Sri Lankan cricket team in Australia in 1995–96

International cricket tour

The Sri Lanka national cricket team toured Australia in the 1995-96 season and played 3 Test matches against Australia. Australia won the series 3-0.

The second Test had controversy when umpire Darrell Hair called Sri Lanka's Muttiah Muralitharan for throwing.^[1]

Test series summary

1st Test

8–11 December 1995
(5-day match)
Scorecard

Sri Lanka	v	Australia
251 (89.4 overs) RS Kaluwitharana 50 (74) GD McGrath 4/81 (24 overs)		617/5d (174 overs) MJ Slater 219 (321) WPUJC Vaas 2/103 (31 overs)
330 (93.4 overs) HP Tillakaratne 119 (206) CJ McDermott 3/73 (20 overs)

Australia won by an innings and 36 runs
WACA Ground, Perth
Umpires: Khizer Hayat (PAK) and PD Parker (AUS)
Player of the match: MJ Slater (AUS)

Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.
The match was scheduled for five days but completed in four.
SG Law and RT Ponting (both AUS) made their Test debuts.

2nd Test

26–30 December 1995
(5-day match)
Scorecard

Australia	v	Sri Lanka
500/6d (165 overs) SR Waugh 131* (252) GP Wickramasinghe 2/77 (30.2 overs)		233 (88.4 overs) A Ranatunga 51 (105) GD McGrath 5/40 (23.4 overs)
41/0 (7.4 overs) MA Taylor 25* (23)		307 (f/o) (116.5 overs) AP Gurusinha 143 (274) SK Warne 4/71 (37 overs)

Australia won by 10 wickets
Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
Umpires: RS Dunne (NZ) and DB Hair (AUS)
Player of the match: GD McGrath (AUS)

Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.

3rd Test

25–29 January 1996
(5-day match)
Scorecard

Australia	v	Sri Lanka
502/9d (157.3 overs) SR Waugh 170 (316) WPUJC Vaas 3/106 (42 overs)		317 (97.1 overs) HP Tillakaratne 65 (155) PR Reiffel 5/39 (19.1 overs)
215/6d (73 overs) SR Waugh 61* (129) WPUJC Vaas 3/44 (21 overs)		252 (96.2 overs) ST Jayasuriya 112 (188) SR Waugh 4/34 (19 overs)

Australia won by 148 runs
Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
Umpires: LH Barker (WI) and SG Randell (AUS)
Player of the match: SR Waugh (AUS)

Australia won the toss and elected to bat.

External sources

ESPN cricinfo

References

Playfair Cricket Annual (annual)
Wisden Cricketers Almanack (annual)

^ Australia v Sri Lanka Australia v Sri Lanka - 26-30 December 1995, The Electronic Telegraph, ESPNcricinfo

List of Warne–Muralitharan Trophy series

Non-Warne–Muralidaran Trophy Australia v Sri Lanka Test series
1982–83 1987–88 1989–90 1992 1995–96 1999 2003–04 2004

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 2024–25
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