The Sri Lanka cricket team toured Australia in February 2017 to play three Twenty20 International (T20Is) matches.

[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.

[8] Australia's Chris Lynn was injured prior to the series and was replaced by Ben Dunk.