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. The ODI fixtures were part of both teams' preparation for the 2019 Cricket World Cup.
In February 2019, Sri Lanka named Dimuth Karunaratne as the captain of their Test side, after Dinesh Chandimal was dropped due to poor form. Chandimal was also omitted from Sri Lanka's ODI squad for the tour. Sri Lanka won the Test series by 2–0, marking their first Test series win in South Africa. It was also the first time that an Asian team had won a Test series in South Africa.
South Africa won the ODI series 5–0. It was the fourth time in less than two years that Sri Lanka had been whitewashed in a five-match ODI series. 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. South Africa also completed a whitewash in the T20I series, winning 3–0.
Squads TestsODIsT20Is 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) 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, with Reeza Hendricks and Wiaan Mulder being dropped. 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. 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. Lungi Ngidi and Anrich Nortje were ruled out of South Africa's T20I squad for the final two T20Is due to injury. Junior Dala was added to South Africa's squad for the third T20I.
Test series 1st Test
2nd Test
Tour match 50-over match: Cricket South Africa Invitation XI vs Sri Lanka
ODI series 1st ODI
2nd ODI
3rd ODI
4th ODI
5th ODI
T20I series 1st T20I
2nd T20I
3rd T20I
Notes
References
External links Series home at ESPN Cricinfo