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

Centurion Durban (SSK) Johannesburg Cape Town Port Elizabeth

Tour venues

The following stages were selected for the tour.

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
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.

test		ODI		Twenty20
South Africa	Sri Lanka	South Africa	Sri Lanka	South Africa	Sri Lanka
Faf du Plessis ( K ) Hashim Amla Temba Bavuma Theunis de Bruyn Dean Elgar Zubayr Hamza Quinton de Kock ( wk ) Keshav Maharaj Aiden Markram Wiaan Mulder Duanne Olivier Vernon Philander Kagiso Rabada Dale Steyn	Dimuth Karunaratne ( K ) Niroshan Dickwella ( VK , wk ) Lasith Embuldeniya Oshada Fernando Vishwa Fernando Chamika Karunaratne Suranga Lakmal Kusal Mendis Angelo Perera Kusal Perera Kasun Rajitha Lakshan Sandakan Mohamed Shiraz Kaushal Silva Dhananjaya de Silva Milinda Siriwardana Lahiru Thirimanne	Faf du Plessis ( K ) Hashim Amla JP Duminy Rassie van der Dussen Reeza Hendricks Quinton de Kock ( wk ) Aiden Markram David Miller Wiaan Mulder Lungi Ngidi Anrich Nortje Andile Phehlukwayo Dwaine Pretorius Kagiso Rabada Tabraiz Shamsi Dale Steyn Imran Tahir	Lasith Malinga ( K ) Niroshan Dickwella ( VK , wk ) Akila Dananjaya Avishka Fernando Oshada Fernando Vishwa Fernando Kamindu Mendis Kusal Mendis Angelo Perera Kusal Perera Priyamal Perera Thisara Perera Kasun Rajitha Lakshan Sandakan Dhananjaya de Silva Upul Tharanga Isuru Udana	Faf du Plessis ( K ) JP Duminy ( K ) Rassie van der Dussen Reeza Hendricks Quinton de Kock ( wk ) Aiden Markram David Miller Chris Morris Lungi Ngidi Anrich Nortje Andile Phehlukwayo Dwaine Pretorius Sinethemba Qeshile ( wk ) Kagiso Rabada Tabraiz Shamsi Lutho Sipamla Dale Steyn Imran Tahir	Lasith Malinga ( K ) Niroshan Dickwella ( VK , wk ) Akila Dananjaya Asitha Fernando Avishka Fernando Suranga Lakmal Kamindu Mendis Kusal Mendis Angelo Perera Priyamal Perera Thisara Perera Sadeera Samarawickrama Lakshan Sandakan Dhananjaya de Silva Isuru Udana Jeffrey Vandersay

Tour match

February 28 scorecard	Benoni	SA Invitation XI 304 (48)	-	Sri Lankans 307-4 (41)
		Sri Lankans wins with 6 wickets

Testing

First test in Durban

February 13-17 Scorecard	Durban	South Africa 235 (59.4) & 259 (79.1)	-	Sri Lanka 191 (59.2) & 304-9 (85.3)
		Sri Lanka wins with 1 wicket

Second test in Port Elizabeth

February 21-23 Scorecard	Port Elizabeth	South Africa 222 (61.2) & 128 (44.3)	-	Sri Lanka 154 (37.4) & 197-2 (45.4)
		Sri Lanka wins with 8 wickets

One-day internationals

First ODI in Johannesburg

March 3 scorecard	Johannesburg	Sri Lanka 231 (47)	-	South Africa 232-2 (38.5)
		South Africa wins with 8 wickets

Second ODI in Centurion

March 6th scorecard	Centurion	South Africa 251 (45.1)	-	Sri Lanka 138 (32.2)
		South Africa wins with 113 runs

Third ODI in Durban

March 10 scorecard	Durban	South Africa 331-5 (50)	-	Sri Lanka 121-5 (24)
		South Africa wins with 71 runs ( D / L method )

Fourth ODI in Port Elizabeth

March 13 scorecard	Port Elizabeth	Sri Lanka 189 (39.2)	-	South Africa 190-4 (32.5)
		South Africa wins with 6 wickets

Fifth ODI in Cape Town

March 16 scorecard	Cape Town	Sri Lanka 225 (49.3)	-	South Africa 135-2 (28)
		South Africa wins with 41 runs ( D / L method )

Twenty20 Internationals

First Twenty20 in Cape Town

March 19 scorecard	Cape Town	Sri Lanka 134-7 (20) / 5-0 (1)	-	South Africa 134-8 (20) / 14-0 (1)
		South Africa wins by Super Over

Second Twenty20 in Centurion

March 22nd scorecard	Centurion	South Africa 180-3 (20)	-	Sri Lanka 164-9 (20)
		South Africa wins with 16 runs

Third Twenty20 in Johannesburg

March 24th scorecard	Johannesburg	South Africa 198-2 (20)	-	Sri Lanka 137 (15.4 / 17)
		South Africa wins with 45 runs ( D / L method )

Web links

• The series on Cricinfo