| Sri Lankan cricket team in Australia in 2019–20 | |||
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| Australia | Sri Lanka | ||
| Dates | 24 October – 1 November 2019 | ||
| Captains | Aaron Finch | Lasith Malinga | |
| Twenty20 International series | |||
| Results | Australia won the 3-match series 3–0 | ||
| Most runs | David Warner (217)[1] | Kusal Perera (100)[1] | |
| Most wickets | Pat Cummins (6)[2] | Lasith Malinga (2)[2] | |
| Player of the series | David Warner (Aus) | ||
TheSri Lanka cricket team toured Australia in October and November 2019 to play threeTwenty20 International (T20I) matches.[3][4] In May 2019,Cricket Australia confirmed the fixtures for the tour with matches being held inAdelaide,Brisbane andMelbourne.[5][6]Aaron Finch was the captain of the Australian team, while bowlerLasith Malinga captained Sri Lanka.
In the opening match played at Adelaide, Australia recorded their biggest victory in a T20I match, winning by 134 runs off the back of a century byDavid Warner. They scored 233 runs for the loss of two wickets, before restricting Sri Lanka to 9/99 in their twenty overs. The following game in Brisbane, Australia won by nine wickets, winning the series with a game to spare.[7] Australia won the final match by seven wickets to win the series 3–0.[8] Australian batsman, David Warner ended up with the top run-scorer for the series with 217, andPat Cummins was the leading wicket-taker with six dismissals.
| T20Is | |
|---|---|
 Australia[9] |  Sri Lanka[10] |
Ahead of the series,Andrew Tye was ruled out of Australia's squad with an elbow injury,[11] withSean Abbott named as his replacement.[12] After the second game,Glenn Maxwell took an indefinite break from cricket to deal with a mental health issue andD'Arcy Short was named as his replacement.[13]
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Prime Minister's XI won by 1 wicket Manuka Oval,Canberra Umpires:Geoff Joshua (Aus) and Troy Penman (Aus) Player of the match:Harry Nielsen (Prime Minister's XI) |
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Australia won by 134 runs Adelaide Oval,Adelaide Umpires:Gerard Abood (Aus) andPaul Wilson (Aus) Player of the match:David Warner (Aus) |
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Australia won by 9 wickets The Gabba,Brisbane Umpires:Gerard Abood (Aus) andPaul Wilson (Aus) Player of the match:David Warner (Aus) |
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Australia won by 7 wickets Melbourne Cricket Ground,Melbourne Umpires:Shawn Craig (Aus) andPaul Wilson (Aus) Player of the match:David Warner (Aus) |
| Rank | Runs | Player | Innings | Average | High Score | Strike Rate | 100 | 50 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 217 | | 3 | 217.00+ | 100* | 147.61 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 101 | Aaron Finch | 3 | 33.66 | 64 | 162.90 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 100 | Kusal Perera | 33.33 | 57 | 125.00 | |||
| 4 | 66 | Steven Smith | 2 | 66.00 | 53* | 146.66 | ||
| 5 | 62 | Glen Maxwell | 1 | 62.00 | 62 | 221.42 | ||
| Last Updated: 1 December 2019 | ||||||||
| Rank | Wickets | Player | Innings | Best | Average | Economy | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | Pat Cummins | 3 | 2/23 | 13.16 | 6.58 | ||
| 2 | 5 | Adam Zampa | 2 | 3/14 | 12.80 | 5.33 | ||
| 3 | 4 | Mitchell Starc | 2 | 2/18 | 12.50 | 6.25 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Ashton Agar | 3 | 2/27 | 21.33 | 5.33 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Billy Stanlake | 1 | 2/23 | 11.50 | 5.75 | ||
| Kane Richardson | 3 | 2/25 | 31.50 | 5.72 | ||||
| Lasith Malinga | 1/22 | 41.00 | 7.45 | |||||
| Last Updated: 1 December 2019 | ||||||||
Sri Lankan cricket team in India in 2019-20