Sri Lankan cricket team in Australia in 2019–20
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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.
| Sri Lankan cricket team in Australia in 2019–20 | |||
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| 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) | ||
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
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
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- Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.
T20I series
1st T20I
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- Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.
- Kasun Rajitha's (SL) bowling figures (4-0-75-0) were the most expensive bowling figures in T20Is.[14]
- David Warner (Aus) scored his first century in T20Is.[15]
- In terms of runs, this was Australia's largest victory,[16] and Sri Lanka's biggest defeat in T20Is.[17]
2nd T20I
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- Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.
3rd T20I
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- Australia won the toss and elected to field.
- David Warner became the first batsman for Australia to score 2,000 runs in T20Is.[18]
Statistics
Most runs
| Rank | Runs | Player | Innings | Average | High Score | Strike Rate | 100 | 50 |
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| 1 | 217 | 
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3 | 217.00+ | 100* | 147.61 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 101 | Aaron Finch | 3 | 33.66 | 64 | 162.90 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 100 |  Kusal Perera | 33.33 | 57 | 125.00 | |||
| 4 | 66 | Steven Smith | 2 | 66.00 | 53* | 146.66 | ||
| 5 | 62 | Glen Maxwell | 1 | 62.00 | 62 | 221.42 | ||
| Last Updated: 1 December 2019 | ||||||||
Most wickets
| Rank | Wickets | Player | Innings | Best | Average | Economy | ||
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| 1 | 6 | Pat Cummins | 3 | 2/23 | 13.16 | 6.58 | ||
| 2 | 5 | Adam Zampa | 2 | 3/14 | 12.80 | 5.33 | ||
| 3 | 4 | Mitchell Starc | 2 | 2/18 | 12.50 | 6.25 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Ashton Agar | 3 | 2/27 | 21.33 | 5.33 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Billy Stanlake | 1 | 2/23 | 11.50 | 5.75 | ||
| Kane Richardson | 3 | 2/25 | 31.50 | 5.72 | ||||
| Lasith Malinga | 1/22 | 41.00 | 7.45 | |||||
| Last Updated: 1 December 2019 | ||||||||
References
External links
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