Sri Lankan national cricket team in Australia in the 2016/17 season

The Sri Lankan national cricket team tour to Australia in the 2016/17 season took place from February 17-22, 2017. The international cricket tour was part of the 2016/17 international cricket season and includes three Twenty20s . Sri Lanka won the series 2–1.

prehistory

Australia previously did a tour in New Zealand and Sri Lanka in South Africa . The last meeting of the two teams on a tour took place in Sri Lanka in the 2016 season . The second Twenty20 is the first international cricket game in Geelong . The short time gap between the last Twenty20 of this tour and the start of Australia's first test in India , which took place only 16 hours later, was controversial .

Stages

Adelaide Geelong Melbourne

Tour venues

The following stages were designated as the venue for the tour and announced on May 27, 2016.

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
Adelaide oval	Adelaide	53,583	3. T20
Kardinia Park	Geelong	27,000	2. T20
Melbourne Cricket Ground	Melbourne	100.024	1. T20

Squad lists

Australia named their squad on February 1, 2017. Sri Lanka named their squad on February 9, 2017.

Twenty20
Australia	Sri Lanka
Aaron Finch ( K ) Pat Cummins Ben dunk James Faulkner Travis Head Moisés Henriques Michael Klinger Chris Lynn Tim Paine ( wk ) Jhye Richardson Billy Stanlake Ashton Turner Andrew Tye Adam Zampa	Upul Tharanga ( K ) Niroshan Dickwella ( wk ) Asela Gunaratne Chamara Kapugedara Nuwan Kulasekara Lasith Malinga Kusal Mendis Dilshan Munaweera Sachith Pathirana Seekuge Prasanna Lakshan Sandakan Vikum Sanjaya Dasun Shanaka Milinda Siriwardana Isuru Udana

Tour match

February 15 scorecard	Canberra	Prime Minister's XI 169-6 (20)	-	Sri Lankans 170-5 (17.1)
		Sri Lankans wins with 5 wickets

The game was played as an international farewell game by Adam Voges .

Twenty20 Internationals

First Twenty20 in Melbourne

February 17th scorecard	Melbourne	Australia 168-6 (20)	-	Sri Lanka 172-5 (20)
		Sri Lanka wins with 5 wickets

Second Twenty20 in Geelong

February 19th scorecard	Geelong	Australia 173 (20)	-	Sri Lanka 176-8 (20)
		Sri Lanka wins with 2 wickets

Third Twenty20 in Adelaide

February 22nd scorecard	Adelaide	Australia 187-6 (20)	-	Sri Lanka 146 (18)
		Australia wins with 41 runs

Web links

• The series on Cricinfo

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Brydon Coverdale: Geelong to host Australia-Sri Lanka T20I ( English ) Cricinfo. August 8, 2016. Retrieved January 19, 2017.
2. ↑ 15 hrs 50 mins between two Australia games ( English ) Cricinfo. February 22, 2017. Retrieved June 2, 2017.
3. ↑ Brydon Coverdale: Klinger, Paine in Australia's T20 squad ( English ) Cricinfo. February 1, 2017. Retrieved June 2, 2017.
4. ↑ Andrew Fidel Fernando: Lasith Malinga picked for T20Is in Australia ( English ) Cricinfo. February 9, 2017. Retrieved June 2, 2017.
5. ↑ Voges announces international retirement ( English ) Cricinfo. February 14, 2017. Retrieved June 2, 2017.