Australian cricket team in Sri Lanka in 1992

The Australian cricket team toured Sri Lanka from 10 August to 13 September 1992 to play three Test matches, three One Day Internationals (ODIs).

This was a historical test series for Sri Lanka as this was the first home series for Sri Lanka after 1987. One of the highlights of the series was the emergence of Shane Warne. Another highlight was wicket keeping batsman Romesh Kaluwitharane scoring his maiden test ton on debut at SSC.

The first test at SSC turned out to be a famous test match as Sri Lanka collapsed for 164 in pursuit of 180. Especially where Sri Lanka was comfortably led by 291 runs in the first innings.

Australian captain Allan Border said after this match that the result achieved by his team must be the ‘greatest heist since the Great Train Robbery’.

Squads TestsODIs Allan Border (c) Ian Healy (wk) Mark Taylor Tom Moody David Boon Dean Jones Mark Waugh Greg Matthews Craig McDermott Shane Warne Mike Whitney Tony Dodemaide Arjuna Ranatunga (c) Romesh Kaluwitharana (wk) Roshan Mahanama Chandika Hathurusingha Asanka Gurusinha Aravinda de Silva Marvan Atapattu Champaka Ramanayake Pramodya Wickramasinghe Ranjith Madurasinghe Don Anurasiri Sanath Jayasuriya Dulip Liyanage Muthiah Muralidaran Hashan Tillakaratne (wk) Allan Border (c) Ian Healy (wk) Mark Taylor Tom Moody David Boon Dean Jones Mark Waugh Greg Matthews Craig McDermott Shane Warne Mike Whitney Tony Dodemaide Arjuna Ranatunga (c) Romesh Kaluwitharana (wk) Roshan Mahanama Chandika Hathurusingha Asanka Gurusinha Aravinda de Silva Marvan Atapattu Champaka Ramanayake Pramodya Wickramasinghe Ranjith Madurasinghe Don Anurasiri Sanath Jayasuriya Dulip Liyanage Muthiah Muralidaran Hashan Tillakaratne Ruwan Kalpage Asoka de Silva Damien Martyn was part of the Australian squad but played only in a 3-day match against Southern Districts XI.

Test series

1st Test

2nd Test

3rd Test

ODI series

1st ODI

2nd ODI

3rd ODI

First ever ODI played under lights in Sri Lanka.

Records and statistics

Batting TestPlayerNatMatchesInningsRunsNOAve.SRHS100504s6sGreg Matthews36329054.8346.339605271Dean Jones36276155.2051.68100*12262Roshan Mahanama35250050.0049.117803311Allan Border36243040.5048.4010611281Asanka Gurusinha35205268.3335.4613710260ODIPlayerNatMatchesInningsRunsNOAve.SRHS100504s6sAravinda de Silva33207069.0095.8310511182Mark Taylor33138046.0059.749401111Asanka Gurusinha33106235.3354.635301102Dean Jones33106153.0068.8359*0151David Boon33104152.0066.2469*0160Source: Cricinfo

Bowling TestPlayerNatMatchesInningsWicketsOversRunsEcon.Ave.BBI5WI10WIChampaka Ramanayake3617145.44342.9725.525/8210Craig McDermott3514124.03422.7524.424/5300Don Anurasiri 3610150.03382.2533.804/12700Dulip Liyanage 25876.02232.9327.874/5600Chandika Hathurusingha36895.02362.4829.504/6600Greg Matthews358120.03122.6039.004/7600ODIPlayerNatMatchesInningsWicketsOversRunsEcon.Ave.BBI4WI5WIGreg Matthews33526.51013.7620.202/3300Champaka Ramanayake33528.51314.5426.202/3400Mike Whitney33427.01003.7025.002/3300Tony Dodemaide33330.01334.4344.331/3900Craig McDermott33328.21384.8746.001/3000Source: Cricinfo

References

External links ESPNcricinfo