Sri Lankan national cricket team in South Africa in the 2011/12 season

The Sri Lankan national cricket team tour to South Africa in the 2011/12 season took place from December 15, 2011 to January 22, 2012. The international cricket tour was part of the 2011/12 international cricket season and included three tests and five ODIs . South Africa won the Test Series 2–1 and the ODI Series 3–2.

prehistory

South Africa previously played a tour against Australia , Sri Lanka against Pakistan . The last tour of the two teams against each other took place in the 2006 season in Sri Lanka .

Stages

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

Tour venues

The following stages were designated as the venue for the tour and were set on May 6, 2011.

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
Chevrolet Park	Bloemfontein	20,000	3. ODI
Centurion Park	Centurion	22,000	1st test
Sahara Stadium Kingsmead	Durban	25,000	2nd test
Buffalo Park	East London	20,000	4. ODI
Newlands Cricket Ground	Cape Town	25,000	3rd test
De Beers Diamond Oval	Kimberley	11,000	2. ODI
Boland Park	Pair	10,000	1. ODI
Wanderers Stadium	Johannesburg	34,000	5. ODI

Squad lists

Sri Lanka named its test roster on November 22, 2011 and its ODI roster on January 3, 2012. South Africa named its test roster on December 6 and its ODI roster on December 30, 2011.

test		ODI
South Africa	Sri Lanka	South Africa	Sri Lanka
Graeme Smith ( K ) AB de Villiers Hashim Amla Mark Boucher ( wk ) Dale Steyn Marchant de Lange Imran Tahir Jacques Kallis Morné Morkel Alviro Petersen Vernon Philander Ashwell Prince Jacques Rudolph	Tillakaratne Dilshan ( K ) Angelo Mathews Dinesh Chandimal ( wk ) Nuwan Pradeep Dilhara Fernando Rangana Herath Mahela Jayawardene Dimuth Karunaratne Ajantha Mendis Tharanga Paranavitana Thisara Perera Thilan Samaraweera Kumar Sangakkara Kaushal Silva Lahiru Thirimanne Chanaka Welegedara Suranga Lakmal	AB de Villiers ( K & wk ) Hashim Amla ( UK ) Johan Botha JP Duminy Faf du Plessis Jacques Kallis Rory Kleinveldt Albie Morkel Morné Morkel Wayne Parnell Robin Peterson Graeme Smith Dale Steyn Lonwabo Tsotsobe	Tillakaratne Dilshan ( K ) Angelo Mathews ( UK ) Dinesh Chandimal Dilhara Fernando Rangana Herath Mahela Jayawardene Kosala Kulasekara Nuwan Kulasekara Lasith Malinga Ajantha Mendis Thisara Perera Dhammika Prasad Kumar Sangakkara ( wk ) Upul Tharanga Lahiru Thirimanne

Tour matches

October 9-11 Scorecard	Benoni	South African Invitation XI 357 (97)	-	Sri Lankans 207-3 (52.3)
		draw

January 11th scorecard	Brackenfell	Sri Lankans 296-9 (50)	-	Emerging Cape Cobras 218 (47.4)
		Sri Lankans wins with 78 runs

Testing

First test in Centurion

December 15-19 scorecard	Centurion	Sri Lankans 180 (47.4) & 150 (39.1)	-	South Africa 411 (122)
		South Africa wins with one innings and 81 runs

Second test in Durban

December 26th - 30th scorecard	Durban (SSK)	Sri Lanka 338 (108.2) & 279 (78.2)	-	South Africa 168 (54.4) & 241 (87.1)
		Sri Lanka wins with 208 runs

Third test in Cape Town

January 3-7 Scorecard	Cape Town	South Africa 580-4d (139) & 2-0 (0.1)	-	Sri Lanka 239 (73.5) & 342 (107.5) (f / o)
		South Africa wins with 10 wickets

For South Africa this was the first win in a test series since 2008.

One-day internationals

First ODI in Paarl

January 11th scorecard	Pair	South Africa 318-8 (50)	-	Sri Lanka 43 (20.1)
		South Africa wins with 258 runs

Second ODI in East London

January 14th scorecard	East London	Sri Lanka 236-6 (50)	-	South Africa 237-5 (48.4)
		South Africa wins with 5 wickets

Third ODI in Bloemfontein

January 17th scorecard	Bloemfontein	Sri Lanka 266-9 (50)	-	South Africa 179-5 (34/34)
		South Africa wins with 4 runs ( D / L method )

Fourth ODI in Kimberley

January 20 scorecard	Kimberley	South Africa 299-7 (50)	-	Sri Lanka 304-5 (48.4)
		Sri Lanka wins with 5 wickets

Fifth ODI in Johannesburg

January 22nd scorecard	Johannesburg	South Africa 312-4 (50)	-	Sri Lanka 314-5 (49.5)
		Sri Lanka wins with 2 wickets

statistics

The following cricket statistics were obtained on this tour.

Testing
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
AB de Villiers	South Africa	3	4th	353	117.66	160 *	1	2
Thilan Samaraweera	Sri Lanka	3	6th	339	67.80	115 *	2	0
Jacques Kallis	South Africa	3	4th	255	63.75	224	1	0
Kumar Sangakkara	Sri Lanka	3	6th	180	30.00	108	1	0
Dinesh Chandimal	Sri Lanka	2	4th	148	37.00	58	0	2
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
Vernon Philander	South Africa	2	63.1	16	12.62	5/49	2	1
Dale Steyn	South Africa	3	103.4	14th	21.57	5/73	1	0
Rangana Herath	Sri Lanka	3	115.3	10	27.70	5/79	1	0
Imran Tahir	South Africa	3	111	10	36.20	3/106	0	0
Chanaka Welegedara	Sri Lanka	3	92.4	9	32.00	5/52	1	0

ODIs
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
AB de Villiers	South Africa	5	5	329	109.66	125 *	1	2
Graeme Smith	South Africa	5	5	229	45.80	125	1	1
Dinesh Chandimal	Sri Lanka	5	5	211	52.75	92 *	0	2
Kumar Sangakkara	Sri Lanka	5	5	179	35.80	102	1	0
Upul Tharanga	Sri Lanka	5	5	176	35.20	66	0	2
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
Lonwabo Tsotsobe	South Africa	5	43	11	18.81	3/19	0	0
Lasith Malinga	Sri Lanka	5	45	11	22.54	5/54	1	0
Morné Morkel	South Africa	5	41.1	8th	25.75	4/10	0	0
Robin Peterson	South Africa	5	36	6th	29.83	2/5	0	0
Dhammika Prasad	Sri Lanka	2	15th	3	28.00	3/46	0	0
Dale Steyn	South Africa	3	22nd	3	38.66	1/7	0	0
JP Duminy	South Africa	5	22.3	3	44.33	2/44	0	0

Player of the Series

The following players were honored as Player of the Series .

series	Player of the Series
test	AB de Villiers
ODI	AB de Villiers

Player of the Match

The following players were recognized as Player of the Match .

game	Player of the Match
1st test	Vernon Philander
2nd test	Rangana Herath
3rd test	Jacques Kallis
1. ODI	Morné Morkel
2. ODI	JP Duminy
3. ODI	Faf du Plessis
4. ODI	Thisara Perera
5. ODI	Kumar Sangakkara

Web links

• The series on Cricinfo

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Firdose Moonda: Cape Town to host two tests in 2011-12 ( English ) Cricinfo. May 6, 2011. Retrieved May 29, 2016.
2. ↑ Ajantha Mendis included in Test squad for SA ( English ) Cricinfo. November 22, 2011. Retrieved May 29, 2016.
3. ↑ Nuwan Kulasekara joins squad for ODIs ( English ) Cricinfo. January 3, 2012. Retrieved May 29, 2016.
4. ↑ Petersen recalled to South Africa squad ( English ) Cricinfo. December 6, 2011. Retrieved May 29, 2016.
5. ↑ Elgar, Kleinveldt in squad for Sri Lanka ODIs ( English ) Cricinfo. December 30, 2011. Retrieved May 29, 2016.
6. ↑ Nitin Sundar: South Africa win first home series since 2008 ( English ) Cricinfo. January 6, 2012. Retrieved May 29, 2016.
7. ↑ Records / Sri Lanka in South Africa Test Series, 2011/12 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved June 10, 2016.
8. ↑ Records / Sri Lanka in South Africa Test Series, 2011/12 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved June 10, 2016.
9. ↑ Records / Sri Lanka in South Africa ODI Series, 2011/12 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved June 10, 2016.
10. ↑ Records / Sri Lanka in South Africa ODI Series, 2011/12 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved June 10, 2016.