South African national cricket team in Sri Lanka in the 2004 season

The tour of the South African national cricket team to Sri Lanka in the 2004 season took place from 4th to 31st August 2004. The international cricket tour was part of the 2004 international cricket season and included two tests and five ODIs . Sri Lanka won the Test Series 1–0 and the ODI Series 5–0.

prehistory

Sri Lanka previously played in the Asia Cup 2004 , for South Africa it was the first tour of the season. The last meeting of the two teams on a tour took place in the 2002/03 season in South Africa .

Stages

The following stages were designated as the venue for the tour and announced on May 14, 2004.

Colombo (RPS) Colombo (SSC) Dambulla bile

Tour venues

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
R. Premadasa Stadium (RPS)	Colombo	35,000	1st & 2nd ODI
Sinhalese Sports Club Ground (SSC)	Colombo	10,000	2. test; 5. ODI
Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium	Dambulla	16,800	3rd & 4th ODI
Galle International Stadium	bile	35,000	1st test

Squad lists

South Africa named its squad on June 30, 2004. Sri Lanka named its test squad on August 1, 2004.

test		ODI
Sri Lanka	South Africa	Sri Lanka	South Africa
Marvan Atapattu ( K ) Upul Chandana Tillakaratne Dilshan Rangana Herath Sanath Jayasuriya Mahela Jayawardene Romesh Kaluwitharana ( wk ) Farveez Maharoof Lasith Malinga Muttiah Muralitharan Thilan Samaraweera Kumar Sangakkara Chaminda Vaas	Graeme Smith ( K ) Nico buoy Mark Boucher ( wk ) Boeta Dippenaar Herschelle Gibbs Nantie Hayward Jacques Kallis Lance Klusener Makhaya Ntini Shaun Pollock Jacques Rudolph Martin van Jaarsveld	Marvan Atapattu ( K ) Mahela Jayawardene ( UK ) Upul Chandana Tillakaratne Dilshan Dilhara Fernando Avishka Gunawardene Rangana Herath Saman Jayantha Sanath Jayasuriya Kauchal Lokuarachchi Farveez Maharoof Lasith Malinga Kumar Sangakkara ( wk ) Chaminda Vaas Nuwan Zoysa	Graeme Smith ( K ) Nico buoy Mark Boucher ( wk ) Alan Dawson Jean-Paul Duminy Herschelle Gibbs Jacques Kallis Lance Klusener Charl Langeveldt Makhaya Ntini Robin Peterson Shaun Pollock Jacques Rudolph

Tour matches

July 30th - August 1st scorecard	Colombo (CCC)	Sri Lanka Board President's XI 251 (79.4) & 286-3d (73)	-	South Africans 226 (67.4) & 129-2 (30)
		draw

August 18 scorecard	Moratuwa	Sri Lanka Board President's XI	-	South Africa
		Called off

Testing

First test in bile

August 4-8 Scorecard	bile	Sri Lanka 486 (145.4) & 214-9d (67)	-	South Africa 376 (139.4) & 203-3 (90)
		draw

Second test in Colombo

11-15 August Scorecard	Colombo (SSC)	Sri Lanka 470 (142.3) & 211-4d (55)	-	South Africa 189 (69.1) & 179 (67)
		Sri Lanka wins with 313 runs

One-day internationals

First ODI in Colombo

August 20 scorecard	Colombo (RPS)	South Africa 263-9 (50)	-	Sri Lanka 265-7 (49)
		Sri Lanka wins with 3 wickets

Second ODI in Colombo

August 22nd scorecard	Colombo (RPS)	Sri Lanka 213-9 (50)	-	South Africa 176 (48.5)
		Sri Lanka wins with 37 runs

Third ODI in Dambulla

August 25 scorecard	Dambulla	South Africa 191 (50)	-	Sri Lanka 192-6 (47.4)
		Sri Lanka wins with 4 wickets

Fourth ODI in Dambulla

August 28th scorecard	Dambulla	South Africa 235-7 (50)	-	Sri Lanka 236-3 (46.1)
		Sri Lanka wins with 7 wickets

Fifth ODI in Colombo

August 31 scorecard	Colombo (SSC)	Sri Lanka 308-8 (50)	-	South Africa 259 (48.1)
		Sri Lanka wins with 49 runs

statistics

The following cricket statistics were obtained on this tour.

Testing
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Kumar Sangakkara	Sri Lanka	2	4th	367	91.75	232	1	2
Mahela Jayawardene	Sri Lanka	2	4th	327	81.75	237	1	1
Graeme Smith	South Africa	2	4th	179	44.75	74	0	2
Sanath Jayasuriya	Sri Lanka	2	4th	148	37.00	74	0	1
Boeta Dippenaar	South Africa	2	4th	141	47.00	59 *	0	1
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
Shaun Pollock	South Africa	2	73	10	19.40	4/48	0	0
Nicky buoy	South Africa	2	121.3	10	41.90	5/88	1	0
Chaminda Vaas	Sri Lanka	2	60	9	12.11	6/29	1	0
Sanath Jayasuriya	Sri Lanka	2	65.1	7th	18.00	5/34	1	0
Muttiah Muralitharan	Sri Lanka	1	66.4	5	33.40	4/130	0	0

ODIs
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Kumar Sangakkara	Sri Lanka	5	5	247	61.75	74 *	0	3
Jacques Kallis	South Africa	5	5	234	46.80	101	1	2
Marvan Atapattu	Sri Lanka	3	3	187	93.50	97 *	0	2
Shaun Pollock	South Africa	5	5	161	40.25	54	0	2
Graeme Smith	South Africa	5	5	139	27.80	46	0	0
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
Upul Chandana	Sri Lanka	5	35.1	8th	21.87	5/61	1	0
Tillakaratne Dilshan	Sri Lanka	5	37.4	8th	26.12	4/52	0	0
Nuwan Zoysa	Sri Lanka	4th	28	7th	14.85	5/26	1	0
Kaushal Lokuarachchi	Sri Lanka	5	37	6th	24.66	2/23	0	0
Chaminda Vaas	Sri Lanka	3	23	5	15.20	4/33	0	0
Shaun Pollock	South Africa	5	46.1	5	37.20	2/58	0	0
Makhaya Ntini	South Africa	5	37	5	37.40	2/46	0	0
Lance Klusener	South Africa	5	39	5	38.80	2/36	0	0

Player of the Series

The following players were honored as Player of the Series .

series	Player of the Series
test	Chaminda Vaas
ODI	Kumar Sangakkara

Player of the Match

The following players were recognized as Player of the Match .

game	Player of the Match
1st test	Mahela Jayawardene
2nd test	Kumar Sangakkara
1. ODI	Chaminda Vaas
2. ODI	Nuwan Zoysa
3. ODI	Marvan Atapattu
4. ODI	Kumar Sangakkara
5. ODI	Upul Chandana

Web links

• The series on Cricinfo

Individual evidence

1. ↑ South Africa to tour Sri Lanka in July ( English ) Cricinfo. May 14, 2004. Retrieved December 29, 2016.
2. ↑ Hayward and Klusener recalled to Test squad ( English ) Cricinfo. June 30, 2004. Retrieved December 29, 2016.
3. ↑ Sri Lanka call up Ian Daniel for Test series ( English ) Cricinfo. August 1, 2004. Retrieved December 29, 2016.
4. ↑ Records / South Africa in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2004 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved January 5, 2017.
5. ↑ Records / South Africa in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2004 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved January 5, 2017.
6. ↑ Records / South Africa in Sri Lanka ODI Series, 2004 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved January 5, 2017.
7. ↑ Records / South Africa in Sri Lanka ODI Series, 2004 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved January 5, 2017.