Sri Lankan national cricket team in South Africa in the 2002/03 season

The tour of the Sri Lankan national cricket team to South Africa in the 2002/03 season took place from October 25th to December 6th, 2002. The international cricket tour was part of the 2002/03 international cricket season and included two test matches and five ODIs . South Africa won the test series 2-0 and the ODI series 4-1.

Stages

The following stages were planned as venues for the tour.

Benoni Bloemfontein Centurion Johannesburg Kimberley

Tour venues

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
Willowmoore Park	Benoni	20,000	3. ODI
Chevrolet Park	Bloemfontein	20,000	5. ODI
Centurion Park	Centurion	22,000	2nd test, 2nd ODI
Wanderers Stadium	Johannesburg	34,000	1st test, 1st ODI
De Beers Diamond Oval	Kimberley	11,000	4. ODI

Squad

The following squads have been announced by the teams.

test		ODI
South Africa	Sri Lanka	South Africa	Sri Lanka
Shaun Pollock ( K ) Mark Boucher ( wk ) Steve Elworthy Herschelle Gibbs Andrew Hall Mornantau Hayward Claude Henderson Jacques Kallis Gary Kirsten Neil McKenzie Makhaya Ntini Ashwell Prince Graeme Smith	Sanath Jayasuriya ( K ) Russell Arnold Marvan Atapattu Dilhara Fernando Hasantha Fernando Chamila Gamage Mahela Jayawardene Prasanna Jayawardene Tharanga Lakshitha Jehan Mubarak Muttiah Muralitharan Ruchira Perera Kumar Sangakkara ( wk ) Sujeewa de Silva Hashan Tilla caratne Thilan Thushara Chaminda Vaas	Shaun Pollock ( K ) Mark Boucher ( wk ) Allan Donald Steve Elworthy Herschelle Gibbs Andrew Hall Mornantau Hayward Claude Henderson Jacques Kallis Gary Kirsten Neil McKenzie Makhaya Ntini Ashwell Prince Graeme Smith	Sanath Jayasuriya ( K ) Russell Arnold Marvan Atapattu Upul Chandana Dilhara Fernando Hasantha Fernando Chamila Gamage Pulasthi Gunaratne Avishka Gunawardene Mahela Jayawardene Jehan Mubarak Prabath Nissanka Thilan Samaraweera Kumar Sangakkara ( wk ) Aravinda de Silva Hashan Tilla caratne Chaminda Vaas

Tour matches

25.-28. October scorecard	Kimberley	South Africa A 483-8d (134) & 220-9d (56)	-	Sri Lankans 272-9d (95) & 239-4 (60)
		draw

1st - 4th November scorecard	Johannesburg	Sri Lanka 336-5d (104) & 265-2 (68)	-	Rest of South Africa 392 (98)
		draw

November 23 scorecard	Potchefstroom	South Africa A 221 (47.4)	-	Sri Lanka 111-8 (32)
		South Africa A wins with 65 runs ( D / L method )

Test matches

First test in Johannesburg

8-10 November scorecard	Johannesburg	Sri Lanka 192 (75.3) & 130 (41)	-	South Africa 386 (104.4)
		South Africa wins with one innings and 64 runs

Second test in Centurion

15-19 November scorecard	Centurion	Sri Lanka 323 (108.5) & 245 (77.2)	-	South Africa 448 (166.3) & 124-7 (35.3)
		South Africa wins with 3 wickets

One-day internationals

First ODI in Johannesburg

November 27th scorecard	Johannesburg	Sri Lanka 128 (46.4)	-	South Africa 129-4 (29.3)
		South Africa wins with 6 wickets

Second ODI in Centurion

November 29th scorecard	Centurion	South Africa 317-6 (50)	-	Sri Lanka 140 (33.2)
		South Africa wins with 177 runs

Third ODI in Benoni

December 1st scorecard	Benoni	South Africa 253-7 (50)	-	Sri Lanka 258-3 (41.4)
		Sri Lanka wins with 7 wickets

Fourth ODI in Kimberley

December 4th scorecard	Kimberley	Sri Lanka 184 (47.3)	-	South Africa 190-2 (30.5)
		South Africa wins with 8 wickets

Fifth ODI in Bloemfontein

December 6th scorecard	Bloemfontein	Sri Lanka 228-8 (50)	-	South Africa 229-4 (45.1)
		South Africa wins with 6 wickets

statistics

The following cricket statistics were obtained on this tour.

Testing
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Jacques Kallis	South Africa	2	3	165	55.00	84	0	2
Hashan Tilla caratne	Sri Lanka	2	4th	161	53.66	104 *	1	0
Kumar Sangakkara	Sri Lanka	2	4th	157	39.25	89	0	1
Shaun Pollock	South Africa	2	3	143	143.00	99 *	0	1
Mahela Jayawardene	Sri Lanka	2	4th	124	31.00	44	0	0
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
Makhaya Ntini	South Africa	2	75	12	17.08	4/52	0	0
Jacques Kallis	South Africa	2	58.1	10	18.50	4/39	0	0
Shaun Pollock	South Africa	2	72	7th	22.57	2/17	0	0
Dilhara Fernando	Sri Lanka	2	59	7th	33.57	4/49	0	0
Muttiah Muralitharan	Sri Lanka	2	101.5	7th	35.85	3/83	0	0

ODIs
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Jacques Kallis	South Africa	4th	4th	242	121.00	87	0	3
Marvan Atapattu	Sri Lanka	5	5	222	55.50	123 *	1	1
Herschelle Gibbs	South Africa	5	5	171	42.75	108 *	1	0
Boeta Dippenaar	South Africa	4th	4th	153	38.25	89	0	1
Russell Arnold	Sri Lanka	5	4th	126	31.50	50	0	1
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
Shaun Pollock	South Africa	5	43.1	11	13.72	4/18	0	0
Allan Donald	South Africa	5	42	10	18.60	3/18	0	0
Makhaya Ntini	South Africa	4th	39	7th	21.57	3/22	0	0
Pulasthi Gunaratne	Sri Lanka	4th	30.1	5	34.40	2/61	0	0
Chaminda Vaas	Sri Lanka	5	47	5	37.80	2/39	0	0

Player of the Series

The following players were honored as Player of the Series .

series	Player of the Series
test	Jacques Kallis
ODI	Jacques Kallis

Player of the Match

The following players were recognized as Player of the Match .

game	Player of the Match
1st test	Jacques Kallis
2nd test	Shaun Pollock
1. ODI	Shaun Pollock
2. ODI	Jacques Kallis
3. ODI	Marvan Atapattu
4. ODI	Herschelle Gibbs
5. ODI	Shaun Pollock

Web links

• Tour on Cricinfo

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Records / Sri Lanka in South Africa Test Series, 2002/03 / Most Runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved September 30, 2017.
2. ↑ Records / Sri Lanka in South Africa Test Series, 2002/03 / Most Wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved September 30, 2017.
3. ↑ Records / Sri Lanka in South Africa ODI Series, 2002/03 / Most Runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved September 30, 2017.
4. ↑ Records / Sri Lanka in South Africa ODI Series, 2002/03 / Most Wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved September 30, 2017.