Sri Lankan national cricket team in Australia for the 2018/19 season

The Sri Lankan national cricket team tour to Australia in the 2018/19 season took place from January 24th to February 4th, 2019. The international cricket tour was part of the 2018/19 international cricket season and included two tests . Australia won the series 2–0.

prehistory

Australia previously played a tour against India , Sri Lanka a tour against England . The last meeting of the two teams took place in the 2016/17 season in Australia .

Stages

Brisbane Canberra

Tour venues

The following stages were designated as the venue for the tour and announced on April 30, 2018.

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
The gabba	Brisbane	42,000	1st test
Manuka oval	Canberra	12,000	2nd test

Squad lists

Sri Lanka named its roster on January 8, 2019. Australia named its roster on January 9, 2019.

test
Australia	Sri Lanka
Tim Paine ( K , wk ) Pat Cummins ( UK ) Travis Head ( UK ) Josh Hazlewood ( UK ) Joe Burns Marcus Harris Usman Khawaja Marnus Labuschagne Nathan Lyon Kurtis Patterson Will Pucovski Matt Renshaw Jhye Richardson Peter Siddle Mitchell Starc Marcus Stoinis	Dinesh Chandimal ( K ) Dimuth Karunaratne ( UK ) Dushmantha Chameera Niroshan Dickwella ( wk ) Vishwa Fernando Chamika Karunaratne Lahiru Kumara Suranga Lakmal Kusal Mendis Dilruwan Perera Kusal Perera Nuwan Pradeep Kasun Rajitha Sadeera Samarawickrama Lakshan Sandakan Dhananjaya de Silva Roshen Silva Lahiru Thirimanne

Tour matches

January 17-19 Scorecard	Hobart	Cricket Australia XI 316-5d (75) & 224-3d (59)	-	Sri Lankans 176-5d (75) & 131-6 (51)
		draw

Testing

First test in Brisbane

January 24-26 Scorecard	Brisbane	Sri Lanka 144 (56.4) & 139 (50.5)	-	Australia 323 (106.2)
		Australia wins with one innings and 40 runs

Second test in Canberra

February 1-5 scorecard	Canberra	Australia 534-5d (132) & 196-3d (47)	-	Sri Lanka 215 (68.3) & 149 (51)
		Australia wins with 366 runs

Web links

• The series on Cricinfo

Individual evidence

1. ↑ India unlikely to play day-night test in Adelaide ( English ) Cricinfo. April 30, 2018. Retrieved December 28, 2018.
2. ↑ Kusal Perera returns to Sri Lanka Test squad ( English ) Cricinfo. January 9, 2019. Retrieved February 4, 2019.
3. ↑ Will Pucovski earns Australia call-up as Marshes and Handscomb dropped ( English ) Cricinfo. January 9, 2019. Retrieved February 4, 2019.