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[]
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- 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[]
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- 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[]
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- 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
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- 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[]
3rd ODI[]
Categories:
- 1993 in South African cricket
- 1993 in Sri Lankan cricket
- International cricket competitions from 1991–92 to 1994
- South African cricket tours of Sri Lanka
- Sri Lankan cricket seasons from 1972–73 to 1999–2000
- International cricket tour stubs