Yes, but he wasn't playing for SL - that was my point - he has a **** record in Australia without playing on the one Aussie ground that was generally helpful to finger spinners and then he gets a chance there, and lo and behold!
Maybe it was good that he wasn't playing for SL:
1st Test #1846
1st Innings
Phil Jacques 60*
39.4 Muralitharan to Jaques, 1 run, edged and dropped! Was a tough chance at first slip, but went hard and wide of Jayawardene's left hand! Jaques lunged forward to defend, turned the bat in is hands,
and got a thick outside edge
Phil Jacques 90*
59.2 Muralitharan to Jaques, no run, edged and dropped! Jaques is squared up by the extra bounce from the topspinner, poking and getting an edge that flies low and hard to the left of second slip, who lets it go near his boot, after moving to his right initially
2nd Test #1847
1st Innings
Michael Clarke 69*
117.1 Muralitharan to Clarke, no run, dropped, Clarke down the ground and trying to punch it to mid-on, an inside edge goes to short leg, Chamara Silva is initially backing away but realises it's a catch, but can't latch on, tough one but should have been taken