# Australian cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2003–04

The Australian cricket team toured Sri Lanka from 17 February to 28 March 2004 to play three Tests and five One Day Internationals (ODIs) matches. Australia won the 3-match Test series 3-0 and 5-match ODI series 3-2.

## Tour matches
### List A: Sri Lanka Board XI vs Australia XI

* 17 February Scorecard
| Sri Lanka Board XI 283/8 (50 overs) | v | Australia 284/5 (45.1 overs) |
| Jehan Mubarak 56 (66) Brad Hogg 2/46 (10 overs) | | Ricky Ponting 57* (77) Charitha Buddhika 1/38 (8 overs) |
* Australians won by 5 wickets De Soysa Stadium, Moratuwa Umpires: Gamini Dissanayake (Sri)
* Sri Lanka Board XI won the toss and elected to bat

### First-class: Sri Lankan XI vs Australia

* 2–4 March 2004 Scorecard
* Australians won by 245 runs CCC Ground, Colombo Umpires: Ranmore Martinesz (SL) and Jagath Nandakumar (SL)
* Sri Lanka Cricket President's XI and elected to field.

## ODI series
### 1st ODI

* 20 February 2004 (D/N) Scorecard
| Australia 262/6 (50 overs) | v | Sri Lanka 178 (43.3 overs) |
| Adam Gilchrist 66 (64) Muttiah Muralitharan 2/30 (10 overs) | | Mahela Jayawardene 61 (91) Brad Hogg 5/41 (9.3 overs) |
* Australia won by 84 runs Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla Umpires: Billy Bowden (NZ) and Asoka de Silva (SL) Player of the match: Brad Hogg (Aus)
* Australia won the toss and elected to bat.

### 2nd ODI

* 22 February 2004 (D/N) Scorecard
| Sri Lanka 245 (49.5 overs) | v | Australia 244/5 (50 overs) |
| Sanath Jayasuriya 55 (65) Michael Clarke 5/35 (7.5 overs) | | Matthew Hayden 93 (116) Chaminda Vaas 3/48 (10 overs) |
* Sri Lanka won by 1 run Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla Umpires: Billy Bowden (NZ) and Peter Manuel (SL) Player of the match: Chaminda Vaas (SL)
* Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.

### 3rd ODI

* 25 February 2004 (D/N) Scorecard
| Sri Lanka 226/8 (50 overs) | v | Australia 227/5 (48.3 overs) |
| Mahela Jayawardene 80 (110) Jason Gillespie 3/36 (10 overs) | | Ricky Ponting 63 (75) Chaminda Vaas 3/34 (9 overs) |
* Australia won by 5 wickets R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Umpires: Billy Bowden (NZ) and Asoka de Silva (SL) Player of the match: Jason Gillespie (Aus)
* Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.

### 4th ODI

* 27 February 2004 (D/N) Scorecard
| Australia 233 (47.4 overs) | v | Sri Lanka 193 (43.4 overs) |
| Ricky Ponting 67 (79) Upul Chandana 3/37 (7.4 overs) | | Kumar Sangakkara 101 (110) Michael Kasprowicz 5/45 (9 overs) |
* Australia won by 40 runs R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Umpires: Billy Bowden (NZ) and Tyron Wijewardene (SL) Player of the match: Michael Kasprowicz (Aus)
* Australia won the toss and elected to bat.

### 5th ODI

* 29 February 2004 Scorecard
| Australia 198/7 (50 overs) | v | Sri Lanka 202/7 (47.5 overs) |
| Andrew Symonds 40 (48) Nuwan Zoysa 3/34 (41 overs) | | Nuwan Zoysa 47* (42) Michael Kasprowicz 2/20 (9 overs) |
* Sri Lanka won by 3 wickets Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo Umpires: Billy Bowden (NZ) and Asoka de Silva (SL) Player of the match: Nuwan Zoysa (SL)
* Australia won the toss and elected to bat.

## Test series
### 1st Test

* 8–12 March 2004 Scorecard
* Australia won by 197 runs Galle International Stadium, Galle Umpires: Rudi Koertzen (SA) and David Shepherd (Eng) Player of the match: Matthew Hayden (Aus)
* Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
* Andrew Symonds (Aus) made his Test debut.

### 2nd Test

* 16–20 March 2004 Scorecard
* Australia won by 27 runs Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy Umpires: Steve Bucknor (WIN) and Dave Orchard (SA) Player of the match: Shane Warne (Aus)
* Australia won the toss and elected to bat.

### 3rd Test

* 24–28 March 2004 Scorecard
* Australia won by 121 runs Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo Umpires: Steve Bucknor (WIN) and Dave Orchard (SA) Player of the match: Shane Warne (Aus)
* Australia won the toss and elected to bat.