Sri Lankan cricket team in Australia in 2016–17
| Sri Lankan cricket team in Australia in 2016–17 | |||
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| Australia | Sri Lanka | ||
| Dates | 15 – 22 February 2017 | ||
| Captains | Aaron Finch | Upul Tharanga | |
| Twenty20 International series | |||
| Results | Sri Lanka won the 3-match series 2–1 | ||
| Most runs | Michael Klinger (143) | Asela Gunaratne (140) | |
| Most wickets |
James Faulkner Adam Zampa (5) |
Lasith Malinga (6) | |
| Player of the series | Asela Gunaratne (SL) | ||
The Sri Lanka cricket team toured Australia in February 2017 to play three Twenty20 International (T20Is) matches.Cricket Australia confirmed the venues in August 2016, which included the first-ever international cricket match to be held at Kardinia Park, Geelong. With both Steve Smith and David Warner unavailable due to the scheduling of the series against India, Aaron Finch was named as Australia's captain for the series. Sri Lanka's T20I captain Angelo Mathews was unavailable for the tour, after suffering a hamstring injury during the second T20I against South Africa in January 2017.
Ahead of the T20I series, there was a twenty-over tour match between Prime Minister's XI and Sri Lanka. Adam Voges captained the Prime Minister's XI side in his last international match before he retired.
Sri Lanka won the three-match T20I series 2–1.
Australia's Chris Lynn was injured prior to the series and was replaced by Ben Dunk.
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