South African cricket team in Sri Lanka in 1993

South African cricket team in Sri Lanka in 1993
	Sri Lanka	South Africa
Dates	22 August – 19 September 1993
Captains	Arjuna Ranatunga	Kepler Wessels
Test series
Result	South Africa won the 3-match series 1–0
Most runs	Arjuna Ranatunga (250)	Daryll Cullinan (237) Hansie Cronje(237)
Most wickets	Muttiah Muralitharan (16)	Brett Schultz (20)
Player of the series	Brett Schultz
One Day International series
Results	3-match series drawn 1–1
Most runs	Roshan Mahanama (101)	Jonty Rhodes (78)
Most wickets	Champaka Ramanayake (4) Sanath Jayasuriya (4)	Allan Donald (5) Pat Symcox (5)

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:

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.