Sri Lankan national cricket team in Australia in the 2012/13 season

The Sri Lankan national cricket team tour to Australia in the 2012/13 season took place from December 14, 2012 to January 28, 2013. The international cricket tour was part of the 2012/13 international cricket season and included three tests , five ODIs and two Twenty20s . Australia won the Test series 3–0, Sri Lanka the Twenty20 series 2–0, while the ODI series 2–2 ended in a draw.

prehistory

Australia previously played a tour against South Africa , while Sri Lanka played a tour against New Zealand . The last tour of the two teams against each other took place in the 2010/11 season in Australia .

Stages

Adelaide Melbourne Sydney (ANZ) Sydney (SCG) Brisbane Hobart

Tour venues

The following stages were designated as the venue for the tour and were set on July 19, 2012.

city	Stadion	capacity	Games
Adelaide	Adelaide oval	53,583	2. ODI
Brisbane	The gabba	42,000	3. ODI
Hobart	Bellerive oval	20,000	1st test; 5. ODI
Melbourne	Melbourne Cricket Ground	100.024	2. test; 1. ODI; 2. T20
Sydney	ANZ stadium	82,500	1. T20
Sydney	Sydney Cricket Ground	48,000	3rd test; 4. ODI

Squad lists

Sri Lanka named its test squad on November 20th, the ODI and Twenty20 squad on January 2nd, 2013. Australia named its test squad on December 6th and its ODI squad on January 6th, 2013.

test		ODI		Twenty20
Australia	Sri Lanka	Australia	Sri Lanka	Australia	Sri Lanka
Michael Clarke ( K ) Shane Watson ( UK ) Ed Cowan Ben Hilfenhaus Phillip Hughes Michael Hussey Mitchell Johnson Nathan Lyon Peter Siddle Mitchell Starc Matthew Wade ( wk ) David Warner Jackson Bird Usman Khawaja Glenn Maxwell	Mahela Jayawardene ( K ) Angelo Mathews ( UK ) Tillakaratne Dilshan Kumar Sangakkara ( wk ) Tharanga Paranavitana Thilan Samaraweera Prasanna Jayawardene ( wk ) Rangana Herath Nuwan Kulasekara Shaminda Eranga Suraj Randiv Dinesh Chandimal ( wk ) Chanaka Welagedara Nuwan Pradeep Dhammika Prasad Dimuth Karunaratne Lahiru Thirimanne Suranga Lakmal	Michael Clarke ( K ) George Bailey ( K ) Phillip Hughes Usman Khawaja Aaron Finch David Hussey Brad Haddin ( wk ) Glenn Maxwell Steven Smith Mitchell Johnson Ben Cutting Mitchell Starc Clint McKay Xavier Doherty Kane Richardson David Warner Matthew Wade ( wk ) Moises Henriques Jackson Bird	Mahela Jayawardene ( K ) Angelo Mathews ( UK ) Tillakaratne Dilshan Upul Tharanga Lahiru Thirimanne Dinesh Chandimal ( wk ) Lasith Malinga Nuwan Kulasekara Thisara Perera Akila Dananjaya Ajantha Mendis Jeevan Mendis Suranga Lakmal Rangana Herath Kusal Perera ( wk ) Shaminda Eranga	George Bailey ( K ) Ben Cutting Xavier Doherty James Faulkner Aaron Finch Ben Laughlin Shaun Marsh Glenn Maxwell Mitchell Starc Adam Voges Matthew Wade ( wk ) David Warner	Angelo Mathews ( K ) Mahela Jayawardene Tillakaratne Dilshan Upul Tharanga Lahiru Thirimanne Dinesh Chandimal ( wk ) Lasith Malinga Nuwan Kulasekara Thisara Perera Akila Dananjaya Ajantha Mendis Jeevan Mendis Suranga Lakmal Rangana Herath Kusal Perera ( wk ) Shaminda Eranga

Tour match

December 6-8 scorecard	Canberra	Chairman's XI 439-6d (100)	-	Sri Lankans 396-6 (109)
		draw

Testing

First test in Hobart

December 14-18 scorecard	Hobart	Australia 450-5d (131) & 278-9d (73.5)	-	Sri Lanka 336 (109.3) & 255 (119.2)
		Australia wins with 137 runs

Second test in Melbourne

December 26th - 30th scorecard	Melbourne	Sri Lanka 156 (43.4) & 103 (24.2)	-	Australia 460 (134.4)
		Australia wins with one innings and 201 runs

Third test in Sydney

January 3-7 Scorecard	Sydney (SCG)	Sri Lanka 294 (87.4) & 278 (81.2)	-	Australia 432-9d (107) & 141-6 (42.5)
		Australia wins with 5 wickets

One-day internationals

First ODI in Melbourne

January 11th scorecard	Melbourne	Australia 305-5 (50)	-	Sri Lanka 198 (40)
		Australia wins with 107 runs

Second ODI in Adelaide

January 13th scorecard	Adelaide	Australia 170 (46.5)	-	Sri Lanka 172-2 (40.1)
		Sri Lanka wins with 8 wickets

Third ODI in Brisbane

January 18 scorecard	Brisbane	Australia 74 (26.4)	-	Sri Lanka 75-6 (20)
		Sri Lanka wins with 4 wickets

Fourth ODI in Sydney

January 20 scorecard	Sydney (SCG)	Australia 222-9 (50)	-	Sri Lanka 14-0 (3.2)
		No result

David Warner has been fined by the World Federation for showing open dissatisfaction with the referees.

Fifth ODI in Hobart

January 23 scorecard	Hobart	Australia 247-5 (50)	-	Sri Lanka 215 (48.3)
		Australia wins with 32 runs

Twenty20 Internationals

First Twenty20 in Sydney

January 26th scorecard	Sydney (ANZ)	Australia 137-3 (20)	-	Sri Lanka 139-5 (18.5)
		Sri Lanka wins with 5 wickets

Second Twenty20 in Melbourne

January 28th scorecard	Melbourne	Sri Lanka 161-4 (20)	-	Australia 119-3 (15/15)
		Sri Lanka wins with 2 runs ( D / L method )

statistics

The following cricket statistics were obtained on this tour.

Testing
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Michael Clarke	Australia	3	5	316	79.00	106	1	3
David Warner	Australia	3	5	272	54.40	85	0	4th
Phillip Hughes	Australia	3	5	233	46.60	87	0	2
Michael Hussey	Australia	3	5	232	116.00	115 *	1	0
Tillakaratne Dilshan	Sri Lanka	3	6th	208	34.66	147	1	0
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
Peter Siddle	Australia	3	96.5	15th	16.93	5/54	1	0
Rangana Herath	Sri Lanka	3	134.4	12	33.91	5/95	1	0
Jackson Bird	Australia	2	63	11	16.18	4/41	0	0
Mitchell Starc	Australia	2	83.2	10	28.70	5/63	1	0
Mitchell Johnson	Australia	2	50	9	19.00	4/63	0	0

ODIs
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Phillip Hughes	Australia	5	5	257	64.25	138 *	2	0
George Bailey	Australia	5	5	154	30.80	89	0	1
Tillakaratne Dilshan	Sri Lanka	5	5	152	38.00	51	0	2
David Hussey	Australia	5	5	128	32.00	60 *	0	1
Lahiru Thirimanne	Sri Lanka	5	4th	110	36.66	102 *	1	0
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
Nuwan Kulasekara	Sri Lanka	5	49	11	16.90	5/22	1	0
Lasith Malinga	Sri Lanka	5	46	10	18.90	3/14	0	0
Clint McKay	Australia	5	37.3	8th	21.37	4/33	0	0
Mitchell Johnson	Australia	4th	22nd	7th	14.14	3/11	0	0
Thisara Perera	Sri Lanka	5	32	5	37.00	2/40	0	0

Twenty20s
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
David Warner	Australia	2	2	97	97.00	90 *	0	1
Mahela Jayawardene	Sri Lanka	2	2	69	69.00	61 *	0	1
George Bailey	Australia	2	2	56	28.00	45	0	0
Thisara Perera	Sri Lanka	2	2	54		35 *	0	0
Shaun Marsh	Australia	2	2	53	53.00	47 *	0	0
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
Glenn Maxwell	Australia	2	7th	3	12.66	2/15	0	0
Xavier Doherty	Australia	2	8th	3	17.00	2/21	0	0
Nuwan Kulasekara	Sri Lanka	2	7th	2	19.50	1/18	0	0
Thisara Perera	Sri Lanka	2	7th	2	27.00	1/25	0	0
James Faulkner	Australia	1	4th	1	24.00	1/24	0	0
Ajantha Mendis	Sri Lanka	2	7th	1	51.00	1/25	0	0
Mitchell Starc	Australia	2	8th	1	54.00	1/19	0	0
Ben Laughlin	Australia	2	7.5	1	86.00	1/40	0	0

Player of the Series

The following players were honored as Player of the Series .

series	Player of the Series
test	Michael Clarke
ODI	Nuwan Kulasekara

Player of the Match

The following players were recognized as Player of the Match .

game	Player of the Match
1st test	Peter Siddle
2nd test	Mitchell Johnson
3rd test	Jackson Bird
1. ODI	Phillip Hughes
2. ODI	Lahiru Thirimanne
3. ODI	Nuwan Kulasekara
5. ODI	Phillip Hughes
1. T20	David Warner
2. T20	Thisara Perera

Web links

• The series on Cricinfo

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Brydon Coverdale: Australia finalize summer schedule ( English ) Cricinfo. July 19, 2012. Retrieved April 23, 2016.
2. ↑ Karunaratne, Pradeep in SL Test squad to Australia ( English ) Cricinfo. November 20, 2012. Retrieved April 23, 2016.
3. ↑ Ajantha Mendis returns for limited-overs series ( English ) Cricinfo. January 2, 2013. Accessed April 23, 2016.
4. ↑ Daniel boardy: Hughes chosen to replace Ponting ( English ) Cricinfo. December 6, 2012. Retrieved April 23, 2016.
5. ↑ Daniel boardy: Hughes, Khawaja tip out Hussey ( English ) Cricinfo. January 6, 2013. Accessed April 23, 2016.
6. ↑ Warner reprimanded for showing dissent ( English ) Cricinfo. January 13, 2013. Retrieved April 23, 2016.
7. ↑ Records / Warne-Muralitharan Trophy, 2012/13 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved April 25, 2016.
8. ↑ Records / Warne-Muralitharan Trophy, 2012/13 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved April 25, 2016.
9. ↑ Records / Sri Lanka in Australia ODI Series, 2012/13 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved April 25, 2016.
10. ↑ Records / Sri Lanka in Australia ODI Series, 2012/13 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved April 25, 2016.
11. ↑ Records / Sri Lanka in Australia T20I Series, 2012/13 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved April 25, 2016.
12. ↑ Records / Sri Lanka in Australia T20I Series, 2012/13 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved April 25, 2016.