South African national cricket team in Sri Lanka in the 2018 season

The tour of the South African national cricket team to Sri Lanka in the 2018 season took place from July 12 to August 14, 2018. The international cricket tour was part of the 2018 international cricket season and included two tests , five One-Day Internationals and one Twenty20 . South Africa won the ODI series 3-2 while Sri Lanka won the Test and T20I series 2-0 and 1-0.

prehistory

Sri Lanka previously played a tour in the West Indies , for South Africa it is the first tour of the season. The last meeting of the two teams on a tour took place in South Africa in the 2016/17 season .

Stadion

Colombo (RPS) Colombo (SSC) Dambulla bile Kandy (MMS)

Tour venues

The following stadium was selected for the tour.

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
R. Premadasa Stadium (RPS)	Colombo	35,000	5. ODI; 1. T20
Sinhalese Sports Club Ground (SSC)	Colombo	10,000	2nd test
Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium	Dambulla	16,800	1st & 2nd ODI
Galle International Stadium	bile	35,000	1st test
Muttiah Muralitharan International Cricket Stadium	Kandy	35,000	3rd & 4th ODI

Squad lists

South Africa named its test roster on June 11th and its ODI roster on June 18, 2018. and its T20I roster on August 13, 2018. Sri Lanka named its test roster on July 5th, its ODI roster on July 24th, 2018 July 2018 and his T20I squad on August 8, 2018.

test		ODI		Twenty20
Sri Lanka	South Africa	Sri Lanka	South Africa	Sri Lanka	South Africa
Dinesh Chandimal ( K ) Suranga Lakmal ( K ) Akila Dananjaya Dhananjaya de Silva Niroshan Dickwella Danushka Gunathilaka Rangana Herath Dimuth Karunaratne Lahiru Kumara Angelo Mathews Kusal Mendis Dilruwan Perera Kusal Perera Kasun Rajitha Lakshan Sandakan Roshen Silva	Faf du Plessis ( K ) Hashim Amla Temba Bavuma Theunis de Bruyn Quinton de Kock Dean Elgar Heinrich Klaasen Keshav Maharaj Aiden Markram Lungisani Ngidi Vernon Philander Kagiso Rabada Tabraiz Shamsi Dale Steyn Shaun von Berg	Angelo Mathews ( K ) Akila Dananjaya Dhananjaya de Silva Niroshan Dickwella Prabath Jayasuriya Shehan Jayasuriya Lahiru Kumara Suranga Lakmal Kusal Mendis Kusal Perera Thisara Perera Kasun Rajitha Lakshan Sandakan Dasun Shanaka Upul Tharanga	Faf du Plessis ( K ) Hashim Amla Junior Dala Quinton de Kock JP Duminy Reeza Hendricks Heinrich Klaasen Keshav Maharaj Aiden Markram David Miller Wiaan Mulder Lungi Ngidi Andile Phehlukwayo Kagiso Rabada Tabraiz Shamsi	Angelo Mathews ( K ) Dinesh Chandimal Akila Dananjaya Dhananjaya de Silva Binura Fernando Shehan Jayasuriya Lahiru Kumara Shehan Madushanka Kusal Mendis Kusal Perera ( wk ) Thisara Perera Lakshan Sandakan Dasun Shanaka Upul Tharanga Jeffrey Vandersay	JP Duminy ( K ) Hashim Amla Junior Dala Quinton de Kock Reeza Hendricks Heinrich Klaasen Keshav Maharaj Aiden Markram David Miller Willem Mulder Lungi Ngidi Andile Phehlukwayo Kagiso Rabada Tabraiz Shamsi

Testing

First test in bile

July 12-14 scorecard	bile	Sri Lanka 287 (78.4) & 190 (57.4)	-	South Africa 126 (54.3) & 73 (28.5)
		Sri Lanka wins with 278 runs

Second test in Colombo

July 20-24 scorecard	Colombo (SSC)	Sri Lanka 338 (104.1) & 275-5d (81)	-	South Africa 124 (34.5) & 290 (86.5)
		Sri Lanka wins with 199 runs

One-day internationals

First ODI in Dambulla

July 29 scorecard	Dambulla	Sri Lanka 193 (34.3)	-	South Africa 196-5 (31)
		South Africa wins with 5 wickets

Second ODI in Dambulla

August 1st scorecard	Dambulla	Sri Lanka 244-8 (50)	-	South Africa 246-6 (42.5)
		South Africa wins with 4 wickets

Third ODI in Kandy

August 5th scorecard	Kandy	South Africa 363-7 (50)	-	Sri Lanka 285 (45.2)
		South Africa wins with 78 runs

Fourth ODI in Kandy

August 8 scorecard	Kandy	Sri Lanka 306-7 (39/39)	-	South Africa 187-9 (21/21)
		Sri Lanka wins with 3 runs ( D / L method )

Fifth ODI in Colombo

August 12th Scorecard	Colombo (RPS)	Sri Lanka 299-8 (50)	-	South Africa 121 (24.4)
		Sri Lanka wins with 178 runs

Twenty20

Twenty20 in Colombo

August 14th scorecard	Colombo (RPS)	South Africa 98 (16.4)	-	Sri Lanka 99-7 (16)
		Sri Lanka wins with 3 wickets

Web links

• The series on Cricinfo

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Firdose Moonda: Steyn returns to Test squad for SL tour ( English ) Cricinfo. June 11, 2018. Retrieved July 7, 2018.
2. ↑ Firdose Moonda: South Africa rest Imran Tahir from ODI squad for Sri Lanka ( English ) Cricinfo. June 18, 2018. Retrieved July 7, 2018.
3. ↑ opportunity for South Africa to finish Sri Lanka tour on a high ( english ) ICC. August 13, 2018. Retrieved August 14, 2018.
4. ↑ Andrew Fidel Fernando: Chandimal picked for South Africa Tests pending ICC hearing ( English ) Cricinfo. July 5, 2018. Retrieved July 7, 2018.
5. ↑ Angelo Mathews returns as Sri Lanka ODI captain for SA series ( English ) Cricinfo. June 24, 2018. Retrieved July 27, 2018.
6. ↑ Malinga snubbed for one-off T20I ( English ) Cricinfo. August 8, 2018. Retrieved August 14, 2018.