South African national cricket team in Sri Lanka in the 2014 season
The tour of the South African national cricket team to Sri Lanka in the 2014 season took place from July 3 to 28, 2014. The international cricket tour was part of the 2014 international cricket season . It comprised three ODIs and two test matches . South Africa won the ODI series 2-1 and the test series 1-0. The tests carried out on the tours were games as part of the ICC Test Championship and the ODI part of the ICC ODI Championship . It was South Africa's first test matches in Sri Lanka since 2006 . With the draw in the second test, South Africa was again leading the test world rankings.
prehistory
Heading
The test series was originally planned the year before as part of the tour at that time, but was postponed at that time. A test was deleted to enable an ODI series. It was the first tour in which the new South African captain Hashim Amla led the team.
Stages
Tour venues |
The following stages were designated as the venue for the tour and announced on March 22, 2014.
Stadion | city | capacity | Games |
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Colombo | R. Premadasa Stadium (RPS) | 35,000 | 1. ODI |
Colombo | Sinhalese Sports Club Ground (SSC) | 10,000 | 2nd test |
bile | Galle International Stadium | 35,000 | 1st test |
Hambantota | Mahinda Rajapaksa International Stadium | 35,000 | 3. ODI |
Kandy | Muttiah Muralitharan International Cricket Stadium | 35,000 | 2. ODI |
Squad lists
South Africa presented its roster on June 3, 2014.
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Tour match
July 3 scorecard |
Moratuwa |
![]() 189 (39.2) |
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![]() 297-9 (50) |
South Africans win with 108 runs |
One-day internationals
First ODI in Colombo (RPS)
July 6th scorecard |
Colombo (RPS) |
![]() 304-5 (50) |
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![]() 229 (40.3) |
South Africa wins with 75 runs |
In order to save costs, the teams had agreed not to use a floodlight system for this game. As the light deteriorated in the second innings , Sri Lanka came under pressure from a possible negative Duckworth-Lewis result and so quickly lost a few wickets. Floodlights were re-approved for the remaining games.
Second ODI in Kandy
July 9th scorecard |
Kandy |
![]() 267 (49.2) |
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![]() 180 (38.1) |
Sri Lanka wins with 87 runs |
Third ODI in Hambantota
July 12th scorecard |
Hambantota |
![]() 339-5 (50) |
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![]() 257 (50) |
South Africa wins with 82 runs |
Testing
First test in bile
July 16-20 scorecard |
bile |
![]() 455-9d (166.2) & 206-6d (50.2) |
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![]() 292 (104.5) & 216 (71.3) |
South Africa wins with 153 runs |
The South African bowler Vernon Philander was fined for tampering with the game ball.
Second test in Colombo (SSC)
July 24-28 Scorecard |
Colombo (SSC) |
![]() 421 (121.4) & 229-8d (53.4) |
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![]() 282 (134.5) & 159-8 (111) |
draw |
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 |
Angelo Mathews |
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2 | 4th | 242 | 121.00 | 89 | 0 | 3 |
Hashim Amla |
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2 | 4th | 197 | 65.66 | 139 * | 1 | 0 |
Mahela Jayawardene |
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2 | 4th | 178 | 44.50 | 165 | 1 | 0 |
Kumar Sangakkara |
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2 | 4th | 172 | 43.00 | 76 | 0 | 2 |
Faf du Plessis |
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2 | 4th | 163 | 40.75 | 80 | 0 | 1 |
bowling | ||||||||
player | team | Games | Overs | Wickets | Average | BBI | 5W | 10W |
Dilruwan Perera |
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2 | 158.3 | 16 | 23.12 | 5/69 | 1 | 0 |
Dale Steyn |
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2 | 75 | 13 | 17.46 | 5/54 | 1 | 0 |
Morné Morkel |
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2 | 68 | 12 | 16.00 | 4/29 | 0 | 0 |
Rangana Herath |
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2 | 172 | 12 | 28.58 | 5/40 | 1 | 0 |
JP Duminy |
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2 | 44 | 5 | 33.40 | 2/38 | 0 | 0 |
ODIs | ||||||||
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Batting | ||||||||
player | team | Games | Innings | Runs | Average | HS | 100s | 50s |
Hashim Amla |
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3 | 3 | 258 | 86.00 | 109 | 2 | 0 |
AB de Villiers |
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3 | 3 | 212 | 70.66 | 108 | 1 | 1 |
Quinton de Kock |
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3 | 3 | 159 | 53.00 | 128 | 1 | 0 |
Tillakaratne Dilshan |
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3 | 3 | 156 | 52.00 | 86 | 0 | 1 |
Kumar Sangakkara |
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3 | 3 | 131 | 43.66 | 88 | 0 | 1 |
bowling | ||||||||
player | team | Games | Overs | Wickets | Average | BBI | 5W | 10W |
Ryan McLaren |
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3 | 24 | 9 | 13.11 | 4/48 | 0 | 0 |
Ajantha Mendis |
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3 | 23.1 | 7th | 18.14 | 3/61 | 0 | 0 |
Imran Tahir |
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3 | 27 | 6th | 20.00 | 3/50 | 0 | 0 |
Morné Morkel |
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3 | 24 | 5 | 29.20 | 2/39 | 0 | 0 |
Lasith Malinga |
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3 | 23 | 4th | 40.25 | 4/24 | 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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1. ODI |
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2. ODI |
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3. ODI |
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1st test |
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2nd test |
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Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Galle, SSC to host South Africa Tests ( English ) Cricinfo. March 22, 2014. Retrieved August 18, 2015.
- ^ Siddarth Ravindran: South Africa block their way to No. 1 ( English ) Cricinfo. July 28, 2014. Retrieved August 18, 2015.
- ↑ Firdose Moonda: Amla named South Africa Test captain ( English ) Cricinfo. June 3, 2014. Retrieved August 18, 2015.
- ^ Galle, SSC to host South Africa Tests ( English ) Cricinfo. March 22, 2014. Retrieved December 5, 2015.
- ↑ Firdose Moonda: Dane Piedt, Stiaan van Zyl in Test Squad ( English ) Cricinfo. June 3, 2014. Retrieved August 18, 2015.
- ↑ Andrew Fidel Fernando: Floodlights restriction hurts Sri Lanka's chase ( English ) Cricinfo. July 6, 2014. Retrieved August 18, 2015.
- ↑ Firdose Moonda in Galle: Philander fined for ball-tampering ( English ) Cricinfo. July 18, 2014. Retrieved August 18, 2015.
- ↑ Records / South Africa in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2014 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved February 5, 2016.
- ↑ Records / South Africa in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2014 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved February 5, 2016.
- ↑ Records / South Africa in Sri Lanka ODI Series, 2014 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved February 5, 2016.
- ↑ Records / South Africa in Sri Lanka ODI Series, 2014 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved February 5, 2016.