clarke	Australia	1	2	216	216.00	145 *	1	1
Marvan Atapattu	Sri Lanka	2	4th	172	43.00	80	0	2
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
Brett Lee	Australia	2	94.4	16	17.56	4/26	0	0
Mitchell Johnson	Australia	2	82	8th	30.12	3/101	0	0
Stuart Clark	Australia	2	78.2	7th	36.57	2/32	0	0
Stuart MacGill	Australia	2	95	5	65.20	2/81	0	0
Muttiah Muralitharan	Sri Lanka	2	116	4th	100.00	2/170	0	0

Player of the Series

The following players were honored as Player of the Series .

series	Player of the Series
test	Brett Lee

Player of the Match

The following players were recognized as Player of the Match .

game	Player of the Match
1st test	Brett Lee
2nd test	Brett Lee

Web links

• The series on espncricinfo.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Australia alter summer schedule to satisfy India ( English ) Cricinfo. April 19, 2007. Retrieved July 27, 2016.
2. ↑ Sa'adi Thawfeeq: Sri Lanka announce squad for Australia tour ( English ) Cricinfo. October 5, 2007. Retrieved July 27, 2016.
3. ↑ MacGill, Hogg and Jaques in Test squad ( English ) Cricinfo. November 1, 2007. Retrieved July 27, 2016.
4. ↑ Records / Warne-Muralitharan Trophy, 2007/08 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved July 29, 2016.
5. ↑ Records / Warne-Muralitharan Trophy, 2007/08 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved July 29, 2016.