South African national cricket team in Sri Lanka in the 2000 season

The South African national cricket team's tour to Sri Lanka in the 2000 season took place from July 20 to August 10, 2000. The international cricket tour was part of the 2000 international cricket season and included three test matches . The test series ended 1-1.

prehistory

Both teams previously played a three-nation tournament that Sri Lanka won in the final against South Africa. The last meeting of the two teams on a tour took place in the 1997/98 season in South Africa .

Stages

bile Colombo (SSC) Kandy

Tour venues

The following stages were planned as venues for the tour and announced on May 3, 2000.

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
Sinhalese Sports Club Ground (SSC)	Colombo	10,000	3rd test
Galle International Stadium	bile	35,000	1st test
Muttiah Muralitharan International Cricket Stadium	Kandy	35,000	2nd test

Squad

The following squads have been announced by the teams.

test
Sri Lanka	South Africa
Sanath Jayasuriya ( K ) Russell Arnold Marvan Atapattu Upul Chandana Aravinda de Silva Kumar Dharmasena Mahela Jayawardene Muttiah Muralitharan Ruchira Perera Arjuna Ranatunga Kumar Sangakkara ( wk ) Chaminda Vaas Nuwan Zoysa	Shaun Pollock ( K ) Paul Adams Nicky buoy Mark Boucher ( wk ) Daryll Cullinan Nantie Hayward Jacques Kallis Gary Kirsten Lance Klusener Neil McKenzie Makhaya Ntini Jonty Rhodes

Tour matches

July 16-17 Scorecard	Colombo	South Africans 441-7d (101.4) & 82-3d (22)	-	Sri Lanka Board XI 109 (36.2) & 74-0 (15)
		draw

July 26-27 Scorecard	Moratuwa	Sri Lanka Board President's XI 135 (48.4) & 141-6 (38)	-	South Africans 302-5d (92)
		draw

Test matches

First test in bile

July 20-23 Scorecard	bile	Sri Lanka 522 (150.4)	-	South Africa 238 (99) & 269 (92) (f / o)
		Sri Lanka wins with one innings and 15 runs

Second test in Kandy

July 30th - August 2nd scorecard	Kandy	South Africa 253 (84.5) & 231 (93.5)	-	Sri Lanka 308 (99.4) & 169 (50.1)
		South Africa wins with 7 runs

Third test in Colombo (SSC)

6-10 August scorecard	Colombo	South Africa 279 (108.2) & 241-9d (113.5)	-	Sri Lanka 258 (98.2) & 195-4 (67.1)
		draw

statistics

The following cricket statistics were obtained on this tour.

Testing
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Mahela Jayawardene	Sri Lanka	3	5	321	80.25	167	2	0
Sanath Jayasuriya	Sri Lanka	3	5	278	55.60	148	1	1
Lance Klusener	South Africa	3	6th	275	68.75	118 *	1	1
Arjuna Ranatunga	Sri Lanka	3	5	197	49.25	88	0	2
Jonty Rhodes	South Africa	3	6th	195	39.00	63 *	0	2
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
Muttiah Muralitharan	Sri Lanka	3	227.4	26th	18.46	7/84	3	1
Shaun Pollock	South Africa	3	94	11	22.45	3/40	0	0
Nicky buoy	South Africa	3	101.1	10	27.30	5/62	1	0
Upul Chandana	Sri Lanka	3	82.1	9	29.11	2/21	0	0
Nantie Hayward	South Africa	2	56	7th	24.42	2/15	0	0

Player of the Series

The following players were honored as Player of the Series .

series	Player of the Series
test	Lance Klusener

Player of the Match

The following players were recognized as Player of the Match .

game	Player of the Match
1st test	Muttiah Muralitharan
2nd test	Lance Klusener Arjuna Ranatunga
3rd test	Muttiah Muralitharan

Web links

• The series on espncricinfo.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Trevor Chesterfield: Galle opening port of call for Pollock's side in Sri Lanka tour ( English ) Cricinfo. May 3, 2000. Retrieved September 10, 2016.
2. ↑ Records / South Africa in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2000 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved July 23, 2016.
3. ↑ Records / South Africa in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2000 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved July 23, 2016.