Sri Lankan national cricket team toured South Africa from 18 December 2016 to 10 February 2017. The tour consisted of three Tests, five One Day Internationals (ODIs) and three Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is). After the initial tour schedule was announced, the dates were moved slightly to accommodate South Africa's domestic T20 tournament.
On 12 December 2016 AB de Villiers stood down as South Africa's Test captain. He named his stand-in Faf du Plessis as replacement, a move that was confirmed by Cricket South Africa (CSA). Immediately prior to this series, du Plessis was found guilty of ball tampering during the second Test against Australia that took place in November 2016. He appealed the charge, but it was rejected. He lost his match fee from the second Test, but escaped the more serious charge of a one-match ban. De Villiers returned to team when he was named captain for the ODI fixtures. He also played in the third and final T20I match, with Farhaan Behardien retained as captain.
South Africa won the Test series 3–0. Sri Lanka won the T20I series 2–1, their first ever series win in any format in South Africa. South Africa won the ODI series 5–0 and moved to the number one position in the ICC ODI Championship.
Squads TestsODIsT20Is Faf du Plessis (c) Kyle Abbott Hashim Amla Temba Bavuma Stephen Cook Theunis de Bruyn Quinton de Kock (wk) JP Duminy Dean Elgar Keshav Maharaj Duanne Olivier Wayne Parnell Vernon Philander Kagiso Rabada Angelo Mathews (c) Dinesh Chandimal (vc) Dushmantha Chameera Dhananjaya de Silva Rangana Herath Dimuth Karunaratne Lahiru Kumara Suranga Lakmal Kusal Mendis Dilruwan Perera Kusal Perera Nuwan Pradeep Vikum Sanjaya Kaushal Silva Upul Tharanga AB de Villiers (c) Hashim Amla Farhaan Behardien Quinton de Kock JP Duminy Faf du Plessis Imran Tahir David Miller Chris Morris Wayne Parnell Lungi Ngidi Andile Phehlukwayo Dwaine Pretorius Kagiso Rabada Tabraiz Shamsi Upul Tharanga (c) Dinesh Chandimal Chaturanga de Silva Dhananjaya de Silva Thikshila de Silva Niroshan Dickwella Asela Gunaratne Nuwan Kulasekara Lahiru Kumara Suranga Lakmal Lahiru Madushanka Kusal Mendis Sachith Pathirana Seekkuge Prasanna Lakshan Sandakan Vikum Sanjaya Isuru Udana Jeffrey Vandersay Sandun Weerakkody Farhaan Behardien (c) Theunis de Bruyn AB de Villiers Reeza Hendricks Imran Tahir Heino Kuhn David Miller Mangaliso Mosehle Lungi Ngidi Wayne Parnell Dane Paterson Aaron Phangiso Andile Phehlukwayo JJ Smuts Angelo Mathews (c) Dinesh Chandimal (vc) Dhananjaya de Silva Thikshila de Silva Niroshan Dickwella Asela Gunaratne Danushka Gunathilaka Nuwan Kulasekara Suranga Lakmal Kusal Mendis Sachith Pathirana Nuwan Pradeep Seekkuge Prasanna Lakshan Sandakan Upul Tharanga Isuru Udana
Duanne Olivier was added to South Africa's squad following the second Test to replace Kyle Abbott, who earlier had quit international cricket to sign for the English team Hampshire as a Kolpak player. Nuwan Pradeep fractured his hand in the first T20I match and was ruled out of the rest of the tour. Following the second T20I, Angelo Mathews, Nuwan Pradeep and Danushka Gunathilaka all left Sri Lanka's squad. Pradeep and Gunathilaka suffered injuries, while Mathews left on personal grounds. Dinesh Chandimal was named the captain of the side in Mathews' absence. Lungi Ngidi was ruled out of the ODI series because of an abdominal injury. On the day before the first ODI, Sri Lanka dropped Isuru Udana, Thikshila de Silva and Seekkuge Prasanna replacing them with Lahiru Kumara, Vikum Sanjaya and Jeffrey Vandersay. David Miller was ruled out of the final three ODI matches after suffering a finger injury.
Tour match Three-day match: South African Invitation XI v Sri Lankans
Test series 1st Test
2nd Test
3rd Test
T20I series 1st T20I
2nd T20I
3rd T20I
ODI series 1st ODI
2nd ODI
3rd ODI
4th ODI
5th ODI
References
External links Series home at ESPN Cricinfo