South Africa A cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2023

International cricket tour

South Africa A cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2023

	Sri Lanka A	South Africa A
Dates	4 – 22 June 2023
Captains	Nipun Dananjaya	Tony de Zorzi
FC series
Result	Sri Lanka A won the 2-match series 1–0
Most runs	Ramesh Mendis (186)	Tristan Stubbs (129)
Most wickets	Lakshitha Manasinghe (12)	Senuran Muthusamy (18)
LA series
Result	South Africa A won the 3-match series 2–1
Most runs	Nishan Madushka (176)	Tristan Stubbs (117)
Most wickets	Dilshan Madushanka (9)	Gerald Coetzee (5)

The South Africa A cricket team toured Sri Lanka in June 2023 to play the Sri Lanka A cricket team.^[1] The tour consisted of three List A and two first-class matches.^[2] In April 2023, Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) confirmed the full itinerary for the tour, with South Africa A arriving in Sri Lanka on 1 June 2023.^[3] The first-class series was used by South Africa as preparation ahead of their Test series against India.^[4]

Squads

List A		First-class
Sri Lanka A	South Africa A^[5]	Sri Lanka A^[6]	South Africa A^[5]
Nipun Dananjaya (c) Sahan Arachchige Ashen Bandara Lasith Croospulle Nuwanidu Fernando Janith Liyanage Pramod Madushan Dilshan Madushanka Nishan Madushka (wk) Milan Rathnayake Lahiru Samarakoon Lakshan Sandakan Lahiru Udara (wk) Nimesh Vimukthi Dunith Wellalage Isitha Wijesundera	Tony de Zorzi (c) Corbin Bosch Matthew Breetzke Dewald Brevis Gerald Coetzee Zubayr Hamza Jordan Hermann Tshepo Moreki Senuran Muthusamy Keegan Petersen Sinethemba Qeshile (wk) Lutho Sipamla Tristan Stubbs (wk) Beyers Swanepoel Kyle Verreynne (wk) Lizaad Williams	Nipun Dananjaya (c) Kamindu Mendis (vc) Minod Bhanuka (wk) Lasith Croospulle Lasith Embuldeniya Nuwanidu Fernando ~~Vishwa Fernando~~ Praveen Jayawickrama Janith Liyanage Nishan Madushka Dilshan Madushanka Ramesh Mendis Lakshitha Rasanjana Milan Rathnayake Pasindu Sooriyabandara Lahiru Udara (wk)	Tony de Zorzi (c) Corbin Bosch Matthew Breetzke Dewald Brevis Gerald Coetzee Zubayr Hamza Jordan Hermann Tshepo Moreki Senuran Muthusamy Keegan Petersen Sinethemba Qeshile (wk) Lutho Sipamla Tristan Stubbs (wk) Beyers Swanepoel Kyle Verreynne (wk) Lizaad Williams

List A series

1st Unofficial ODI

4 June 2023
10:00
Scorecard

Sri Lanka A 264/8 (50 overs)	v	South Africa A 268/6 (41.1 overs)
Janith Liyanage 76* (79) Lutho Sipamla 3/33 (8 overs)		Dewald Brevis 98* (71) Dilshan Madushanka 2/44 (6 overs)

South Africa A won by 4 wickets
Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy
Umpires: Ranmore Martinesz (SL) and Chamara de Soysa (SL)

Sri Lanka A won the toss and elected to bat.

2nd Unofficial ODI

6 June 2023
10:00
Scorecard

South Africa A 175 (43.2 overs)	v	Sri Lanka A 178/3 (29 overs)
Gerald Coetzee 77 (89) Dilshan Madushanka 4/33 (9 overs)		Nishan Madushka 107* (85) Lizaad Williams 1/25 (5 overs)

Sri Lanka A won by 7 wickets
Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy
Umpires: Chamara de Soysa (SL) and Ravindra Kottahachchi (SL)

South Africa A won the toss and elected to bat.

3rd Unofficial ODI

8 June 2023
10:00
Scorecard

Sri Lanka A 172 (42.3 overs)	v	South Africa A 175/5 (35.5 overs)
Sahan Arachchige 63 (105) Gerald Coetzee 5/48 (8.3 overs)		Tristan Stubbs 58* (93) Dilshan Madushanka 3/34 (8 overs)

South Africa A won by 5 wickets
Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy
Umpires: Chandrika Amarasinghe (SL) and Ravindra Kottahachchi (SL)

South Africa A won the toss and elected to field.

First-class series

1st Unofficial Test

12–15 June 2023
Scorecard

Sri Lanka A	v	South Africa A
325 (83 overs) Lasith Croospulle 98 (119) Senuran Muthusamy 7/122 (31 overs)		131 (40 overs) Matthew Breetzke 59 (93) Lakshitha Manasinghe 5/19 (10 overs)
151 (38.4 overs) Ramesh Mendis 46 (63) Senuran Muthusamy 5/53 (16.4 overs)		185 (50 overs) Senuran Muthusamy 29 (38) Lasith Embuldeniya 2/36 (13 overs)

Sri Lanka A won by 160 runs
Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla
Umpires: Ruchira Palliyaguruge (SL) and Prageeth Rambukwella (SL)

Sri Lanka A won the toss and elected to bat.
Kwena Maphaka (South Africa A) made his first-class debut.

2nd Unofficial Test

19–22 June 2023
Scorecard

Sri Lanka A	v	South Africa A
290 (75.1 overs) Ramesh Mendis 62 (123) Senuran Muthusamy 6/101 (26.1 overs)		294 (84.3 overs) Tristan Stubbs 117 (181) Lakshitha Manasinghe 5/48 (16.3 overs)
327/3d (83.1 overs) Minod Bhanuka 130 (207) Tshepo Moreki 1/33 (13 overs)		156/4 (60 overs) Matthew Breetzke 38 (108) Praveen Jayawickrama 2/43 (18 overs)

Match drawn
Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla
Umpires: Lyndon Hannibal (SL) and Prageeth Rambukwella (SL)

Sri Lanka A won the toss and elected to bat.

References

^ "South Africa "A" to play in SL in June". NewsWire. 25 April 2023. Retrieved 25 April 2023.
^ "Fixtures for South Africa 'A' tour of Sri Lanka 2023". ThePapare. 20 April 2023. Retrieved 25 April 2023.
^ "South Africa 'A' Tour of Sri Lanka 2023 | Match Fixture announced". Sri Lanka Cricket. 25 April 2023. Retrieved 25 April 2023.
^ "A mix of youth and experience in South Africa A squad for tour of Sri Lanka". The Citizen. 25 April 2023. Retrieved 25 April 2023.
^ ^a ^b Lambley, Garrin (25 April 2023). "South Africa 'A' squad packed with Proteas for Sri Lanka tour". The South African. Retrieved 25 April 2023.
^ Cricket, Sri Lanka (11 June 2023). "Sri Lanka 'A' squad for four-day games against South Africa 'A' Team - Sri Lanka Cricket". srilankacricket.lk. Retrieved 12 June 2023.

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