Sri Lankan national cricket team in South Africa in the 2000/01 season

The tour of the Sri Lankan national cricket team to South Africa in the 2000/01 season took place from December 7, 2000 to January 20, 2001. The international cricket tour was part of the 2000/01 international cricket season and included three test matches and six ODIs . South Africa won the test series 2-0 and the ODI series 5-1.

prehistory

South Africa previously played a tour against New Zealand and Zimbabwe a three-nation tournament in the United Arab Emirates . The last meeting of the two teams on a tour took place in the 2000 season in Sri Lanka .

Stages

Bloemfontein Centurion Durban (SSK) East London Johannesburg Cape Town Pair Port Elizabeth

Tour venues

The following stages were planned as venues for the tour and announced on September 4, 2000.

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
Chevrolet Park	Bloemfontein	20,000	5. ODI
Centurion Park	Centurion	22,000	3rd test
Sahara Stadium Kingsmead	Durban	25,000	1st test
Buffalo Park	East London	20,000	2. ODI
Wanderers Stadium	Johannesburg	34,000	6. ODI
Newlands Cricket Ground	Cape Town	25,000	2. test; 4. ODI
Boland Park	Pair	10,000	3. ODI
Sahara Oval St George's	Port Elizabeth	19,000	1. ODI

Squad

Sri Lanka named its squad on August 19, 2000.

test		ODI
South Africa	Sri Lanka	South Africa	Sri Lanka
Shaun Pollock ( K ) Nicky buoy Mark Boucher ( wk ) Daryll Cullinan Boeta Dippenaar Allan Donald Herschelle Gibbs Jacques Kallis Justin Kemp Gary Kirsten Lance Klusener Neil McKenzie Mfuneko Ngam Makhaya Ntini	Sanath Jayasuriya ( K ) Russell Arnold Marvan Atapattu Aravinda de Silva Tillakaratne Dilshan Dilhara Fernando Avishka Gunawardene Mahela Jayawardene Romesh Kaluwitharana ( wk ) Muttiah Muralitharan Ruchira Perera Kumar Sangakkara Chaminda Vaas Pramodya Wickramasinghe Nuwan Zoysa	Shaun Pollock ( K ) Nicky buoy Mark Boucher ( wk ) Alan Dawson Boeta Dippenaar Allan Donald Herschelle Gibbs Andrew Hall Jacques Kallis Justin Kemp Gary Kirsten Lance Klusener Neil McKenzie Makhaya Ntini Jonty Rhodes Roger Telemachus	Sanath Jayasuriya ( K ) Russell Arnold Marvan Atapattu Upul Chandana Aravinda de Silva Tillakaratne Dilshan Dilhara Fernando Mahela Jayawardene Romesh Kaluwitharana ( wk ) Muttiah Muralitharan Kumar Sangakkara Chaminda Vaas Kaushalya Weeraratne Pramodya Wickramasinghe Nuwan Zoysa

Tour matches

December 7th scorecard	Randjesfontein	Sri Lankans 296-6d (64.5)	-	Nicky Oppenheimer XI 80-0 (10.4)
		draw

December 9-10 scorecard	Port Elizabeth	Eastern Province 92 (30) & 214 (69)	-	Sri Lankans 266 (73.2) & 41-2 (6.4)
		Sri Lankans wins with 8 wickets

December 13th scorecard	Port Elizabeth	Eastern Province 220-7 (50)	-	Sri Lankans 220 (50)
		draw

December 19 scorecard	Durban	Sri Lankans 266-8 (50)	-	KwaZulu-Natal Inland 211 (44.4)
		Sri Lankans wins with 55 runs

December 21-23 Scorecard	Pietermaritzburg	Sri Lankans 257-8d (64.2)	-	KwaZulu-Natal Inland 299-5 (84.3)
		draw

One-day internationals

First ODI in Port Elizabeth

December 15th scorecard	Port Elizabeth	Sri Lanka 221 (49.5)	-	South Africa 223-6 (47.2)
		South Africa wins with 4 wickets

Second ODI in East London

December 17th scorecard	East London	South Africa 302-7 (50)	-	Sri Lanka 207-6 (50)
		South Africa wins with 95 runs

Third ODI in Paarl

January 9 scorecard	Pair	Sri Lanka 247-4 (50)	-	South Africa 250-2 (48.5)
		South Africa wins with 8 wickets

Fourth ODI in Cape Town

January 11th scorecard	Cape Town	South Africa 290-7 (50)	-	Sri Lanka 191 (42.2)
		South Africa wins with 99 runs

Fifth ODI in Bloemfontein

January 14th scorecard	Bloemfontein	Sri Lanka 206 (49.2)	-	South Africa 207-5 (42)
		South Africa wins with 5 wickets

Sixth ODI in Johannesburg

January 17th scorecard	Johannesburg	Sri Lanka 214-6 (42/42)	-	South Africa 204 (42/42)
		Sri Lanka wins with 4 runs ( D / L method )

Test matches

First test in Durban

December 26th - 30th scorecard	Durban	South Africa 420 (152.3) & 140-7d (34)	-	Sri Lanka 216 (87.4) & 149-6 (74)
		draw

Second test in Cape Town

January 2-4 scorecard	Cape Town	Sri Lanka 95 (38.4) & 180 (45.2)	-	South Africa 504-7d (158.2)
		South Africa wins with one innings and 229 runs

Third test in Centurion

January 20-22 Scorecard	Centurion	South Africa 378 (91.3)	-	Sri Lanka 119 (36.5) & 252 (81.3) (f / o)
		South Africa wins with one innings and 7 runs

statistics

The following cricket statistics were obtained on this tour.

Testing
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Gary Kirsten	South Africa	2	3	266	88.66	180	1	1
Kumar Sangakkara	Sri Lanka	3	6th	235	39.16	98	0	2
Daryll Cullinan	South Africa	3	4th	221	73.66	112	1	1
Mahela Jayawardene	Sri Lanka	3	6th	190	31.66	98	0	1
Neil McKenzie	South Africa	3	4th	172	43.00	103	1	0
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
Shaun Pollock	South Africa	3	83.2	13	14.76	6/30	1	0
Muttiah Muralitharan	Sri Lanka	2	111.3	12	21.66	6/39	2	1
Makhaya Ntini	South Africa	3	73.3	10	21.60	4/39	0	0
Nicky buoy	South Africa	3	64	9	16.33	4/28	0	0
Mfuneko Ngam	South Africa	2	46.2	9	17.22	3/26	0	0

ODIs
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Jonty Rhodes	South Africa	6th	6th	273	91.00	75 *	0	4th
Jacques Kallis	South Africa	6th	6th	266	53.20	100 *	1	1
Romesh Kaluwitharana	Sri Lanka	6th	6th	227	37.83	83	0	3
Boeta Dippenaar	South Africa	5	5	207	41.40	77	0	2
Neil McKenzie	South Africa	5	4th	185	61.66	120 *	1	0
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
Shaun Pollock	South Africa	6th	56.5	10	21.30	4/36	0	0
Makhaya Ntini	South Africa	5	41.2	9	21.88	5/37	1	0
Chaminda Vaas	Sri Lanka	6th	51.4	9	26.88	3/44	0	0
Jacques Kallis	South Africa	6th	50	7th	31.57	2/31	0	0
Roger Telemachus	South Africa	4th	35	6th	26.50	3/25	0	0
Nuwan Zoysa	Sri Lanka	5	43	6th	37.00	2/35	0	0
Muttiah Muralitharan	Sri Lanka	6th	59	6th	39.00	2/25	0	0

Player of the Series

The following players were honored as Player of the Series .

series	Player of the Series
test	Shaun Pollock
ODI	Jacques Kallis

Player of the Match

The following players were recognized as Player of the Match .

game	Player of the Match
1. ODI	Jonty Rhodes
2. ODI	Neil McKenzie
1st test	Gary Kirsten
2nd test	Shaun Pollock
3. ODI	Jacques Kallis
4. ODI	Makhaya Ntini
5. ODI	Herschelle Gibbs
6. ODI	Russell Arnold
3rd test	Shaun Pollock

Web links

• The series on espncricinfo.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Trevor Chesterfield: Newlands fixture change ( English ) Cricinfo. September 4, 2000. Retrieved September 10, 2016.
2. ↑ Sa'adi Thawfeeq: Sri Lanka One day and Test squad ( English ) Cricinfo. August 19, 2000. Retrieved September 10, 2016.
3. ↑ Records / Sri Lanka in South Africa Test Series, 2000/01 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved July 27, 2016.
4. ↑ Records / Sri Lanka in South Africa Test Series, 2000/01 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved July 27, 2016.
5. ↑ Records / Sri Lanka in South Africa ODI Series, 2000/01 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved July 27, 2016.
6. ↑ Records / Sri Lanka in South Africa ODI Series, 2000/01 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved July 27, 2016.