Australia's Cricket Tour of Sri Lanka 1983

Australia's first ever test cricket tour of Sri Lanka was in 1983 where they played a one-off test match at the picturesque Asgiriya Cricket Stadium in Kandy.

Sri Lanka went into the test match with a lead of 2-0 in the one day cricket series which took a break for the test match.

Scoreboard:
Australia 514/4 dec
Sri Lanka 271 & 205

Australia won by an innings and 38 runs

Match Summary

Note that those were the days when they used to have a rest day in a the middle of a test match. Those are the luxuries modern day cricketers do not have.

Tour Directory

Watch video highlights from the first day.

The last 2 one day matches ended in no result, giving Sri Lanka a series win.