# Australian cricket team in Sri Lanka in 1982–83

The Australian cricket team had a short tour of Sri Lanka during the 1982–83 season. The two countries played their first ever Test together, which Australia won. Sri Lanka defeated Australia in the rain affected ODI series 2–0.

## Squad

The squad was announced in March 1983. Regular players Rod Marsh, Jeff Thomson, Geoff Lawson and Kim Hughes elected not to tour. Australia picked the following squad:
* Batsmen - Greg Chappell (captain), David Hookes (vice-captain), Graeme Wood, Kepler Wessels, Allan Border, Graham Yallop, Steve Smith
* Fast bowlers - Dennis Lillee, Rodney Hogg, John Maguire
* Spinners - Bruce Yardley, Tom Hogan
* Wicketkeeper - Roger Woolley
* Manager - Basil Rigg
Five of the players had not toured for Australia before: Smith, Maguire, Hogan, Wessels and Woolley. Woolley was chosen over two other Sheffield Shield wicketkeepers who had represented Australia in Test cricket, Kevin Wright and Steve Rixon. John Dyson, who had been an Australian regular over the home summer, was a surprise omission. Graham Yallop earned an international recall after a very strong domestic season. Tom Hogan was considered a surprise selection.

## Test series
### Only Test

* 22 – 26 April Scorecard
* Australia won by an innings and 38 runs Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy Umpires: Basil Anthony (SL) and Herbi Felsinger (SL) Player of the match: Kepler Wessels (Aus)
* Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
* This was the first Test match between two teams.
* Greg Chappell captained Australia for the 48th and final time.
* Roger Woolley (Aus), Tom Hogan (Aus) and Roshan Guneratne (SL) all made their debut.
* David Hookes scored his first (and only) Test match century.

## One Day Internationals (ODIs)

Sri Lanka won the series 2–0.

### 1st ODI

* 13 April 1983 Scorecard
| Australia 168/9 (45 overs) | v | Sri Lanka 169/8 (44.1 overs) |
| G. M. Wood 50 (71) D. S. de Silva 2/21 (9 overs) | | S. Wettimuny 37 (79) T. G. Hogan 3/27 (9 overs) |
* Sri Lanka won by 2 wickets Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium, Colombo Umpires: C. E. B. Anthony and P. W. Vidanagamage Player of the match: R. G. de Alwis (SL)
* Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
* R. D. Woolley (AUS) made his ODI debut.

### 2nd ODI

* 16 April 1983 Scorecard
| Australia 207/5 (45 overs) | v | Sri Lanka 213/6 (43.2 overs) |
| GN Yallop 59 (63) RJ Ratnayake 2/38 (9 overs) | | S Wettimuny 56 (92) B Yardley 3/28 (9 overs) |
* Sri Lanka won by 4 wickets Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium, Colombo Umpires: DP Buultjens and HC Felsinger Player of the match: A Ranatunga (SL)
* Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.

### 3rd ODI

* 29 April 1983 Scorecard
| Australia 194/5 (39.2 overs) | v | Sri Lanka |
| GN Yallop 51 (55) DS de Silva 2/51 (9 overs) | | |
* No result Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo Umpires: KT Francis and PW Vidanagamage
* Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.

### 4th ODI

* 30 April 1983 Scorecard
| Australia 124/3 (19.2 overs) | v | Sri Lanka |
| GN Yallop 60* (81) ALF de Mel 2/9 (4 overs) | | |
* No result Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo Umpires: DP Buultjens and S Ponnadurai
* Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
* The match was reduced before play started to 30 overs per side.
* GN de Silva and DSBP Kuruppu (SL) made their ODI debuts.

## Statistics
### Most runs (Test)

| Rank | Runs | Player | Innings | Average | High Score | 100 | 50 |
| 1 | 143 | David Hookes | 1 | - | 143* | 1 | - |
| 2 | 141 | Kepler Wessels | 1 | 141.00 | 141 | 1 | - |
| 3 | 122 | Arjuna Ranatunga | 2 | 61.00 | 90 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | 98 | Graham Yallop | 1 | 98.00 | 98 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 96 | Sidath Wettimuny | 2 | 48.00 | 96 | 0 | 1 |
| Last Updated: 24 February 2024 |||||||||

### Most wickets (Test)

| Rank | Wickets | Player | Innings | Best | Average | Economy | 5w |
| 1 | 7 | Bruce Yardley | 2 | 5/88 | 23.71 | 3.25 | 1 |
| 2 | 6 | Tom Hogan | 2 | 5/66 | 19.33 | 3.19 | 1 |
| 3 | 3 | Dennis Lillee | 2 | 2/67 | 35.66 | 3.56 | 0 |
| 4 | 2 | Ashantha de Mel | 1 | 2/113 | 56.50 | 4.91 | 0 |
| 5 | 1 | Allan Border | 1 | 1/11 | 11.00 | 2.27 | 0 |
| Last Updated: 24 February 2024 |||||||||

### Most runs (ODI)

| Rank | Runs | Player | Innings | Average | High Score | 100 | 50 |
| 1 | 209 | Graham Yallop | 4 | 69.66 | 60* | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | 99 | David Hookes | 4 | 24.75 | 49 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 96 | Graeme Wood | 4 | 24.00 | 50 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | 93 | Sidath Wettimuny | 2 | 46.50 | 56 | - | 1 |
| 5 | 83 | Kepler Wessels | 3 | 29.33 | 43 | 0 | 0 |
| Last Updated: 24 February 2024 |||||||||

### Most wickets (ODI)

| Rank | Wickets | Player | Innings | Best | Average | Economy | 4w |
| 1 | 5 | Ashantha de Mel | 4 | 2/9 | 23.40 | 3.77 | 0 |
| 2 | 4 | Tom Hogan | 2 | 3/27 | 22.50 | 4.94 | 0 |
| 3 | 4 | Vinothen John | 4 | 2/33 | 26.00 | 3.54 | 0 |
| 4 | 4 | Somachandra De Silva | 3 | 2/21 | 31.00 | 4.59 | 0 |
| 5 | 4 | Arjuna Ranatunga | 4 | 2/26 | 37.00 | 4.93 | 0 |
| Last Updated: 23 February 2024 |||||||||