Sri Lankan cricket team in Australia in 1995–96

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