Warne-Muralitharan TrophyMatch 2 · Test
Australia beat Sri Lanka by an innings and 201 runs - Match Info
Melbourne Cricket Ground, . Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bat.
Match details
- Match
- Match 2, Test · Warne-Muralitharan Trophy 2012/13
- Date
- (Wed 26 Dec, 14:00 PKT)
- Venue
- Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia
- Toss
- Sri Lanka, chose to bat
- Result
- Australia won by an innings and 201 runs
- Player of the match
- Mitchell Johnson
- Umpires
- Aleem Dar (Pakistan), Nigel Llong
- TV umpire
- Tony Hill (New Zealand)
- Reserve umpire
- John Ward (Australia)
- Match referee
- Chris Broad
Head to head (Test)
Played 35 · AUS won 22 · SL won 5 · Drawn 8
Last 5 meetings
- Match 1 · Warne-Muralitharan Trophy · AUS 450/5d & 278/9 v SL 336 & 255Australia won by 137 runs
- Match 3 · Warne-Muralitharan Trophy · SL 473 & 7/0 v AUS 316 & 488Match drawn
- Match 2 · Warne-Muralitharan Trophy · SL 174 & 317/6 v AUS 411/7dMatch drawn
- Match 1 · Warne-Muralitharan Trophy · SL 105 & 253 v AUS 273 & 210Australia won by 125 runs
- 2nd Test · Sri Lanka tour of Australia · AUS 542/5d & 210/2d v SL 246 & 410Australia won by 96 runs
Recent results (Test)
- W vs SL · AUS 450/5d & 278/9 v SL 336 & 255Australia won by 137 runs
- L vs SA · AUS 163 & 322 v SA 225 & 569South Africa won by 309 runs
- D vs SA · AUS 550 & 267/8d v SA 388 & 248/8Match drawn
- D vs SA · AUS 565/5d v SA 450/9 & 166/5Match drawn
- W vs WI · WI 218 & 294 v AUS 328 & 259Australia won by 75 runs
- L vs AUS · AUS 450/5d & 278/9 v SL 336 & 255Australia won by 137 runs
- L vs NZ · SL 244 & 195 v NZ 412 & 194/9dNew Zealand won by 167 runs
- W vs NZ · SL 247 & 93/0 v NZ 221 & 118Sri Lanka won by 10 wickets
- D vs PAK · SL 337 & 195/4 v PAK 226 & 380/8dMatch drawn
- D vs PAK · SL 391 & 86/2 v PAK 551/6d & 100/2dMatch drawn
Top players in this fixture
AUS v SL Tests, among players who have played for either side in the last 18 months.
| Most runs | M | Runs | HS | Avg | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ricky Ponting AUS | 14 | 975 | 105 | 46.43 | 53.28 |
| Michael Hussey AUS | 6 | 908 | 142 | 129.71 | 60.01 |
| Mahela Jayawardene SL | 14 | 834 | 105 | 33.36 | 43.03 |
| Kumar Sangakkara SL | 10 | 793 | 192 | 41.74 | 47.54 |
| Tillakaratne Dilshan SL | 9 | 568 | 147 | 35.50 | 54.46 |
| Most wickets | M | Wkts | Econ |
|---|---|---|---|
| HMRKB Herath SL | 6 | 31 | 3.10 |
| Mitchell Johnson AUS | 5 | 14 | 3.02 |
| UWMBCA Welegedara SL | 4 | 14 | 3.87 |
| Peter Siddle AUS | 2 | 13 | 2.26 |
| Ryan Harris AUS | 2 | 11 | 2.42 |
Tests at Melbourne Cricket Ground
- Matches
- 104
- Average 1st-innings score
- 306
- Won batting first
- 53
- Won chasing
- 36
- Highest total
- 604 by Australia ()