Warne-Muralitharan TrophyMatch 2 · Test
Sri Lanka and Australia draw - Match Info
Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy, . Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bat.
Match details
- Match
- Match 2, Test · Warne-Muralitharan Trophy 2011
- Date
- (Thu 8 Sept, 14:00 PKT)
- Venue
- Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy, Sri Lanka
- Toss
- Sri Lanka, chose to bat
- Result
- Match drawn
- Player of the match
- Michael Hussey
- Umpires
- Tony Hill (New Zealand), Richard Kettleborough
- TV umpire
- SK Tarapore
- Reserve umpire
- Ruchira Palliyaguruge (Sri Lanka)
- Match referee
- Chris Broad
Head to head (Test)
Played 35 · SL won 5 · AUS won 22 · Drawn 8
Last 5 meetings
- 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
- 1st Test · Sri Lanka tour of Australia · AUS 551/4d v SL 211 & 300Australia won by an innings and 40 runs
- 2nd Test · Sri Lanka tour of Australia · AUS 517 & 292/9 v SL 455 & 183/8Match drawn
- 1st Test · Sri Lanka tour of Australia · AUS 207 & 201 v SL 97 & 162Australia won by 149 runs
Recent results (Test)
- W vs SL · SL 105 & 253 v AUS 273 & 210Australia won by 125 runs
- L vs ENG · AUS 280 & 281 v ENG 644England won by an innings and 83 runs
- L vs ENG · AUS 98 & 258/9 v ENG 513England won by an innings and 157 runs
- W vs ENG · AUS 268 & 309 v ENG 187 & 123Australia won by 267 runs
- L vs ENG · AUS 245 & 304 v ENG 620/5dEngland won by an innings and 71 runs
Top players in this fixture
SL v AUS Tests, among players who have played for either side in the last 18 months.
| Most runs | M | Runs | HS | Avg | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ricky Ponting AUS | 13 | 899 | 105 | 47.32 | 54.19 |
| Mahela Jayawardene SL | 11 | 697 | 105 | 34.85 | 44.23 |
| Kumar Sangakkara SL | 7 | 530 | 192 | 37.86 | 54.98 |
| Michael Hussey AUS | 3 | 409 | 133 | 102.25 | 55.95 |
| Thilan Samaraweera SL | 6 | 307 | 70 | 27.91 | 36.37 |
| Most wickets | M | Wkts | Econ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Muttiah Muralitharan SL | 12 | 54 | 3.12 |
| HMRKB Herath SL | 4 | 18 | 3.02 |
| Lasith Malinga SL | 3 | 12 | 4.33 |
| Mitchell Johnson AUS | 3 | 10 | 2.94 |
| Nathan Lyon AUS | 1 | 6 | 3.07 |
Tests at Pallekele International Cricket Stadium
- Matches
- 1
- Average 1st-innings score
- 303
- Won batting first
- 0
- Won chasing
- 0
- Highest total
- 303/8 by West Indies ()