| South African cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2021–22 | |||
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| Sri Lanka | South Africa | ||
| Dates | 2 – 14 September 2021 | ||
| Captains | Dasun Shanaka | Temba Bavuma(ODIs)[n 1] Keshav Maharaj(T20Is) | |
| One Day International series | |||
| Results | Sri Lanka won the 3-match series 2–1 | ||
| Most runs | Charith Asalanka (196) | Janneman Malan (162) | |
| Most wickets | Dushmantha Chameera (4) Wanindu Hasaranga (4) Maheesh Theekshana (4) | Tabraiz Shamsi (8) | |
| Player of the series | Charith Asalanka (SL) | ||
| Twenty20 International series | |||
| Results | South Africa won the 3-match series 3–0 | ||
| Most runs | Dinesh Chandimal (71) | Quinton de Kock (153) | |
| Most wickets | Wanindu Hasaranga (3) | Bjorn Fortuin (5) | |
| Player of the series | Quinton de Kock (SA) | ||
TheSouth Africa cricket team toured Sri Lanka in September 2021 to play threeOne Day International (ODI) and threeTwenty20 International (T20I) matches.[1][2] The ODI series formed part of the inaugural2020–2023 ICC Cricket World Cup Super League.[3][4]
The tour was originally scheduled for June 2020 but theCOVID-19 pandemic put the tour in doubt, withAshley de Silva, CEO ofSri Lanka Cricket andGraeme Smith, acting director ofCricket South Africa, both stating that the teams would need plenty of time to train.[5] On 20 April 2020, both cricket boards confirmed that the tour had been postponed due to the pandemic.[6][7] On 1 August 2020, Graeme Smith confirmed that the tour had been postponed indefinitely, due to scheduling clashes with the2020 Caribbean Premier League and the2020 Indian Premier League.[8]
On 30 July 2021, Cricket South Africa confirmed the tour, with all the matches taking place at theR. Premadasa Stadium in abio-secure bubble.[9][10] Sri Lanka won the first ODI match by 14 runs.[11] South Africa then won the rain-affected second ODI match by 67 runs to level the series.[12] Sri Lanka won the third ODI by 78 runs to win the series 2–1.[13] South Africa won the first two T20I matches to win the series with a match to spare.[14] South Africa won the third and final T20I by ten wickets to win the series 3–0.[15]
On 22 August 2021, Sri Lanka Cricket named a preliminary 30-man squad for the tour,[19] withDasun Shanaka retaining his captaincy.[20] Sri Lanka did not name individual squads for the ODI and T20I matches, opting instead to name a combined squad of 22 players for the tour.[21]
Junior Dala was ruled out of South Africa's ODI squad after a positiveCOVID-19 test withLutho Sipamla named as his replacement.[22] South Africa's captainTemba Bavuma was ruled out the rest of the series, after suffering a fractured thumb in the first ODI.[23]Keshav Maharaj was named as the captain of South Africa for the second and third ODIs.[24]
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Sri Lanka won by 14 runs R. Premadasa Stadium,Colombo Umpires:Kumar Dharmasena (SL) andRuchira Palliyaguruge (SL) Player of the match:Avishka Fernando (SL) |
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South Africa won by 67 runs (DLS method) R. Premadasa Stadium,Colombo Umpires:Kumar Dharmasena (SL) andRaveendra Wimalasiri (SL) Player of the match:Janneman Malan (SA) |
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Sri Lanka won by 78 runs R. Premadasa Stadium,Colombo Umpires:Kumar Dharmasena (SL) andLyndon Hannibal (SL) Player of the match:Dushmantha Chameera (SL) |
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South Africa won by 28 runs R. Premadasa Stadium,Colombo Umpires:Kumar Dharmasena (SL) andPrageeth Rambukwella (SL) Player of the match:Aiden Markram (SA) |
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South Africa won by 9 wickets R. Premadasa Stadium,Colombo Umpires:Ruchira Palliyaguruge (SL) andRaveendra Wimalasiri (SL) Player of the match:Tabraiz Shamsi (SA) |
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Quinton de Kock 59* (46) |
South Africa won by 10 wickets R. Premadasa Stadium,Colombo Umpires:Kumar Dharmasena (SL) andRuchira Palliyaguruge (SL) Player of the match:Quinton de Kock (SA) |
| Rank | Runs | Player | Teams | Innings | Average | High Score | 100 | 50 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 196 | Charith Asalanka |  | 3 | 65.33 | 77 | - | 2 |
| 2 | 162 | Janneman Malan |  | 3 | 54.00 | 121 | 1 | - |
| 3 | 136 | Avishka Fernando | | 45.33 | 118 | |||
| 4 | 119 | Aiden Markram | | 39.66 | 96 | 0 | 1 | |
| 5 | 101 | Heinrich Klassen | 33.66 | 43 | - | |||
| Last Updated: 1 October 2021[30] | ||||||||
| Rank | Wickets | Player | Teams | Innings | Best | Average | Economy | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 | Tabraiz Shamsi | | 3 | 5/49 | 16.87 | 4.87 | |
| 2 | 6 | Keshav Maharaj | | 3 | 3/38 | 16.66 | 3.57 | |
| 3 | 4 | Maheesh Theekshana | | 1 | 4/37 | 9.25 | 3.70 | |
| Wanindu Hasaranga | 3 | 2/32 | 36.75 | 5.25 | ||||
| Dushmantha Chameera | 2/16 | 30.75 | 6.83 | |||||
| Kagiso Rabada | | 32.00 | 5.56 | |||||
| 4 | 3 | George Linde | 2 | 2/32 | 24.00 | 4.80 | ||
| Chamika Karunaratne | | 2/24 | 14.00 | 5.25 | ||||
| Last Updated: 1 October 2021[31] | ||||||||
| Rank | Runs | Player | Teams | Innings | Average | High Score | Strike Rate | 50 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 153 | Quinton de Kock | | 3 | 153.00 | 59* | 121.42 | 2 |
| 2 | 112 | Reeza Hendricks | | 3 | 56.00 | 56* | 123.07 | 1 |
| 3 | 71 | Dinesh Chandimal | | 2 | 71.00 | 66* | 114.51 | |
| 4 | 69 | Aiden Markram | | 69.00 | 48 | 132.69 | 0 | |
| Kusal Perera | | 34.50 | 39 | 118.96 | ||||
| 5 | 54 | Chamika Karunaratne | 3 | 54.00 | 24* | 120.00 | ||
| Last Updated: 1 October 2021 | ||||||||
| Rank | Wickets | Player | Teams | Innings | Best | Average | Economy | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | Bjorn Fortuin | | 3 | 2/12 | 11.40 | 4.75 | |
| 2 | 4 | Aiden Markram | | 2 | 3/21 | 6.25 | 4.16 | |
| Tabraiz Shamsi | 3 | 3/20 | 16.75 | 6.70 | ||||
| 3 | 3 | Keshav Maharaj | 1/10 | 14.33 | 4.25 | |||
| Wanindu Hasaranga | | 2/23 | 26.66 | 6.66 | ||||
| 4 | 2 | Anrich Nortje | | 2 | 1/8 | 18.50 | 6.16 | |
| Kagiso Rabada | 3 | 2/23 | 36.50 | 9.12 | ||||
| Last Updated: 1 October 2021 | ||||||||
West Indian cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2021–22
