Australian cricket team in Sri Lanka in 1999
# Australian cricket team in Sri Lanka in 1999

## Tour matches

### List A: Sri Lanka Board XI vs Australia XI

* 19 August Scorecard

| Sri Lanka Board XI 208/5 (50 overs) | v | Australia 212/5 (45.1 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Sajith Fernando 67 (96) Glenn McGrath 2/17 (7 overs) | | Ricky Ponting 60* (106) Russel Arnold 2/43 (8.1 overs) |

* Australians won by 5 wickets (with 29 balls remaining) Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo Umpires: TM Samarasinghe (Sri) and EKG Wijewardena (NZ)
* Sri Lanka Board XI won the toss and elected to bat

## ODI series

### 1st ODI

* 22 August Scorecard

| Australia 205/9 (43 overs) | v | Sri Lanka 160 (37.4 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Michael Bevan 43 (44) Sanath Jayasuriya 5/28 (9 overs) | | Romesh Kaluwitharana 33 (46) Jason Gillespie 3/26 (6 overs) |

* Australia won by 50 runs (D/L method) Galle International Stadium, Galle Umpires: Asoka De Silva (Sri) and Peter Manuel (Sri) Player of the match: Jason Gillespie (Aus)
* Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field
* Rain stopped play from 11:54am to 1:20pm at the fall of Lehmann's wicket. Match reduced to 43 overs per side and the lunch break shortened to 20 minutes.
* Indika de Saram (Sri) made his ODI debut.

## Test series

Sri Lanka won the three-match Test series 1-0 with 2 draws. Their win in the first match was their first victory against Australia in Tests.

### 1st Test

* 9–11 September 1999 Scorecard
* Sri Lanka won by 6 wickets Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy Umpires: PT Manuel (SL) and S Venkataraghavan (IND) Player of the match: PA de Silva (SL) and RT Ponting (AUS)
* Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
* The match was scheduled for five days but completed in three.

### 2nd Test

* 22–26 September 1999 Scorecard
* Match drawn Galle International Stadium, Galle Umpires: BC Cooray (SL) and DB Cowie (NZ) Player of the match: MJ Slater (AUS)
* Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.
* There was no play on the fourth day.
* HMRKB Herath (SL) made his Test debut.

### 3rd Test

* 30 September–4 October 1999 Scorecard
* Match drawn Singhalese Sports Club Cricket Ground, Colombo Umpires: KT Francis (SL) and P Willey (AUS) Player of the match: RT Ponting (AUS)
* Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
* There was no play on the final day.
