| Series Name: | Sri Lankan cricket team in Australia in 2016–17 |
| Team1 Image: | Flag of Australia.svg |
| Team1 Name: | Australia |
| Team2 Image: | Flag of Sri Lanka.svg |
| Team2 Name: | Sri Lanka |
| From Date: | 15 |
| To Date: | 22 February 2017 |
| Team1 Captain: | Aaron Finch |
| Team2 Captain: | Upul Tharanga |
| No Of Twenty20s: | 3 |
| Team1 Twenty20s Won: | 1 |
| Team2 Twenty20s Won: | 2 |
| Team1 Twenty20s Most Runs: | Michael Klinger (143) |
| Team2 Twenty20s Most Runs: | Asela Gunaratne (140) |
| Team1 Twenty20s Most Wickets: | James Faulkner Adam Zampa (5) |
| Team2 Twenty20s Most Wickets: | Lasith Malinga (6) |
| Player Of Twenty20 Series: | Asela Gunaratne (SL) |
The Sri Lanka cricket team toured Australia in February 2017 to play three Twenty20 International (T20Is) matches.[1] Cricket Australia confirmed the venues in August 2016 with the tour starting in Melbourne, before heading to the first-ever international cricket match to be held at Kardinia Park, Geelong with the final T20 to be held at Adelaide Oval.[2] [3] 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.[4] 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.[5]
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.[6] [7] In the T20I series, Sri Lanka won the three-match T20I series 2–1.[8]
Australia's Chris Lynn was injured prior to the series and was replaced by Ben Dunk.[11]