South African cricket team in Sri Lanka in 1993

International cricket tour

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.

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