The

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toured South Africa in December 2020 and January 2021 to play two

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. The Test series formed part of the inaugural 2019–2021 ICC World Test Championship. Ahead of the tour,

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was named as the Test captain of South Africa's side. In December 2020, South Africa's

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(ODI) against England was postponed due to the

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. As a result,

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(SLC) did look at the possibility of playing the series in Sri Lanka, or withdrawing from touring South Africa. However, after discussions between both cricket boards, Sri Lanka Cricket's medical staff said they were pleased with the bio-security arrangements. South Africa won the first Test by an innings and 45 runs, with

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scoring a career-best 199 runs. South Africa won the second Test by ten wickets winning the series 2–0.

Squads

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was ruled out of Sri Lanka's squad after suffering an injury during the semi-finals of the 2020 Lanka Premier League tournament. On 16 December 2020, Migael Pretorius was added to South Africa's Test squad. Two days later, Dwaine Pretorius, Raynard van Tonder and Lutho Sipamla were also added to South Africa's squad. On 22 December 2020,

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and Keegan Petersen were withdrawn from South Africa's squad, after both players tested positive for

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. On the first day of the first Test, Dhananjaya de Silva suffered a grade two tear in left thigh, and was ruled out of Sri Lanka's squad for the rest of the tour. On 28 December 2020,

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was added to South Africa's squad for the second Test. Two days later, Beuran Hendricks was reinstated to South Africa's squad for the second Test, with Migael Pretorius being released due to a shoulder injury.

Test series

1st Test

2nd Test

Statistics

Most runs

Most wickets

English cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2020-21

Notes

References

External links

Series home at ESPN Cricinfo
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