Sri Lankan cricket team in South Africa in 2018–19

The Sri Lanka cricket team toured South Africa in February and March 2019 to play two Tests, five One Day Internationals (ODIs) and three Twenty20 International (T20I) matches.^[1][2][3] The ODI fixtures were part of both teams' preparation for the 2019 Cricket World Cup.^[4]

Sri Lankan cricket team in South Africa in 2018–19
	South Africa	Sri Lanka
Dates	13 February – 24 March 2019
Captains	Faf du Plessis[n 1]	Dimuth Karunaratne (Tests) Lasith Malinga (ODIs & T20Is)
Test series
Result	Sri Lanka won the 2-match series 2–0
Most runs	Quinton de Kock (222)	Kusal Perera (224)
Most wickets	Kagiso Rabada (8)	Vishwa Fernando (12)
Player of the series	Kusal Perera (SL)
One Day International series
Results	South Africa won the 5-match series 5–0
Most runs	Quinton de Kock (353)	Kusal Mendis (202)
Most wickets	Imran Tahir (9)	Dhananjaya de Silva (5)
Player of the series	Quinton de Kock (SA)
Twenty20 International series
Results	South Africa won the 3-match series 3–0
Most runs	Reeza Hendricks (139)	Isuru Udana (132)
Most wickets	Andile Phehlukwayo (7)	Lasith Malinga (3)
Player of the series	Reeza Hendricks (SA)

In February 2019, Sri Lanka named Dimuth Karunaratne as the captain of their Test side, after Dinesh Chandimal was dropped due to poor form.^[5] Chandimal was also omitted from Sri Lanka's ODI squad for the tour.^[6] Sri Lanka won the Test series 2–0,^[7] their first Test series win in South Africa.^[8] It was also the first time that a team from Asia had won a Test series in South Africa.^[9]

South Africa won the ODI series 5–0.^[10] It was the fourth time in less than two years that Sri Lanka had been whitewashed in a five-match ODI series.^[11] For the T20I series, Faf du Plessis was named as South Africa's captain for the first match, and JP Duminy for the remaining two fixtures.^[12] South Africa also completed a whitewash in the T20I series, winning 3–0.^[13]

Squads

Tests		ODIs		T20Is
South Africa[14]	Sri Lanka[15]	South Africa[16]	Sri Lanka[17]	South Africa[18]	Sri Lanka[19]
Faf du Plessis (c) Hashim Amla Temba Bavuma Theunis de Bruyn Quinton de Kock (wk) Dean Elgar Zubayr Hamza Keshav Maharaj Aiden Markram Wiaan Mulder Duanne Olivier Vernon Philander Kagiso Rabada Dale Steyn	Dimuth Karunaratne (c) Niroshan Dickwella (vc, 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 (c) Hashim Amla Quinton de Kock (wk) JP Duminy Reeza Hendricks Aiden Markram David Miller Wiaan Mulder Lungi Ngidi Anrich Nortje Andile Phehlukwayo Dwaine Pretorius Kagiso Rabada Tabraiz Shamsi Dale Steyn Imran Tahir Rassie van der Dussen	Lasith Malinga (c) Niroshan Dickwella (vc, 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 (c) JP Duminy (c)[n 1] Junior Dala Quinton de Kock (wk) Reeza Hendricks 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 Rassie van der Dussen	Lasith Malinga (c) Niroshan Dickwella (vc, 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

Ahead of the last two ODIs, Aiden Markram, Hashim Amla and JP Duminy were added to South Africa's squad,^[20] with Reeza Hendricks and Wiaan Mulder being dropped.^[21] However, the day after Amla was added to South Africa's ODI squad, he took compassionate leave, missing the last two matches, with Hendricks recalled.^[22] Kusal Perera was ruled out of Sri Lanka's ODI squad for the final two ODIs, after suffering a hamstring injury in the third ODI.^[23] Lungi Ngidi and Anrich Nortje were ruled out of South Africa's T20I squad for the final two T20Is due to injury.^[24] Junior Dala was added to South Africa's squad for the third T20I.^[25]

Test series

1st Test

13–17 February 2019[n 2] Scorecard

South Africa	v	Sri Lanka
235 (59.4 overs) Quinton de Kock 80 (94) Vishwa Fernando 4/62 (17 overs)		191 (59.2 overs) Kusal Perera 51 (63) Dale Steyn 4/48 (20 overs)
259 (79.1 overs) Faf du Plessis 90 (182) Lasith Embuldeniya 5/66 (26 overs)		304/9 (85.3 overs) Kusal Perera 153* (200) Keshav Maharaj 3/71 (20 overs)

Sri Lanka won by 1 wicket Kingsmead Cricket Ground, Durban Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Richard Kettleborough (Eng) Player of the match: Kusal Perera (SL)

• Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.
• Lasith Embuldeniya and Oshada Fernando (SL) both made their Test debuts.
• Dimuth Karunaratne captained Sri Lanka for the first time in Tests,^[26] and he also scored his 4,000th run in Test cricket.^[27]
• Lasith Embuldeniya became the fourth bowler for Sri Lanka to take a five-wicket haul on debut in Tests.^[28]
• Kusal Perera's 153 not out was the highest score by a batsman for Sri Lanka in a successful run chase in Tests.^[29]
• Kusal Perera and Vishwa Fernando (SL) made the highest tenth-wicket partnership in a successful run chase in Tests (78 runs).^[30]

2nd Test

21–25 February 2019[n 2] Scorecard

South Africa	v	Sri Lanka
222 (61.2 overs) Quinton de Kock 86 (87) Vishwa Fernando 3/62 (18.2 overs)		154 (37.4 overs) Niroshan Dickwella 42 (36) Kagiso Rabada 4/38 (12.4 overs)
128 (44.3 overs) Faf du Plessis 50* (70) Suranga Lakmal 4/39 (16.3 overs)		197/2 (45.4 overs) Kusal Mendis 84* (110) Duanne Olivier 1/46 (12 overs)

Sri Lanka won by 8 wickets St. George's Park, Port Elizabeth Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Ian Gould (Eng) Player of the match: Kusal Mendis (SL)

• South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.
• Wiaan Mulder (SA) made his Test debut.

Tour match

50-over match: Cricket South Africa Invitation XI vs Sri Lanka

28 February 2019 10:00 Scorecard

Cricket South Africa Invitation XI  304 (48 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 307/4 (41 overs)
Raynard van Tonder 164 (156) Lasith Malinga 5/35 (7 overs)		Avishka Fernando 72 (46) Okuhle Cele 2/37 (6 overs)

Sri Lanka won by 6 wickets Willowmoore Park, Benoni Umpires: Bongani Jele (SA) and Allahudien Paleker (SA)

• Cricket South Africa Invitation XI won the toss and elected to bat.

ODI series

1st ODI

3 March 2019 10:00 Scorecard

Sri Lanka  231 (47 overs)	v	South Africa 232/2 (38.5 overs)
Kusal Mendis 60 (73) Imran Tahir 3/26 (10 overs)		Faf du Plessis 112* (114) Vishwa Fernando 1/43 (5 overs)

South Africa won by 8 wickets Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg Umpires: Bongani Jele (SA) and Richard Kettleborough (Eng) Player of the match: Faf du Plessis (SA)

• South Africa won the toss and elected to field.
• Anrich Nortje (SA) and Oshada Fernando (SL) both made their ODI debuts.

2nd ODI

6 March 2019 13:00 (D/N) Scorecard

South Africa  251 (45.1 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 138 (32.2 overs)
Quinton de Kock 94 (70) Thisara Perera 3/26 (7 overs)		Oshada Fernando 31 (45) Kagiso Rabada 3/43 (9 overs)

South Africa won by 113 runs Centurion Park, Centurion Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Shaun George (SA) Player of the match: Quinton de Kock (SA)

• Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.
• Thisara Perera (SL) played in his 150th ODI.^[31]
• Faf du Plessis (SA) scored his 5,000th run in ODIs.^[32]
• Kagiso Rabada (SA) took his 100th wicket in ODIs.^[33]

3rd ODI

10 March 2019 10:00 Scorecard

South Africa  331/5 (50 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 121/5 (24 overs)
Quinton de Kock 121 (108) Isuru Udana 2/50 (8 overs)		Kusal Mendis 41 (31) Imran Tahir 2/19 (5 overs)

South Africa won by 71 runs (DLS method) Kingsmead Cricket Ground, Durban Umpires: Adrian Holdstock (SA) and Richard Kettleborough (Eng) Player of the match: Quinton de Kock (SA)

• Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.
• Sri Lanka were set a revised target of 193 runs from 24 overs due to rain.
• Kamindu Mendis (SL) made his ODI debut.

4th ODI

13 March 2019 13:00 (D/N) Scorecard

Sri Lanka  189 (39.2 overs)	v	South Africa 190/4 (32.5 overs)
Isuru Udana 78 (57) Anrich Nortje 3/57 (8 overs)		Quinton de Kock 51 (57) Dhananjaya de Silva 3/41 (10 overs)

South Africa won by 6 wickets St. George's Park, Port Elizabeth Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Shaun George (SA) Player of the match: Isuru Udana (SL)

• South Africa won the toss and elected to field.
• Priyamal Perera (SL) made his ODI debut.
• Isuru Udana and Kasun Rajitha made the highest partnership for the tenth wicket for Sri Lanka in ODIs (58 runs).^[34]

5th ODI

16 March 2019 13:00 (D/N) Scorecard

Sri Lanka  225 (49.3 overs)	v	South Africa 135/2 (28 overs)
Kusal Mendis 56 (84) Kagiso Rabada 3/50 (10 overs)		Aiden Markram 67* (75) Thisara Perera 1/20 (5 overs)

South Africa won by 41 runs (DLS method) Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town Umpires: Shaun George (SA) and Richard Kettleborough (Eng) Player of the match: Aiden Markram (SA)

• Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.
• A floodlight failure during South Africa's innings prevented any further play.^[35]

T20I series

1st T20I

19 March 2019 18:00 (N) Scorecard

Sri Lanka  134/7 (20 overs)	v	South Africa 134/8 (20 overs)
Kamindu Mendis 41 (29) Andile Phehlukwayo 3/25 (4 overs)		David Miller 41 (23) Lasith Malinga 2/11 (4 overs)

Match tied (South Africa won the Super Over) Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town Umpires: Adrian Holdstock (SA) and Bongani Jele (SA) Player of the match: David Miller (SA)

• South Africa won the toss and elected to field.
• Avishka Fernando (SL) made his T20I debut.

2nd T20I

22 March 2019 18:00 (N) Scorecard

South Africa  180/3 (20 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 164/9 (20 overs)
Reeza Hendricks 65 (46) Lasith Malinga 1/26 (4 overs)		Isuru Udana 84* (48) Chris Morris 3/32 (4 overs)

South Africa won by 16 runs Centurion Park, Centurion Umpires: Shaun George (SA) and Bongani Jele (SA) Player of the match: Rassie van der Dussen (SA)

• Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.
• Aiden Markram and Sinethemba Qeshile (SA) both made their T20I debuts.

3rd T20I

24 March 2019 14:30 Scorecard

South Africa  198/2 (20 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 137 (15.4 overs)
Dwaine Pretorius 77* (42) Jeffrey Vandersay 1/35 (3 overs)		Niroshan Dickwella 38 (22) Andile Phehlukwayo 4/24 (3 overs)

South Africa won by 45 runs (DLS method) Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg Umpires: Adrian Holdstock (SA) and Allahudien Paleker (SA) Player of the match: Dwaine Pretorius (SA)

• Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.
• Sri Lanka were set a revised target of 183 runs from 17 overs due to rain.

Notes

1. JP Duminy was named captain for the 2nd and 3rd T20Is.
2. While five days of play were scheduled for each Test, the first Test reached a result in four days, and the second Test reached a result in three days.