Sri Lanka Australia Most runs Arjuna Ranatunga (122) | Captains Duleep Mendis Most wickets Ashantha de Mel (2) | |
Dates 22 April 1983 – 26 April 1983 Result Australia won the 1-match series 1–0 | ||
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.
Squad
Regular players Rod Marsh, Jeff Thomson, Geoff Lawson and Kim Hughes elected not to tour. Australia picked the following squad:
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.
References
Australian cricket team in Sri Lanka in 1982–83 Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA