Warne-Muralitharan TrophyMatch 2 · Test
Sri Lanka beat Australia by 229 runs - Match Info
Galle International Stadium, . Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bat.
Match details
- Match
- Match 2, Test · Warne-Muralitharan Trophy 2016
- Date
- (Thu 4 Aug, 14:00 PKT)
- Venue
- Galle International Stadium, Galle, Sri Lanka
- Toss
- Sri Lanka, chose to bat
- Result
- Sri Lanka won by 229 runs
- Player of the match
- Dilruwan Perera
- Umpires
- Chris Gaffaney (New Zealand), Richard Kettleborough
- TV umpire
- Sundaram Ravi (India)
- Reserve umpire
- Raveendra Wimalasiri (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 117 & 353 v AUS 203 & 161Sri Lanka won by 106 runs
- Match 3 · Warne-Muralitharan Trophy · AUS 432/9d & 141/5 v SL 294 & 278Australia won by 5 wickets
- Match 2 · Warne-Muralitharan Trophy · AUS 460 v SL 156 & 103/7Australia won by an innings and 201 runs
- 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
Recent results (Test)
- W vs AUS · SL 117 & 353 v AUS 203 & 161Sri Lanka won by 106 runs
- D vs ENG · ENG 416 & 233/7d v SL 288 & 78/1Match drawn
- L vs ENG · ENG 498/9d & 80/1 v SL 101 & 475England won by 9 wickets
- L vs ENG · ENG 298 v SL 91 & 119England won by an innings and 88 runs
- L vs NZ · NZ 237 & 189/5 v SL 292 & 133New Zealand won by 5 wickets
- L vs SL · SL 117 & 353 v AUS 203 & 161Sri Lanka won by 106 runs
- W vs NZ · NZ 370 & 335 v AUS 505 & 201/3Australia won by 7 wickets
- W vs NZ · NZ 183 & 327 v AUS 562Australia won by an innings and 52 runs
- D vs WI · AUS 176/2d v WI 330Match drawn
- W vs WI · AUS 551/3d & 179/3d v WI 271 & 282Australia won by 177 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kumar Sangakkara SL | 11 | 878 | 192 | 43.90 | 48.54 |
| Michael Clarke AUS | 8 | 746 | 145 | 74.60 | 60.95 |
| Angelo Mathews SL | 7 | 473 | 105 | 43.00 | 44.58 |
| David Warner AUS | 4 | 273 | 85 | 39.00 | 78.45 |
| Shaun Marsh AUS | 2 | 240 | 141 | 80.00 | 41.52 |
| Most wickets | M | Wkts | Econ |
|---|---|---|---|
| HMRKB Herath SL | 9 | 47 | 2.84 |
| Mitchell Johnson AUS | 7 | 23 | 3.10 |
| Nathan Lyon AUS | 7 | 20 | 3.23 |
| Peter Siddle AUS | 4 | 19 | 2.62 |
| Mitchell Starc AUS | 3 | 16 | 3.72 |
Tests at Galle International Stadium
- Matches
- 26
- Average 1st-innings score
- 383
- Won batting first
- 14
- Won chasing
- 6
- Highest total
- 638 by Bangladesh ()