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.
Tour venues |
Stadion | city | capacity | Games |
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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 | ||
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Tour matches
July 30th - August 1st scorecard |
Colombo (CCC) |
![]() 251 (79.4) & 286-3d (73) |
- |
![]() 226 (67.4) & 129-2 (30) |
draw |
August 18 scorecard |
Moratuwa |
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- |
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Called off |
Testing
First test in bile
August 4-8 Scorecard |
bile |
![]() 486 (145.4) & 214-9d (67) |
- |
![]() 376 (139.4) & 203-3 (90) |
draw |
Second test in Colombo
11-15 August Scorecard |
Colombo (SSC) |
![]() 470 (142.3) & 211-4d (55) |
- |
![]() 189 (69.1) & 179 (67) |
Sri Lanka wins with 313 runs |
One-day internationals
First ODI in Colombo
August 20 scorecard |
Colombo (RPS) |
![]() 263-9 (50) |
- |
![]() 265-7 (49) |
Sri Lanka wins with 3 wickets |
Second ODI in Colombo
August 22nd scorecard |
Colombo (RPS) |
![]() 213-9 (50) |
- |
![]() 176 (48.5) |
Sri Lanka wins with 37 runs |
Third ODI in Dambulla
August 25 scorecard |
Dambulla |
![]() 191 (50) |
- |
![]() 192-6 (47.4) |
Sri Lanka wins with 4 wickets |
Fourth ODI in Dambulla
August 28th scorecard |
Dambulla |
![]() 235-7 (50) |
- |
![]() 236-3 (46.1) |
Sri Lanka wins with 7 wickets |
Fifth ODI in Colombo
August 31 scorecard |
Colombo (SSC) |
![]() 308-8 (50) |
- |
![]() 259 (48.1) |
Sri Lanka wins with 49 runs |
statistics
The following cricket statistics were obtained on this tour.
Testing | ||||||||
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Batting | ||||||||
player | team | Games | Innings | Runs | Average | HS | 100s | 50s |
Kumar Sangakkara |
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2 | 4th | 367 | 91.75 | 232 | 1 | 2 |
Mahela Jayawardene |
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2 | 4th | 327 | 81.75 | 237 | 1 | 1 |
Graeme Smith |
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2 | 4th | 179 | 44.75 | 74 | 0 | 2 |
Sanath Jayasuriya |
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2 | 4th | 148 | 37.00 | 74 | 0 | 1 |
Boeta Dippenaar |
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2 | 4th | 141 | 47.00 | 59 * | 0 | 1 |
bowling | ||||||||
player | team | Games | Overs | Wickets | Average | BBI | 5W | 10W |
Shaun Pollock |
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2 | 73 | 10 | 19.40 | 4/48 | 0 | 0 |
Nicky buoy |
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2 | 121.3 | 10 | 41.90 | 5/88 | 1 | 0 |
Chaminda Vaas |
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2 | 60 | 9 | 12.11 | 6/29 | 1 | 0 |
Sanath Jayasuriya |
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2 | 65.1 | 7th | 18.00 | 5/34 | 1 | 0 |
Muttiah Muralitharan |
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1 | 66.4 | 5 | 33.40 | 4/130 | 0 | 0 |
ODIs | ||||||||
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Batting | ||||||||
player | team | Games | Innings | Runs | Average | HS | 100s | 50s |
Kumar Sangakkara |
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5 | 5 | 247 | 61.75 | 74 * | 0 | 3 |
Jacques Kallis |
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5 | 5 | 234 | 46.80 | 101 | 1 | 2 |
Marvan Atapattu |
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3 | 3 | 187 | 93.50 | 97 * | 0 | 2 |
Shaun Pollock |
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5 | 5 | 161 | 40.25 | 54 | 0 | 2 |
Graeme Smith |
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5 | 5 | 139 | 27.80 | 46 | 0 | 0 |
bowling | ||||||||
player | team | Games | Overs | Wickets | Average | BBI | 5W | 10W |
Upul Chandana |
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5 | 35.1 | 8th | 21.87 | 5/61 | 1 | 0 |
Tillakaratne Dilshan |
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5 | 37.4 | 8th | 26.12 | 4/52 | 0 | 0 |
Nuwan Zoysa |
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4th | 28 | 7th | 14.85 | 5/26 | 1 | 0 |
Kaushal Lokuarachchi |
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5 | 37 | 6th | 24.66 | 2/23 | 0 | 0 |
Chaminda Vaas |
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3 | 23 | 5 | 15.20 | 4/33 | 0 | 0 |
Shaun Pollock |
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5 | 46.1 | 5 | 37.20 | 2/58 | 0 | 0 |
Makhaya Ntini |
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5 | 37 | 5 | 37.40 | 2/46 | 0 | 0 |
Lance Klusener |
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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 |
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test |
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ODI |
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Player of the Match
The following players were recognized as Player of the Match .
game | Player of the Match |
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1st test |
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2nd test |
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1. ODI |
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2. ODI |
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3. ODI |
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4. ODI |
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5. ODI |
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Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ South Africa to tour Sri Lanka in July ( English ) Cricinfo. May 14, 2004. Retrieved December 29, 2016.
- ↑ Hayward and Klusener recalled to Test squad ( English ) Cricinfo. June 30, 2004. Retrieved December 29, 2016.
- ↑ Sri Lanka call up Ian Daniel for Test series ( English ) Cricinfo. August 1, 2004. Retrieved December 29, 2016.
- ↑ Records / South Africa in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2004 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved January 5, 2017.
- ↑ Records / South Africa in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2004 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved January 5, 2017.
- ↑ Records / South Africa in Sri Lanka ODI Series, 2004 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved January 5, 2017.
- ↑ Records / South Africa in Sri Lanka ODI Series, 2004 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved January 5, 2017.