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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 | |||
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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]
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]
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