Sri Lankan cricket team in Australia in 2019–20

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Sri Lankan cricket team in Australia in 2019–20
  Flag of Australia.svg Flag of Sri Lanka.svg
  Australia Sri Lanka
Dates 24 October – 1 November 2019
Captains Aaron Finch Lasith Malinga
Twenty20 International series
Results Australia won the 3-match series 3–0
Most runs David Warner (217) [1] Kusal Perera (100) [1]
Most wickets Pat Cummins (6) [2] Lasith Malinga (2) [2]
Player of the series David Warner (Aus)

The Sri Lanka cricket team toured Australia in October and November 2019 to play three Twenty20 International (T20I) matches. [3] [4] In May 2019, Cricket Australia confirmed the fixtures for the tour with matches being held in Adelaide, Brisbane and Melbourne. [5] [6] Aaron Finch was the captain of the Australian team, while bowler Lasith Malinga captained Sri Lanka.

Contents

In the opening match played at Adelaide, Australia recorded their biggest victory in a T20I match, winning by 134 runs off the back of a century by David Warner. They scored 233 runs for the loss of two wickets, before restricting Sri Lanka to 9/99 in their twenty overs. The following game in Brisbane, Australia won by nine wickets, winning the series with a game to spare. [7] Australia won the final match by seven wickets to win the series 3–0. [8] Australian batsman, David Warner ended up with the top run-scorer for the series with 217, and Pat Cummins was the leading wicket-taker with six dismissals.

Squads

T20Is
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia [9] Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka [10]

Ahead of the series, Andrew Tye was ruled out of Australia's squad with an elbow injury, [11] with Sean Abbott named as his replacement. [12] After the second game, Glenn Maxwell took an indefinite break from cricket to deal with a mental health issue and D'Arcy Short was named as his replacement. [13]

Tour match

20 over match: Prime Minister's XI vs Sri Lanka

24 October 2019
19:10 (N)
Scorecard
Sri Lanka  Flag of Sri Lanka.svg
8/131 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Prime Minister's XI
9/132 (19.5 overs)
Oshada Fernando 38 (25)
Dan Christian 2/16 (3 overs)
Harry Nielsen 79 (50)
Kasun Rajitha 3/21 (3.5 overs)
Prime Minister's XI won by 1 wicket
Manuka Oval, Canberra
Umpires: Geoff Joshua (Aus) and Troy Penman (Aus)
Player of the match: Harry Nielsen (Prime Minister's XI)
  • Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.

T20I series

1st T20I

27 October 2019
14:00
Scorecard
Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg
2/233 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka
9/99 (20 overs)
David Warner 100* (56)
Dasun Shanaka 1/10 (1 over)
Dasun Shanaka 17 (18)
Adam Zampa 3/14 (4 overs)
Australia won by 134 runs
Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
Umpires: Gerard Abood (Aus) and Paul Wilson (Aus)
Player of the match: David Warner (Aus)

2nd T20I

30 October 2019
18:10 (N)
Scorecard
Sri Lanka  Flag of Sri Lanka.svg
117 (19 overs)
v
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
1/118 (13 overs)
Kusal Perera 27 (19)
Adam Zampa 2/20 (4 overs)
David Warner 60* (41)
Lasith Malinga 1/23 (3 overs)
Australia won by 9 wickets
The Gabba, Brisbane
Umpires: Gerard Abood (Aus) and Paul Wilson (Aus)
Player of the match: David Warner (Aus)
  • Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.

3rd T20I

1 November 2019
19:10 (N)
Scorecard
Sri Lanka  Flag of Sri Lanka.svg
6/142 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
3/145 (17.4 overs)
Kusal Perera 57 (45)
Pat Cummins 2/23 (4 overs)
David Warner 57* (50)
Nuwan Pradeep 1/20 (3.4 overs)
Australia won by 7 wickets
Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
Umpires: Shawn Craig (Aus) and Paul Wilson (Aus)
Player of the match: David Warner (Aus)

Statistics

Most runs

RankRunsPlayerInningsAverageHigh ScoreStrike Rate10050
1217 Flag of Australia (converted).svg

David Warner

3217.00+100*147.6112
2101 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Aaron Finch 333.6664162.9001
3100 Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Kusal Perera 33.3357125.00
466 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Steven Smith 266.0053*146.66
562 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Glen Maxwell 162.0062221.42
Last Updated: 1 December 2019

Most wickets

RankWicketsPlayerInningsBestAverageEconomy
16 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Pat Cummins 32/2313.166.58
25 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Adam Zampa 23/1412.805.33
34 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mitchell Starc 22/1812.506.25
43 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ashton Agar 32/2721.335.33
52 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Billy Stanlake 12/2311.505.75
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Kane Richardson 32/2531.505.72
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Lasith Malinga 1/2241.007.45
Last Updated: 1 December 2019

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