# 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

| Tests | Tests | ODIs | ODIs |
| Australia | Sri Lanka | Australia | Sri Lanka |
| 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

* 17–22 August 1992 Scorecard
* Australia won by 16 runs Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo Umpires: K. T. Francis (SL) and T. M. Samarasinghe (SL) Player of the match: Greg Matthews
* Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.
* Rain delayed the start of play until 10.08am (8 mins lost)
* Rain stopped play from 11.50am to 12.35pm and Early lunch taken (no time lost)
* Romesh Kaluwitharana (SL) made his Test debuts.

### 2nd Test

* 28 August – 2 September 1992 Scorecard
* Match drawn R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Umpires: Udaya Wickramasinghe (SL) and Ignatius Anandappa (SL) Player of the match: Dean Jones
* Dulip Liyanage and Muttiah Muralitharan (both SL) made their debut.

### 3rd Test

* 8–13 September 1992 Scorecard
* Match drawn Tyronne Fernando Stadium, Moratuwa Umpires: B.C. Cooray (SL) and K.T. Francis (SL) Player of the match: Allan Border (Aus)
* Australia won the toss and elected to bat
* Mark Waugh makes his second consecutive "pair", only the 6th player to do so (and the first recognized batsman).

## ODI series
### 1st ODI

* 10 August 1992 Scorecard
| Australia 247/5 (50 overs) | v | Sri Lanka 251/6 (49.2 overs) |
| Mark Taylor 94 (129) Ruwan Kalpage 2/52 (9.5 overs) | | Aravinda de Silva 105 (105) Mike Whitney 2/33 (10 overs) |
* Sri Lanka won by 4 wickets P Sara Oval, Colombo Umpires: B.C. Cooray (SL) & Udaya Wickramasinghe (Sri) Player of the match: Aravinda de Silva (SL)
* Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field

### 2nd ODI

* 4 September 1992 Scorecard
| Australia 216/7 (50 overs) | v | Sri Lanka 194/5 (42.5 overs) |
| Dean Jones 59 (89) Champaka Ramanayake 2/43 (10 overs) | | Chandika Hathurusingha 52* (92) Greg Matthews 2/34 (6.5 overs) |
* Sri Lanka won by 5 wickets (Run rate) R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Umpires: B.C. Cooray (SL) & T.M. Samarasinghe (Sri) Player of the match: Chandika Hathurusingha (SL)
* Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field
* Sri Lanka's target was reduced to 191 runs in 44 overs.

### 3rd ODI

* 5 September 1992 (D/N) Scorecard
| Sri Lanka 207/6 (50 overs) | v | Australia 208/5 (47.5 overs) |
| Asanka Gurusinha 49 (90) Greg Matthews 2/33 (10 overs) | | David Boon 69* (96) Champaka Ramanayake 2/34 (8.5 overs) |
* Australia won by 5 wickets R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Umpires: Ignatius Anandappa (SL) & Udaya Wickramasinghe (Sri) Player of the match: David Boon (Aus)
* Australia won the toss and elected to field
* First ever ODI played under lights in Sri Lanka.

## Records and statistics
### Batting

Test :
| Player | Nat | Matches | Innings | Runs | NO | Ave. | SR | HS | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s |
| Greg Matthews | | 3 | 6 | 329 | 0 | 54.83 | 46.33 | 96 | 0 | 5 | 27 | 1 |
| Dean Jones | | 3 | 6 | 276 | 1 | 55.20 | 51.68 | 100* | 1 | 2 | 26 | 2 |
| Roshan Mahanama | | 3 | 5 | 250 | 0 | 50.00 | 49.11 | 78 | 0 | 3 | 31 | 1 |
| Allan Border | | 3 | 6 | 243 | 0 | 40.50 | 48.40 | 106 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 1 |
| Asanka Gurusinha | | 3 | 5 | 205 | 2 | 68.33 | 35.46 | 137 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 0 |
| ODI |||||||||||||
| Player | Nat | Matches | Innings | Runs | NO | Ave. | SR | HS | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s |
| Aravinda de Silva | | 3 | 3 | 207 | 0 | 69.00 | 95.83 | 105 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 2 |
| Mark Taylor | | 3 | 3 | 138 | 0 | 46.00 | 59.74 | 94 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 1 |
| Asanka Gurusinha | | 3 | 3 | 106 | 2 | 35.33 | 54.63 | 53 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 2 |
| Dean Jones | | 3 | 3 | 106 | 1 | 53.00 | 68.83 | 59* | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| David Boon | | 3 | 3 | 104 | 1 | 52.00 | 66.24 | 69* | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| Source: Cricinfo |||||||||||||

### Bowling

Test :
| Player | Nat | Matches | Innings | Wickets | Overs | Runs | Econ. | Ave. | BBI | 5WI | 10WI |
| Champaka Ramanayake | | 3 | 6 | 17 | 145.4 | 434 | 2.97 | 25.52 | 5/82 | 1 | 0 |
| Craig McDermott | | 3 | 5 | 14 | 124.0 | 342 | 2.75 | 24.42 | 4/53 | 0 | 0 |
| Don Anurasiri | | 3 | 6 | 10 | 150.0 | 338 | 2.25 | 33.80 | 4/127 | 0 | 0 |
| Dulip Liyanage | | 2 | 5 | 8 | 76.0 | 223 | 2.93 | 27.87 | 4/56 | 0 | 0 |
| Chandika Hathurusingha | | 3 | 6 | 8 | 95.0 | 236 | 2.48 | 29.50 | 4/66 | 0 | 0 |
| Greg Matthews | | 3 | 5 | 8 | 120.0 | 312 | 2.60 | 39.00 | 4/76 | 0 | 0 |
| ODI ||||||||||||
| Player | Nat | Matches | Innings | Wickets | Overs | Runs | Econ. | Ave. | BBI | 4WI | 5WI |
| Greg Matthews | | 3 | 3 | 5 | 26.5 | 101 | 3.76 | 20.20 | 2/33 | 0 | 0 |
| Champaka Ramanayake | | 3 | 3 | 5 | 28.5 | 131 | 4.54 | 26.20 | 2/34 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Whitney | | 3 | 3 | 4 | 27.0 | 100 | 3.70 | 25.00 | 2/33 | 0 | 0 |
| Tony Dodemaide | | 3 | 3 | 3 | 30.0 | 133 | 4.43 | 44.33 | 1/39 | 0 | 0 |
| Craig McDermott | | 3 | 3 | 3 | 28.2 | 138 | 4.87 | 46.00 | 1/30 | 0 | 0 |
| Source: Cricinfo ||||||||||||