South African cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2000

The South African national cricket team toured Sri Lanka during the 2000 season, playing three Tests from 20 July to 10 August 2000. The Test series ended 1-1 with 1 match drawn. Shaun Pollock became 28th test captain following the sacking of Hansie Cronje.

South African cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2000
	Sri Lanka	South Africa
Dates	20 July – 10 August 2000
Captains	Sanath Jayasuriya	Shaun Pollock
Test series
Result	3-match series drawn 1–1
Most runs	Mahela Jayawardene (321)	Lance Klusener (275)
Most wickets	Muttiah Muralitharan (26)	Shaun Pollock (11)
Player of the series	Lance Klusener (SA)

Tour matches

Sri Lanka Board President's XI v South Africans

16–27 July 2000 Scorecard

South Africans	v	Sri Lanka Board President's XI
441/7d (101.4 overs) Neil McKenzie 181 (250) Dinuka Hettiarachchi 88/3 (25.4 overs)		109 (36.2 overs) Kaushalya Weeraratne 38 (56) David Terbrugge 13/2 (6 overs)
82/3d Boeta Dippenaar 26* (63) Ruchira Perera 18/1 (4 overs)		74/0 Avishka Gunawardene 40* (42)

Match drawn P Sara Oval, Colombo Umpires: Daryl Harper (AUS) and Lalith Jayasundara (SL)

• Sri Lanka Board President's XI and elected to field first

Sri Lanka Board President's XI v South Africans

26–27 July 2000 Scorecard

Sri Lanka Board President's XI	v	South Africans
135 Tillakaratne Dilshan 37 (92) Nantie Hayward 32/5 (8.4 overs)		302/5d Neil McKenzie 75 (117) Dinuka Hettiarachchi 73/3 (30 overs)
141/6 Tillakaratne Dilshan 53 (83) Nicky Boje 16/2 (8 overs)

Match drawn Tyronne Fernando Stadium, Moratuwa Umpires: Nandasena Pathirana (SL) T. M. Samarasinghe (SL)

• Sri Lanka Board President's XI won the toss and elected to bat first

Test series summary

1st Test

20–23 July 2000 Scorecard

Sri Lanka	v	South Africa
522 (150.4 overs) Mahela Jayawardene 167 (288) Shaun Pollock 3/73 (30.4 overs)		238 (99 overs) Darryl Cullinan 114* (231) Muttiah Muralitharan 6/87 (41 overs)
		269 (f/o) (92 overs) Jonty Rhodes 63* (107) Muttiah Muralitharan 7/84 (35 overs)

Sri Lanka won by an innings and 15 runs Galle International Stadium, Galle Umpires: Daryl Harper (AUS) and PT Manuel (SL) Player of the match: Muttiah Muralitharan (SL)

• Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.
• The match was scheduled for five days but completed in four.
• Kumar Sangakkara (SL) and Neil McKenzie (SA) made their Test debuts. This was Sri Lanka's first test win over South Africa.

2nd Test

30 July–2 August 2000 Scorecard

South Africa	v	Sri Lanka
253 (84.5 overs) Lance Klusener 118* (219) Kumar Dharmasena 3/58 (20 overs)		308 (99.4 overs) Marvan Atapattu 120 (292) Shaun Pollock 3/83 (24 overs)
231 (93.5 overs) Jacques Kallis 87 (208) Muttiah Muralitharan 3/76 (36 overs)		169 (50.1 overs) Arjuna Ranatunga 88 (103) Nicky Boje 3/24 (10.1 overs)

South Africa won by 7 runs Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy Umpires: Daryl Harper (AUS) and Gamini Silva (SL) Player of the match: Arjuna Ranatunga (SL) and Lance Klusener (SA)

• Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.
• The match was scheduled for five days but completed in four.

3rd Test

6–10 August 2000 Scorecard

South Africa	v	Sri Lanka
279 (108.2 overs) Lance Klusener 95* (175) Chaminda Vaas 4/85 (36 overs)		258 (98.2 overs) Sanath Jayasuriya 85 (113) Nicky Boje 5/62 (34 overs)
241/9d (113.5 overs) Jonty Rhodes 54 (151) Muttiah Muralitharan 5/68 (45.5 overs)		195/4 (67.1 overs) Mahela Jayawardene 101* (183) Shaun Pollock 1/13 (6 overs)

Match drawn Singhalese Sports Club Cricket Ground, Colombo Umpires: BC Cooray (SL) and Eddie Nicholls (WI) Player of the match: Muttiah Muralitharan (SL)

• Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.
• This was Arjuna Ranatunga's Last international match