title: Australian cricket team in Sri Lanka in 1999
text: # Australian cricket team in Sri Lanka in 1999
  
  ## Tour matches
  
  ### List A: Sri Lanka Board XI vs Australia XI
  
  * 19 August Scorecard
  
  | Sri Lanka Board XI 208/5 (50 overs) | v | Australia 212/5 (45.1 overs) |
  | - | - | - |
  | Sajith Fernando 67 (96) Glenn McGrath 2/17 (7 overs) | | Ricky Ponting 60* (106) Russel Arnold 2/43 (8.1 overs) |
  
  * Australians won by 5 wickets (with 29 balls remaining) Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo Umpires: TM Samarasinghe (Sri) and EKG Wijewardena (NZ)
  * Sri Lanka Board XI won the toss and elected to bat
  
  ## ODI series
  
  ### 1st ODI
  
  * 22 August Scorecard
  
  | Australia 205/9 (43 overs) | v | Sri Lanka 160 (37.4 overs) |
  | - | - | - |
  | Michael Bevan 43 (44) Sanath Jayasuriya 5/28 (9 overs) | | Romesh Kaluwitharana 33 (46) Jason Gillespie 3/26 (6 overs) |
  
  * Australia won by 50 runs (D/L method) Galle International Stadium, Galle Umpires: Asoka De Silva (Sri) and Peter Manuel (Sri) Player of the match: Jason Gillespie (Aus)
  * Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field
  * Rain stopped play from 11:54am to 1:20pm at the fall of Lehmann's wicket. Match reduced to 43 overs per side and the lunch break shortened to 20 minutes.
  * Indika de Saram (Sri) made his ODI debut.
  
  ## Test series
  
  Sri Lanka won the three-match Test series 1-0 with 2 draws. Their win in the first match was their first victory against Australia in Tests.
  
  ### 1st Test
  
  * 9–11 September 1999 Scorecard
  * Sri Lanka won by 6 wickets Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy Umpires: PT Manuel (SL) and S Venkataraghavan (IND) Player of the match: PA de Silva (SL) and RT Ponting (AUS)
  * Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
  * The match was scheduled for five days but completed in three.
  
  ### 2nd Test
  
  * 22–26 September 1999 Scorecard
  * Match drawn Galle International Stadium, Galle Umpires: BC Cooray (SL) and DB Cowie (NZ) Player of the match: MJ Slater (AUS)
  * Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.
  * There was no play on the fourth day.
  * HMRKB Herath (SL) made his Test debut.
  
  ### 3rd Test
  
  * 30 September–4 October 1999 Scorecard
  * Match drawn Singhalese Sports Club Cricket Ground, Colombo Umpires: KT Francis (SL) and P Willey (AUS) Player of the match: RT Ponting (AUS)
  * Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
  * There was no play on the final day.
  