South African cricket team in Sri Lanka in 1993

With South Africa now re-established in international sport, its national team made an inaugural tour of Sri Lanka in 1993 and played 3 Tests. South Africa won the series 1–0 with 2 matches drawn:

Test series summary

1st Test

25–30 August 1993 (5-day match) Scorecard

Sri Lanka	v	South Africa
331 (127.2 overs) HP Tillakaratne 92 (222) AA Donald 5/69 (28 overs)		267 (112.5 overs) AC Hudson 90 (274) M Muralitharan 5/104 (39 overs)
300/6 dec (80 overs) A Ranatunga 131 (140) PL Symcox 3/75 (21 overs)		251/7 (112 overs) JN Rhodes 101* (107) PA de Silva 2/35 (17 overs)

Match drawn Tyronne Fernando Stadium, Moratuwa Umpires: BL Aldridge (NZ) and KT Francis (SL) Player of the match: A Ranatunga (SL)

• Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.
• 27 August was taken as a rest day.
• CE Eksteen and PL Symcox (both SA), and PB Dassanayake and PK Wijetunge (both SL) made their Test debuts.

2nd Test

6–10 September 1993 (5-day match) Scorecard

Sri Lanka	v	South Africa
168 (62 overs) ST Jayasuriya 44 (79) BN Schultz 5/48 (20 overs)		495 (181 overs) WJ Cronje 122 (295) M Muralitharan 5/101 (54 overs)
119 (43 overs) PA de Silva 24 (76) BN Schultz 4/58 (16 overs)

South Africa won by an innings and 208 runs Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo Umpires: BL Aldridge (NZ) and TM Samarasinghe (SL) Player of the match: BN Schultz (SA)

• Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.
• 9 September was taken as a rest day.
• The match was scheduled for five days but completed in three.
• HDPK Dharmasena (SL) made his Test debut.

3rd Test

14–19 September 1993 (5-day match) Scorecard

South Africa	v	Sri Lanka
316 (121.1 overs) DJ Cullinan 102 (237) M Muralitharan 4/64 (35.1 overs)		296/9 dec (139.5 overs) PA de Silva 82 (263) BN Schultz 5/63 (36.5 overs)
159/4 (61 overs) WJ Cronje 73* (179) CPH Ramanayake 1/26 (10 overs)

Match drawn P Saravanamuttu Stadium, Colombo Umpires: BL Aldridge (NZ) and BC Cooray (SL) Player of the match: DJ Cullinan (SA)

• South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.
• 17 September was taken as a rest day.
• There was no play on the final day.

One Day Internationals (ODIs)

The series was drawn 1-1, with one no-result.

1st ODI

22 August 1993 Scorecard

Sri Lanka 179/5 (41.3 overs)	v	South Africa 52/4 (14 overs)
UC Hathurusingha 51 (85) PL Symcox 2/28 (9 overs)		WJ Cronje 22 (33) M Muralitharan 2/6 (3 overs)

No result Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy Umpires: BC Cooray and PT Manuel

• South Africa won the toss and elected to field.
• The match was reduced before play started to 46 overs per side.
• The Sri Lanka innings was reduced to 41.3 overs.
• The South Africa innings was reduced to 25 overs and the target to 107 runs.
• PL Symcox (SA) made his ODI debut.

2nd ODI

2 September 1993 (D/N) Scorecard

South Africa 222/7 (50 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 98 (34 overs)
AC Hudson 48 (80) ST Jayasuriya 4/53 (10 overs)		HP Tillakaratne 20 (52) BM McMillan 3/12 (5 overs)

South Africa won by 124 runs Khettarama Stadium, Colombo Umpires: DN Pathirana and TM Samarasinghe Player of the match: BM McMillan (SA)

• South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.
• PB Dassanayake (SL) made his ODI debut.

3rd ODI

4 September 1993 (D/N) Scorecard

Sri Lanka 198/9 (50 overs)	v	South Africa 154 (46.1 overs)
PA de Silva 61* (89) PL Symcox 2/33 (10 overs)		RP Snell 51 (61) CPH Ramanayake 4/17 (8.1 overs)

Sri Lanka won by 44 runs Khettarama Stadium, Colombo Umpires: KT Francis and PT Manuel Player of the match: PA de Silva (SL)

• Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.
• RPAH Wickramaratne (SL) made his ODI debut.