South African cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2013

The South African cricket team toured Sri Lanka from 20 July to 6 August 2013. The tour consisted of five One Day International and three Twenty20 International matches.^[1] Sri Lankan ODI captain Angelo Mathews was suspended for the first two ODI matches due to maintaining a slow over-rate during the final match of the West Indies tri-nation series. The other members of the Sri Lanka team were fined 40% of their match fees.^[2] Dinesh Chandimal served as captain in Mathews' stead making him, at 23, the youngest ODI captain in the history of Sri Lankan cricket.^[3]

South Africa cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2013
	Sri Lanka	South Africa
Dates	20 July 2013 – 6 August 2013
Captains	Angelo Mathews (last 3 ODIs) Dinesh Chandimal (1st 2 ODIs, T20I)	AB de Villiers (ODI) Faf du Plessis (T20I)
One Day International series
Results	Sri Lanka won the 5-match series 4–1
Most runs	Kumar Sangakkara (372)	JP Duminy (165)
Most wickets	Ajantha Mendis (10)	Morné Morkel (7)
Player of the series	Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka)
Twenty20 International series
Results	South Africa won the 3-match series 2–1
Most runs	Kumar Sangakkara (98)	JP Duminy (132)
Most wickets	Sachithra Senanayake (5)	Wayne Parnell (4) Morné Morkel (4)
Player of the series	JP Duminy (South Africa)

Squads

ODIs		T20Is
Sri Lanka[4]	South Africa[5]	Sri Lanka	South Africa[6]
Angelo Mathews (c) Dinesh Chandimal (c) Lahiru Thirimanne Tillakaratne Dilshan Upul Tharanga Kumar Sangakkara (wk) Mahela Jayawardene Angelo Perera Jehan Mubarak Rangana Herath Sachithra Senanayake Ajantha Mendis Lasith Malinga Shaminda Eranga Thisara Perera Suranga Lakmal	AB de Villiers (c) & (wk) Hashim Amla Farhaan Behardien Quinton de Kock (wk) Faf du Plessis JP Duminy Colin Ingram Rory Kleinveldt Ryan McLaren David Miller Morne Morkel Chris Morris Alviro Petersen Robin Peterson Aaron Phangiso Lonwabo Tsotsobe	Dinesh Chandimal (c) Kusal Perera Mahela Jayawardene Tillakaratne Dilshan Kumar Sangakkara (wk) Lahiru Thirimanne Jeevan Mendis Angelo Mathews Thisara Perera Nuwan Kulasekara Sachithra Senanayake Lasith Malinga Ajantha Mendis	Faf du Plessis (c) Farhaan Behardien Henry Davids Quinton de Kock (wk) AB de Villiers (wk) JP Duminy Imran Tahir Rory Kleinveldt Ryan McLaren David Miller Morne Morkel Chris Morris Wayne Parnell Aaron Phangiso Lonwabo Tsotsobe David Wiese

Tour Matches

Sri Lanka Cricket Board President's XI v South Africans

17 July 9:30 Scorecard

South Africans  271/6 (50 overs)	v	SLCB President's XI 198 (44.5 overs)
JP Duminy 92 (100) Thisara Perera 2/49 (10 overs)		Angelo Perera 46 (59) Chris Morris 3/27 (8 overs)

South Africans won by 73 runs Colts Cricket Club Ground, Colombo, Sri Lanka Umpires: Rohitha Kottahachchi (SL) and Raveendra Wimalasiri (SL)

• South Africans won the toss and elected to bat.

ODI Series

1st ODI

20 July 14:30 (D/N) Scorecard

Sri Lanka  320/5 (50 overs)	v	South Africa 140 (31.5 overs)
Kumar Sangakkara 169 (137) Morne Morkel 2/34 (10 overs)		Alviro Petersen 29 (31) Rangana Herath 3/25 (8.5 overs)

Sri Lanka won by 180 runs R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka Umpires: Richard Kettleborough (Eng) and Ranmore Martinesz (SL) Player of the match: Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka)

• South Africa won the toss and elected to field.
• Kumar Sangakkara recorded the highest ODI score ever made in Sri Lanka.^[7]

2nd ODI

23 July 14:30 (D/N) Scorecard

Sri Lanka  223/9 (49.2/49.2 overs)	v	South Africa 104/5 (21/21 overs)
Dinesh Chandimal 43 (51) Morne Morkel 3/34 (10 overs)		Alviro Petersen 24 (28) Rangana Herath 2/16 (4 overs)

Sri Lanka won by 17 runs (D/L) R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka Umpires: Ruchira Palliyaguru (SL) and Raveendra Wimalasiri (SL) Player of the match: Dinesh Chandimal (Sri Lanka)

• Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.
• Rain reduced Sri Lanka's innings to 49.2 overs. Rain initially reduced South Africa's innings to 29 overs. South Africa's innings was further reduced to 21 overs.
• Raveendra Wimalasiri stood in his first ODI
• Rod Tucker was ill

3rd ODI

26 July 14:30 (D/N) Scorecard

South Africa  223/7 (50 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 167 (43.2 overs)
David Miller 85* (72) Ajantha Mendis 3/35 (10 overs)		Thisara Perera 65 (49) Lonwabo Tsotsobe 4/22 (7 overs)

South Africa won by 56 runs Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Pallekele, Sri Lanka Umpires: Richard Kettleborough (Eng) and Ranmore Martinesz (SL) Player of the match: David Miller (South Africa)

• South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.
• Angelo Perera (Sri Lanka) made his ODI debut.

4th ODI

28 July 14:30 (D/N) Scorecard

South Africa  238 (48.4 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 239/2 (44 overs)
JP Duminy 97 (121) Ajantha Mendis 4/51 (9.4 overs)		Tillakaratne Dilshan 115* (130) Lonwabo Tsotsobe 1/48 (7 overs)

Sri Lanka won by 8 wickets (with 36 balls remaining) Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Pallekele, Sri Lanka Umpires: Ruchira Palliyaguru (SL) and Rod Tucker (Aus) Player of the match: Tillakaratne Dilshan (Sri Lanka)

• South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.

5th ODI

31 July 14:30 (D/N) Scorecard

Sri Lanka  307/4 (50 overs)	v	South Africa 179 (43.5 overs)
Tillakaratne Dilshan 99 (110) Ryan McLaren 1/47 (10 overs)		AB de Villiers 51 (51) Suranga Lakmal 3/24 (5.5 overs)

Sri Lanka won by 128 runs R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Umpires: Richard Kettleborough (Eng) and Raveendra Wimalasiri (SL) Player of the match: Tillakaratne Dilshan (Sri Lanka)

• Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.
• * Rod Tucker was ill

T20I Series

1st T20I

2 August 19:00 (D/N) Scorecard

South Africa  115/6 (20 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 103/9 (20 overs)
JP Duminy 51 (52) Sachithra Senanayake 3/14 (4 overs)		Kumar Sangakkara 59* (53) JP Duminy 3/18 (4 overs)

South Africa won by 12 runs R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka Umpires: Ranmore Martinesz (SL) and Raveendra Wimalasiri (SL) Player of the match: JP Duminy (South Africa)

• South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.
• Imran Tahir and David Wiese made their T20I debuts for South Africa.

2nd T20I

4 August 19:00 (D/N) Scorecard

South Africa  145/6 (20 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 123/7 (20 overs)
David Miller 36 (21) Sachithra Senanayake 2/18 (4 overs)		Kumar Sangakkara 39 (35) Lonwabo Tsotsobe 2/17 (4 overs)

South Africa won by 22 runs Mahinda Rajapaksa International Stadium, Hambantota, Sri Lanka Umpires: Ranmore Martinesz (SL) and Ruchira Palliyaguru (SL) Player of the match: David Miller (South Africa)

• South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.

3rd T20I

6 August 19:00 (D/N) Scorecard

South Africa  163/3 (20 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 164/4 (18.1 overs)
Faf du Plessis 85 (65) Suranga Lakmal 1/29 (4 overs)		Tillakaratne Dilshan 74* (51) David Wiese 2/24 (4 overs)

Sri Lanka won by 6 wickets Mahinda Rajapaksa International Stadium, Hambantota, Sri Lanka Umpires: Ranmore Martinesz (SL) and Raveendra Wimalasiri (SL) Player of the match: Tillakaratne Dilshan (Sri Lanka)

• South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.

Broadcasting Rights

TV Broadcaster(s)	Country	Notes
TEN Sports	Pakistan West Indies Sri Lanka	Official Broadcasters of the tournament.
TEN Cricket	Bangladesh India
Super Sport	South Africa Zimbabwe