Sri Lankan cricket team in Australia in 2010–11

Sri Lankan cricket team in Australia in 2010

	Sri Lanka	Australia
Dates	31 October 2010 – 7 November 2010
Captains	Kumar Sangakkara	Michael Clarke (T20I, 1st and 3rd ODIs) Ricky Ponting (2nd ODI)
One Day International series
Results	Sri Lanka won the 3-match series 2–1
Most runs	Upul Tharanga (117)	Michael Clarke (102)
Most wickets	Thisara Perera (7)	Clint McKay (5)
Player of the series	Lasith Malinga (SL)
Twenty20 International series
Results	Sri Lanka won the 1-match series 1–0
Most runs	Kumar Sangakkara (44)	Brad Haddin (35)
Most wickets	Suraj Randiv (3)	Peter Siddle (1)
Player of the series	Suraj Randiv (SL)

The Sri Lankan cricket team toured Australia between 31 October and 7 November 2010. The tour consisted of one T20I and three One Day Internationals. Sri Lanka's One Day International series victory was their first series win in Australia.^[1]

T20I series

Only T20I

31 October
Scorecard

Australia 8/133 (20 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 3/135 (16.3 overs)
Brad Haddin 35 (30) Suraj Randiv 3/25 (4 overs)		Kumar Sangakkara 44* (43) Dirk Nannes 1/28 (3 overs)

Sri Lanka won by 7 wickets
WACA Ground, Perth
Umpires: Bruce Oxenford (Aus) and Paul Reiffel (Aus)
Player of the match: Suraj Randiv (SL)

Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
John Hastings and Clint McKay (both Aus) made their T20I debuts.

ODI series

1st ODI

3 November
Scorecard

Australia 8/239 (50 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 9/243 (44.2 overs)
Michael Hussey 71* (91) Thisara Perera 5/46 (8 overs)		Angelo Mathews 77* (84) Xavier Doherty 4/46 (10 overs)

Sri Lanka won by 1 wicket
Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
Umpires: Marais Erasmus (SA) and Paul Reiffel (Aus)
Player of the match: Angelo Mathews (SL)

Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
Xavier Doherty (Aus) made his ODI debut.
The Sri Lankan partnership between Angelo Mathews and Lasith Malinga for 132 runs was the highest ninth wicket partnership in ODI cricket.^[2]

2nd ODI

5 November
Scorecard

Sri Lanka 3/213 (41.1 overs)	v	Australia 210 (37.4 overs)
Upul Tharanga 86* (112) Shane Watson 2/34 (8 overs)		Shane Watson 40 (44) Muttiah Muralitharan 2/30 (7 overs)

Sri Lanka won by 29 runs (D/L)
Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
Umpires: Marais Erasmus (SA) and Bruce Oxenford (Aus)
Player of the match: Upul Tharanga (SL)

Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.
Rain first reduced the match to 45 overs per side. The Sri Lankan innings stopped after 41.1 overs due to further rain and Australia's target was adjusted to 240 runs from 38 overs according to the Duckworth–Lewis method.

3rd ODI

7 November
Scorecard

Sri Lanka 115 (32 overs)	v	Australia 2/119 (21.4 overs)
Chamara Silva 33 (72) Clint McKay 5/33 (9 overs)		Michael Clarke 50* (51) Dilhara Fernando 2/47 (8 overs)

Australia won by 8 wickets
Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane
Umpires: Marais Erasmus (SA) and Paul Reiffel (Aus)
Player of the match: Clint McKay (Aus)

Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.

Tour matches

List A: Queensland vs Sri Lankans

22 October
Scorecard

Sri Lankans 7/301 (50 overs)	v	Queensland 189 (36.1 overs)
Kumar Sangakkara 110 (95) Ben Laughlin 3/54 (10 overs)		Craig Philipson 69 (62) Dilhara Fernando 4/41 (6.1 overs)

Sri Lankans won by 112 runs
The Gabba, Woolloongabba, Brisbane
Umpires: Simon Fry (Aus) and Bruce Oxenford (Aus)

Sri Lankans won the toss and elected to bat.

List A: New South Wales vs Sri Lankans

24 October
Scorecard

New South Wales	v	Sri Lankans

Match abandoned without a ball bowled
Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
Umpires: Bob Parry (Aus) and Tony Ward (Aus)

Twenty20: New South Wales vs Sri Lankans

27 October
Scorecard

Sri Lankans 4/167 (20 overs)	v	New South Wales 2/100 (14 overs)
Mahela Jayawardene 59 (35) Steve O'Keefe 1/21 (4 overs)		Usman Khawaja 32 (37) Suraj Randiv 2/13 (3 overs)

Sri Lankans won by 22 runs (D/L)
Blacktown Olympic Park Oval, Sydney
Umpires: Gerard Abood (Aus) and Tony Ward (Aus)

Sri Lankans won the toss and elected to bat.
Rain reduced New South Wales' target to 123 runs from 14 overs according to the Duckworth–Lewis method.

Media coverage

Television

Star Cricket: India and Sri Lanka
Sky Sports: UK
Nine Network/GEM: Australia
Arab Radio and Television Network: Middle East
Willow Cricket: USA
ATN Cricket Plus: Canada

References

^ English, Peter (5 November 2010). "Sri Lanka break series drought on rainy night". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN EMEA.
^ "Sri Lanka comeback stuns Australia in Melbourne". BBC Sport. 3 November 2010. Retrieved 3 November 2010.

v t e International cricket in 2010–11
Preceding season: International cricket in 2010
September 2010	Ireland in Canada Ireland in Zimbabwe
October 2010	Australia in India Women's Cricket Challenge New Zealand in Bangladesh Afghanistan in Kenya Zimbabwe in South Africa South Africa against Pakistan in UAE Sri Lanka in Australia
November 2010	ICC WCL Division Eight Hong Kong Cricket Sixes New Zealand in India Asian Games England women in Sri Lanka West Indies in Sri Lanka England in Australia (The Ashes)
December 2010	Zimbabwe in Bangladesh India in South Africa Pakistan in New Zealand ACC Trophy Challenge
January 2011	West Indies women in India England women in Australia ICC WCL Division Three
February 2011	World Cup Final ACC Women's Twenty20 Championship
Following season: International cricket in 2011

International cricket tours of Australia

Test and LOI tours
Afghanistan	2021–22
Bangladesh	2003 2008
England	1876–77 1878–79 1881–82 1882–83 1884–85 1886–87 1887–88 1891–92 1894–95 1897–98 1901–02 1903–04 1907–08 1911–12 1920–21 1924–25 1928–29 1932–33 1936–37 1946–47 1950–51 1954–55 1958–59 1962–63 1965–66 1970–71 1974–75 1977 1978–79 1979–80 1982–83 1986–87 1987–88 1990–91 1994–95 1998–99 2002–03 2006–07 2010–11 2013–14 2017–18 2021–22 2022–23
India	1947–48 1967–68 1977–78 1980–81 1985–86 1991–92 1999–2000 2003–04 2007–08 2011–12 2014–15 2015–16 2018–19 2020–21
New Zealand	1973–74 1980–81 1982–83 1985–86 1987–88 1989–90 1993–94 1997–98 2001–02 2004–05 2008–09 2011–12 2015–16 2016–17 2019–20 2022–23
Pakistan	1964–65 1972–73 1976–77 1978–79 1981–82 1983–84 1989–90 1992–93 1995–96 1996–97 1999–2000 2002 2004–05 2009–10 2016–17 2019–20 2023–24
South Africa	1910–11 1931–32 1952–53 1963–64 1971–72 (cancelled) 1993–94 1997–98 2000 2001–02 2005–06 2008–09 2012–13 2014–15 2016–17 2018–19 2022–23
Sri Lanka	1987–88 1989–90 1995–96 2004 2007–08 2010–11 2012–13 2016–17 2018–19 2019–20 2021–22
West Indies	1930–31 1951–52 1960–61 1968–69 1975–76 1979–80 1981–82 1984–85 1988–89 1992–93 1995–96 1996–97 2000–01 2005–06 2009–10 2012–13 2015–16 2020–21 2022–23 2023–24
Zimbabwe	1994–95 2003–04 2022

Tournaments hosted
World Cup	1992 2015
T20 World Cup	2022
Tri-series	1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2011–12 2014–15 2017–18
Other multi-team tournaments	1985 1987

Other tours
Afghanistan	2014–15
Australian Forces	1919–20 1945–46
English	1861–62 1863–64 1873–74 1902–03 1922–23 1929–30 1935–36 1979–80
England Lions	2012–13 2021
Fijian	1907–08
Ireland	2014–15
Multi-national	1971–72 2005–06
Nepal	2023–24
New Zealand	1898–99 1913–14 1925–26 1927–28 1937–38 1953–54 1961–62 1967–68 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1974–75
PNG	2014–15
Scotland	2014–15
Sri Lanka	1982–83
UAE	2014–15
World Series Cricket (West Indies & World XI)	1977-78 1978-79

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