Three Test series white washes
Sri Lanka won the three test match series against Australia Three-Nil to provide the 37th occasion of a team winning a three test match series three-nil. All such occasions are listed below
| No | Team | Mat | Oppn | Series |
| 1 | Eng | 3 | Aus | The Ashes (Aus in Eng), 1886 |
| 2 | Eng | 3 | SAF | Eng in SAF Test Series, 1895/96 |
| 3 | Eng | 3 | SAF | SAF in Eng Test Series, 1912 |
| 4 | Eng | 3 | Win | Win in Eng Test Series, 1928 |
| 5 | Eng | 3 | NZl | Eng in NZl Test Series, 1962/63 |
| 6 | Eng | 3 | NZl | NZl in Eng Test Series, 1965 |
| 7 | Eng | 3 | Ind | Ind in Eng Test Series, 1967 |
| 8 | Aus | 3 | Pak | Pak in Aus Test Series, 1972/73 |
| 9 | Eng | 3 | Ind | Ind in Eng Test Series, 1974 |
| 10 | Eng | 3 | NZl | NZl in Eng Test Series, 1978 |
| 11 | Aus | 3 | Eng | Eng in Aus Test Series, 1979/80 |
| 12 | Pak | 3 | Aus | Aus in Pak Test Series, 1982/83 |
| 13 | Pak | 3 | NZl | NZl in Pak Test Series, 1990/91 |
| 14 | Ind | 3 | Eng | Eng in Ind Test Series, 1992/93 |
| 15 | Ind | 3 | Srl | Srl in Ind Test Series, 1993/94 |
| 16 | Aus | 3 | Srl | Srl in Aus Test Series, 1995/96 |
| 17 | Pak | 3 | Win | Win in Pak Test Series, 1997/98 |
| 18 | Aus | 3 | Pak | Pak in Aus Test Series, 1999/00 |
| 19 | Aus | 3 | Ind | Border-Gavaskar Trophy (Ind in Aus), 1999/00 |
| 20 | Aus | 3 | NZl | Trans-Tasman Trophy (Aus in NZl), 1999/00 |
| 21 | Srl | 3 | Win | Win in Srl Test Series, 2001/02 |
| 22 | Aus | 3 | SAF | SAF in Aus Test Series, 2001/02 |
| 23 | Srl | 3 | Zim | Zim in Srl Test Series, 2001/02 |
| 24 | Aus | 3 | Pak | Aus Pak Test Series (in Srl/UAE), 2002/03 |
| 25 | Pak | 3 | Ban | Ban in Pak Test Series, 2003 |
| 26 | Aus | 3 | Srl | Aus in Srl Test Series, 2003/04 |
| 27 | Eng | 3 | NZl | NZl in Eng Test Series, 2004 |
| 28 | Aus | 3 | Pak | Pak in Aus Test Series, 2004/05 |
| 29 | Aus | 3 | Win | The Frank Worrell Trophy (Win in Aus), 2005/06 |
| 30 | Aus | 3 | SAF | Aus in SAF Test Series, 2005/06 |
| 31 | Srl | 3 | Ban | Ban in Srl Test Series, 2007 |
| 32 | Aus | 3 | Pak | Pak in Aus Test Series, 2009/10 |
| 33 | Pak | 3 | Eng | Pak Eng Test Series (in UAE), 2011/12 |
| 34 | Aus | 3 | Srl | Warne-Muralitharan Trophy (Srl in Aus), 2012/13 |
| 35 | SAF | 3 | Pak | Pak in SAF Test Series, 2012/13 |
| 36 | Ban | 3 | Zim | Zim in Ban Test Series, 2014/15 |
| 37 | Srl | 3 | Aus | Warne-Muralitharan Trophy (Aus in Srl), 2016 |
Sri Lanka’s three-nil series victory against Australia provides the third occasion of Sri Lanka winning a three test series three-nil. All such occasions are listed below
| No | Team | Mat | Oppn | Series |
| 1 | Srl | 3 | Win | Win in Srl Test Series, 2001/02 |
| 2 | Srl | 3 | Zim | Zim in Srl Test Series, 2001/02 |
| 3 | Srl | 3 | Ban | Ban in Srl Test Series, 2007 |
| 4 | Srl | 3 | Aus | Warne-Muralitharan Trophy (Aus in Srl), 2016 |
Only three teams – England, Pakistan and Sri Lanka – has won a three test series three-nil against Australia. England won the three test Ashes series in 1886 and nearly a century later Pakistan was victorious three-nil in 1982-83 and now 33 years later Sri Lanka has handed over a similar defeat to Australia. The relevant details are furnished below’
| No | Team | Mat | Oppn | Series |
| 1 | Eng | 3 | Aus | The Ashes (Aus in Eng), 1886 |
| 1 | Pak | 3 | Aus | Aus in Pak Test Series, 1982/83 |
| 3 | Srl | 3 | Aus | Warne-Muralitharan Trophy (Aus in Srl), 2016 |