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