| Tour of Sri Lanka 1987-88 Captain: Allan Border | |
| | Tour Cancelled | | |
| Would have been 52nd Test tour and second Test-playing tour of Sri Lanka (September 1987) | This three week tour of Sri Lanka was planned to be made en route to the World Cup competition in India and Pakistan, but was cancelled on 14 August 1987 because of the threat of terrorist activities in Sri Lanka. Andrew Zesers postponed his wedding, which was to be held on 20 September, before he learned that the tour was cancelled. The tour was re-scheduled for April 1988 – provided the island was peaceful – and this arrangement was subsequently cancelled, too, by the Australian Cricket Board in February 1988. Zimbabwe immediately offered the Australian Board an alternative tour, which was reluctantly declined. | Other Australian Tours Previous tour India 1986-87 Next tour Next tour of Sri Lanka | |
| Members of the proposed Test tour party (15) Comments taken from …… | D C Boon | T | 26 | RHB opener | WC | | A R Border | Q | 32 | LHB captain | WC | | G C Dyer | N | 28 | WK | WC | | D M Jones | V | 26 | RHB | WC | | C J McDermott | Q | 22 | RF | WC | | G R Marsh | W | 28 | LHB opener vice-captain | WC | | T B A May | S | 25 | OB | WC | | T M Moody | W | 21 | RHB RM | WC | | S P O’Donnell | V | 24 | RFM | WC | | B A Reid | W | 24 | LFM | WC | | P R Sleep | S | 30 | LBG | | | P L Taylor | N | 30 | | WC | | M R J Veletta | W | 23 | | WC | | S R Waugh | N | 22 | | WC | | | | | | A K Zesers | S | 20 | | WC | | | | | |
| Average age of team at time of first Test match (14 August 1987) : 25 yrs 10 months N New South Wales Q Queensland S South Australia T Tasmania V Victoria W Western Australia | |
| Test Appearances made before the tour | Border 89, Boon 23, McDermott 17, Marsh 14, Reid 13, Waugh 13, Jones 10, Sleep 7, O’Donnell 6, Dyer 1, Taylor 1, May 0, Moody 0, Veletta 0, Zesers 0. | | |
| Background Team | Alan Crompton | Tour manager | Bob Simpson | Coach | Errol Alcott | Physiotherapist |
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| Selectors | Laurie Sawle (Western Australia) chairman, Greg Chappell (Queensland), Jim Higgs (Victoria), Bob Simpson (New South Wales) | | |
| Selection | The Australian Cricket Board appointed Mr Alan Crompton as manager Unavailable: none Tour Party Announced : 1987. Not selected : Greg Matthews | | |
| Fixtures cancelled | | � not first-class § one-day international (PSS) P Saravannamuttu Stadium, Colombo (SSC) Sinhalese Sports Club | |