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toured

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from 18 December 2016 to 10 February 2017. The tour consisted of three

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, five

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s (ODIs) and three

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s (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

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stood down as South Africa's Test captain. He named his stand-in

Faf du Plessis François "Faf" du Plessis ( ; born 13 July 1984) is a South African professional cricketer and former captain of the South Africa national cricket team. He is considered one of the greatest fielders of all time and among the best all-format ...

as replacement, a move that was confirmed by

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(CSA). Immediately prior to this series, du Plessis was found guilty of

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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

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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

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Squads

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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

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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 Angelo Davis Mathews (; ; born 2 June 1987) is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer and a former captain of the national cricket team in all formats. Mathews plays all formats for Sri Lanka. Mathews was a member of the team that won the 2014 I ...

, Nuwan Pradeep and

Danushka Gunathilaka Mestiyage Don Danishka Gunathilaka, commonly known as Danushka Gunathilaka, (born 17 March 1991) is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer who represented and played for Sri Lanka as a top-order batter in all formats of the game. He has also been oc ...

all left Sri Lanka's squad. Pradeep and Gunathilaka suffered injuries, while Mathews left on personal grounds.

Dinesh Chandimal Lokuge Dinesh Chandimal (; born 18 November 1989) is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer and a former captain of the Sri Lanka national cricket team. A handy right-handed middle order batter who sometimes plays as the wicket-keeper, Chandimal ...

was named the captain of the side in Mathews' absence.

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was ruled out of the ODI series because of an abdominal injury. On the day before the first ODI, Sri Lanka dropped

Isuru Udana Kande Arachchige Isuru Udana Tillakaratna (; born 17 February 1988) is a former Sri Lankan cricketer who represented Sri Lanka internationally in limited over formats. He currently plays domestic cricket for Tamil Union and Wayamba. Primarily ...

Thikshila de Silva Sammu Nirwantha Thikshila de Silva, or commonly as Thikshila de Silva (born 16 December 1993) is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer. He is a past student of Devapathiraja College, Raggama, and Mahinda College, Galle. Domestic career He made h ...

and

Seekkuge Prasanna Seekkuge Prasanna (; born 27 June 1985) is a former Sri Lankan cricketer, who played limited overs cricket. He is a warrant officer in the Sri Lankan Army. Prasanna is known for aggressive batting at the late overs in ODIs, and a useful leg-spi ...

replacing them with Lahiru Kumara,

Vikum Sanjaya Jayasundara Ranasinghe Mudiyanselage Vikum Sanjaya Bandara, popularly known as Vikum Sanjaya (born 10 February 1992), is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer, who played Twenty20 Internationals. Domestic career He made his first-class debut for ...

and

Jeffrey Vandersay Jeffrey Dexter Francis Vandersay (born 5 February 1990) is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer who currently plays limited overs cricket for the national team. He is an alumnus of Wesley College, Colombo. He has endured a stop-start international ...

. 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
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