Sri Lankan national cricket team in South Africa in the 2016/17 season

The tour of the Sri Lankan national cricket team to South Africa in the 2016/17 season took place from December 26, 2016 to February 10, 2017. The international cricket tour was part of the 2016/17 international cricket season and included three tests , five ODIs and three Twenty20s . South Africa won the Test Series 3-0 and the ODI Series 5-0, while Sri Lanka won the Twenty20 Series 2-1.

prehistory

South Africa last played a tour in Australia , Sri Lanka a three-nation tournament in Zimbabwe . The last meeting of the two teams on a tour took place in Sri Lanka in the 2014 season .

Stages

Centurion Durban (SSK) Johannesburg Cape Town Port Elizabeth

Tour venues

The following stages were envisaged for the tour.

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
Centurion Park	Centurion	22,000	5. ODI; 1. T20
Sahara Stadium Kingsmead	Durban	25,000	2. ODI
Wanderers Stadium	Johannesburg	34,000	3rd test; 3. ODI; 2. T20
Newlands Cricket Ground	Cape Town	25,000	2. test; 4. ODI; 3. T20
Sahara Oval St George's	Port Elizabeth	19,000	1st test; 1. ODI

Squad lists

Sri Lanka named its test squad on December 8, 2016, its Twenty20 squad on January 11, and its ODI squad on January 24, 2017. South Africa named its test squad on December 14, 2016, its Twenty20 squad on January 9 and his ODI squad on January 23, 2017.

test		ODI		Twenty20
South Africa	Sri Lanka	South Africa	Sri Lanka	South Africa	Sri Lanka
Faf du Plessis ( K ) Kyle Abbott Hashim Amla Temba Bavuma Stephen Cook Theunis de Bruyn Quinton de Kock ( wk ) JP Duminy Dean Elgar Keshav Maharaj Duanne Olivier Wayne Parnell Vernon Philander Kagiso Rabada	Angelo Mathews ( K ) Dinesh Chandimal ( VK & wk ) Dushmantha Chameera Dhananjaya de Silva Rangana Herath Dimuth Karunaratne Lahiru Kumara Suranga Lakmal Kusal Mendis Dilruwan Perera Kusal Perera Nuwan Pradeep Vikum Sanjaya Kaushal Silva Upul Tharanga	AB de Villiers ( K ) Hashim Amla Farhaan Behardien Quinton de Kock ( wk ) JP Duminy Faf du Plessis Imran Tahir David Miller Chris Morris Wayne Parnell Lungi Ngidi Andile Phehlukwayo Dwaine Pretorius Kagiso Rabada Tabraiz Shamsi	Upul Tharanga ( K ) Dinesh Chandimal ( wk ) Chaturanga de Silva Dhananjaya de Silva Thikshila de Silva Niroshan Dickwella ( wk ) Asela Gunaratne Nuwan Kulasekara Lahiru Kumara Suranga Lakmal Lahiru Madushanka Kusal Mendis Sachith Pathirana Seekuge Prasanna Lakshan Sandakan Vikum Sanjaya Isuru Udana Jeffrey Vandersay Sandun Weerakkody	Farhaan Behardien ( K ) Theunis de Bruyn AB de Villiers Reeza Hendricks Imran Tahir Heino Kuhn David Miller Mangaliso Mosehle ( wk ) Lungi Ngidi Wayne Parnell Dane Paterson Aaron Phangiso Andile Phehlukwayo JJ Smuts	Angelo Mathews ( K ) Dinesh Chandimal ( VK & wk ) Dhananjaya de Silva Thikshila de Silva Niroshan Dickwella Asela Gunaratne Danushka Gunathilaka Nuwan Kulasekara Suranga Lakmal Kusal Mendis Sachith Pathirana Nuwan Pradeep Seekuge Prasanna Lakshan Sandakan Upul Tharanga Isuru Udana

Testing

First test in Port Elizabeth

December 26th - 30th scorecard	Port Elizabeth	South Africa 286 (98.5) & 406-6d (90.5)	-	Sri Lanka 205 (64.5) & 281 (96.3)
		South Africa wins with 206 runs

Second test in Christchurch

January 2-5 scorecard	Cape Town	South Africa 392 (116) & 224-7d (51.5)	-	Sri Lanka 110 (43) & 224 (62)
		South Africa wins with 282 runs

Third test in Christchurch

January 12-14 Scorecard	Johannesburg	South Africa 426 (124.1)	-	Sri Lanka 131 (45.4) & 177 (42.3) (f / o)
		South Africa wins with one innings and 118 runs

Twenty20 Internationals

First Twenty20 in Centurion

January 20 scorecard	Centurion	South Africa 126-5 (10/10)	-	Sri Lanka 107-6 (10/10)
		South Africa wins with 19 runs

Second Twenty20 in Johannesburg

January 22nd scorecard	Johannesburg	South Africa 113 (19.3)	-	Sri Lanka 119-7 (19.4)
		Sri Lanka wins with 3 wickets

Third Twenty20 in Cape Town

January 25th scorecard	Cape Town	South Africa 169-5 (20)	-	Sri Lanka 170-5 (19.5)
		Sri Lanka wins with 5 wickets

One-day internationals

First ODI in Christchurch

January 28th scorecard	Port Elizabeth	Sri Lanka 181 (48.3)	-	South Africa 185-2 (34.2)
		South Africa wins with 8 wickets

Second ODI in Nelson

February 1st scorecard	Durban	South Africa 307-6 (50)	-	Sri Lanka 186 (37.5)
		South Africa wins with 121 runs

Third ODI in Nelson

February 4th scorecard	Johannesburg	Sri Lanka 163 (39.2)	-	South Africa 164-3 (32)
		South Africa wins with 7 wickets

Fourth ODI in Nelson

February 7th scorecard	Cape Town	South Africa 367-5 (50)	-	Sri Lanka 327 (48.1)
		South Africa wins with 40 runs

Fifth ODI in Nelson

February 10 scorecard	Centurion	South Africa 384-6 (50)	-	Sri Lanka 296-8 (50)
		South Africa wins with 88 runs

Web links

• The series on Cricinfo

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Andrew Fidel Fernando: Uncapped Vikum Sanjaya picked for South Africa tour ( English ) Cricinfo. December 8, 2016. Retrieved January 5, 2017.
2. ↑ Andrew Fidel Fernando: Sri Lanka pick uncapped Thikshila de Silva for SA T20Is ( English ) Cricinfo. January 11, 2017. Accessed May 31, 2017.
3. ↑ Tharanga to lead Sri Lanka in ODIs against South Africa ( English ) Cricinfo. January 24, 2017. Accessed May 31, 2017.
4. ↑ Firdose Moonda: Uncapped Theunis de Bruyn in South Africa Test Squad ( English ) Cricinfo. December 14, 2016. Retrieved January 5, 2017.
5. ↑ Firdose Moonda: Behardien to lead in T20 as SA ring changes ( English ) Cricinfo. January 9, 2017. Accessed May 31, 2017.
6. ↑ Firdose Moonda: De Villiers, Ngidi included in SA one-day squad ( English ) Cricinfo. January 23, 2017. Accessed May 31, 2017.