Sri Lankan national cricket team in South Africa in the 2018/19 season
The Sri Lankan national cricket team tour to South Africa in the 2018/19 season took place from February 13th to March 24th, 2019. The international cricket tour was part of the 2018/19 international cricket season and included two tests and five ODIs and three Twenty20s . Sri Lanka won the Test Series 2–0. South Africa won the ODI series 5–0 and the Twenty20 series 3–0.
prehistory
South Africa previously played a tour against Pakistan , Sri Lanka a test series in Australia . The last meeting of the two teams on a tour took place in Sri Lanka in the 2018 season .
Stages
Tour venues |
The following stages were selected for the tour.
Stadion | city | capacity | Games |
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Centurion Park | Centurion | 22,000 | 2. ODI; 2. T20 |
Sahara Stadium Kingsmead | Durban | 25,000 | 1st test; 3. ODI |
Wanderers Stadium | Johannesburg | 34,000 | 1. ODI; 3. T20 |
Newlands Cricket Ground | Cape Town | 25,000 | 5. ODI; 1. T20 |
Sahara Oval St George's | Port Elizabeth | 19,000 | 2. test; 4. ODI |
Squad lists
The roster will be announced shortly before the tour.
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Tour match
February 28 scorecard |
Benoni |
![]() 304 (48) |
- |
![]() 307-4 (41) |
Sri Lankans wins with 6 wickets |
Testing
First test in Durban
February 13-17 Scorecard |
Durban |
![]() 235 (59.4) & 259 (79.1) |
- |
![]() 191 (59.2) & 304-9 (85.3) |
Sri Lanka wins with 1 wicket |
Second test in Port Elizabeth
February 21-23 Scorecard |
Port Elizabeth |
![]() 222 (61.2) & 128 (44.3) |
- |
![]() 154 (37.4) & 197-2 (45.4) |
Sri Lanka wins with 8 wickets |
One-day internationals
First ODI in Johannesburg
March 3 scorecard |
Johannesburg |
![]() 231 (47) |
- |
![]() 232-2 (38.5) |
South Africa wins with 8 wickets |
Second ODI in Centurion
March 6th scorecard |
Centurion |
![]() 251 (45.1) |
- |
![]() 138 (32.2) |
South Africa wins with 113 runs |
Third ODI in Durban
March 10 scorecard |
Durban |
![]() 331-5 (50) |
- |
![]() 121-5 (24) |
South Africa wins with 71 runs ( D / L method ) |
Fourth ODI in Port Elizabeth
March 13 scorecard |
Port Elizabeth |
![]() 189 (39.2) |
- |
![]() 190-4 (32.5) |
South Africa wins with 6 wickets |
Fifth ODI in Cape Town
March 16 scorecard |
Cape Town |
![]() 225 (49.3) |
- |
![]() 135-2 (28) |
South Africa wins with 41 runs ( D / L method ) |
Twenty20 Internationals
First Twenty20 in Cape Town
March 19 scorecard |
Cape Town |
![]() 134-7 (20) / 5-0 (1) |
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![]() 134-8 (20) / 14-0 (1) |
South Africa wins by Super Over |
Second Twenty20 in Centurion
March 22nd scorecard |
Centurion |
![]() 180-3 (20) |
- |
![]() 164-9 (20) |
South Africa wins with 16 runs |
Third Twenty20 in Johannesburg
March 24th scorecard |
Johannesburg |
![]() 198-2 (20) |
- |
![]() 137 (15.4 / 17) |
South Africa wins with 45 runs ( D / L method ) |