South African cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2018 | |||
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Sri Lanka | South Africa | ||
Dates | 7 July – 14 August 2018 | ||
Captains |
Suranga Lakmal (Tests) Angelo Mathews (ODIs and T20I) |
Faf du Plessis (Tests and ODIs)[nb 1] JP Duminy (T20I) | |
Test series | |||
Result | Sri Lanka won the 2-match series 2–0 | ||
Most runs | Dimuth Karunaratne (356) | Faf du Plessis (105) | |
Most wickets | Dilruwan Perera (16) | Keshav Maharaj (16) | |
Player of the series | Dimuth Karunaratne (SL) | ||
One Day International series | |||
Results | South Africa won the 5-match series 3–2 | ||
Most runs | Angelo Mathews (235) | JP Duminy (227) | |
Most wickets | Akila Dananjaya (14) | Lungi Ngidi (10) | |
Player of the series | JP Duminy (SA) | ||
Twenty20 International series | |||
Results | Sri Lanka won the 1-match series 1–0 | ||
Most runs | Dinesh Chandimal (36) | Quinton de Kock (20) | |
Most wickets | Lakshan Sandakan (3) |
Junior Dala (2) Kagiso Rabada (2) Tabraiz Shamsi (2) |
The South Africa cricket team toured Sri Lanka in July and August 2018 to play two Tests, five One Day Internationals (ODIs) and a Twenty20 International (T20I) match.[1][2][3] Originally, the tour was for three Test matches, but the third match was dropped and replaced by the ODI and T20I fixtures.[4] The extra ODI fixtures were used as preparation for the 2019 Cricket World Cup.[5]
Ahead of the tour, Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) named Dinesh Chandimal as the captain of the Test side. However, Chandimal faced disciplinary charges, for his role in alleged ball-tampering during the second Test against the West Indies in Saint Lucia in June 2018.[6] His hearing took place before the start of the first Test, with him found guilty. He received a two-match ban, with Suranga Lakmal captaining the side in his place.[7][8] After the conclusion of the first Test, the independent Judicial Commissioner handed down a further eight suspension points to Chandimal, meaning that he was also suspended for the first four ODIs of the series.[9]
Sri Lanka won the Test series 2–0.[10]
During the ODI series, South Africa's captain, Faf du Plessis, injured himself during the third match and was ruled out of the rest of the tour, including the one-off T20I fixture.[11] Quinton de Kock was named as the captain of South Africa for the last two ODIs of the series.[12] JP Duminy was also named as the captain of the team for the T20I match.[12] South Africa won the ODI series 3–2.[13] Sri Lanka won the one-off T20I match by three wickets.[14]
Tests | ODIs | T20Is | |||
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Sri Lanka[15] | South Africa[16] | Sri Lanka[17] | South Africa[18] | Sri Lanka[19] | South Africa[20] |
Sri Lanka named Dimuth Karunaratne, Nishan Peiris, Isuru Udana and Jeffrey Vandersay as standby players for the ODI series.[17] The day before the one-off T20I fixture, Isuru Udana and Kasun Rajitha were added to Sri Lanka's squad for the match.[21]
7–8 July 2018
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