Sri Lankan cricket team in Australia in 1995–96
# 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.

## Test series summary

### 1st Test

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