Steve Smith (Tests & ODIs)[n 2] David Warner (T20Is)
Test series
Result
Sri Lanka won the 3-match series 3–0
Most runs
Dhananjaya de Silva (325)
Steve Smith (247)
Most wickets
Rangana Herath (28)
Mitchell Starc (24)
Player of the series
Rangana Herath (SL)
One Day International series
Results
Australia won the 5-match series 4–1
Most runs
Dinesh Chandimal (236)
George Bailey (270)
Most wickets
Dilruwan Perera (9)
Mitchell Starc (12)
Player of the series
George Bailey (Aus)
Twenty20 International series
Results
Australia won the 2-match series 2–0
Most runs
Dhananjaya de Silva (74)
Glenn Maxwell (211)
Most wickets
Sachith Pathirana (3)
Adam Zampa (4) James Faulkner (4) Mitchell Starc (4)
Player of the series
Glenn Maxwell (Aus)
The Australian cricket team toured Sri Lanka from 18 July to 9 September 2016 to play three Test matches, five One Day Internationals (ODIs), two Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is) matches and a first-class practice match.[1][2][3] The Test series was played for Warne–Muralitharan Trophy, with Sri Lanka winning 3–0, their first ever series whitewash against Australia.[4][5] As a result, Australia slipped from first to third in the ICC Test Championship; Sri Lanka, who had started the series ranked seventh, moved up to sixth.[6]
In August 2016, Sri Lankan batsman Tillakaratne Dilshan announced that he would retire from both ODI and T20I cricket at the end of the series.[7] He retired from all international cricket on 9 September 2016.
On 6 September 2016, Australia recorded the highest ever Twenty20 International score of 263/3 in first T20I of the series. Australia won the ODI series 4–1 and the T20I series 2–0.
T20I world record team total scoreboard
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