The

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toured South Africa in February and March 2019 to play two

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, five

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s (ODIs) and three

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(T20I) matches. The ODI fixtures were part of both teams' preparation for the

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. In February 2019, Sri Lanka named

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as the captain of their Test side, after

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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 2–0, their first Test series win in South Africa. It was also the first time that a team from Asia 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,

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was named as South Africa's captain for the first match, and

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for the remaining two fixtures. South Africa also completed a whitewash in the T20I series, winning 3–0.

Squads

Ahead of the last two ODIs,

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Hashim Amla Hashim Mahomed Amla OIS (born 31 March 1983) is a South African former international cricketer who captained the national side in Tests and ODIs. Amla holds the record for being the fastest ever to score 3,000, 4,000, and 7,000 ODI runs, joint ...

and

were added to South Africa's squad, with

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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
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