South African cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2004

The South Africa national cricket team toured Sri Lanka during the 2004 season, playing two Tests from 4 to 15 August 2004. South Africa was led by Graeme Smith while Sri Lanka was led by Marvan Atapattu. Sri Lanka won the Test series 1–0 with one match drawn.^[1]

Test series summary[]

1st Test[]

4–8 August 2004 Scorecard

Sri Lanka	v	South Africa
486 (145.4 overs) DPMD Jayawardene 237 (415) SM Pollock 4/48 (23 overs)		376 (139.4 overs) JA Rudolph 102 (297) M Muralitharan 4/130 (46.4 overs)
214/9dec (67 overs) ST Jayasuriya 74 (139) N Boje 5/88 (22 overs)		203/3 (90 overs) GC Smith 74 (209) TM Dilshan 1/30 (16 overs)

Match drawn Galle International Stadium, Galle Umpires: DJ Harper (AUS) and DR Shepherd (ENG) Player of the match: DPMD Jayawardene (SL)

• Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.

2nd Test[]

11–15 August 2004 Scorecard

Sri Lanka	v	South Africa
470 (142.3 overs) KC Sangakkara 232 (357) SM Pollock 4/81 (30 overs)		189 (69.1 overs) GC Smith 65 (125) ST Jayasuriya 5/34 (14.1 overs)
211/4dec (55 overs) MS Atapattu 72 (151) JH Kallis 2/6 (6 overs)		179 (67 overs) HH Dippenaar 59* (166) WPUJC Vaas 6/29 (18 overs)

Sri Lanka won by 313 runs Singhalese Sports Club Cricket Ground, Colombo Umpires: BF Bowden (NZ) and SA Bucknor (WI) Player of the match: KC Sangakkara (SL)

• Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.

One Day Internationals (ODIs)[]

1st ODI[]

20 August 2004 (D/N) Scorecard

South Africa  263/9 (50 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 265/7 (49 overs)
JH Kallis 74 (85) WPUJC Vaas 4/33 (7 overs)		MS Atapattu 64 (82) M Ntini 2/46 (9 overs)

Sri Lanka won by 3 wickets R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Umpires: BF Bowden (NZ) and MG Silva (SL) Player of the match: WPUJC Vaas (SL)

• South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.
• JP Duminy (SA) made his ODI debut.

2nd ODI[]

22 August 2004 Scorecard

Sri Lanka  213/9 (50 overs)	v	South Africa 176 (48.5 overs)
KC Sangakkara 63 (83) JH Kallis 3/20 (6 overs)		SM Pollock 54 (78) DNT Zoysa 5/26 (8 overs)

Sri Lanka won by 37 runs R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Umpires: BF Bowden (NZ) and MG Silva (SL) Player of the match: DNT Zoysa (SL)

• Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.

3rd ODI[]

25 August 2004 (D/N) Scorecard

South Africa  191 (50 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 192/6 (47.4 overs)
JH Kallis 52 (108) TM Dilshan 3/25 (7 overs)		MS Atapattu 97* (140) L Klusener 2/36 (9 overs)

Sri Lanka won by 4 wickets Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla Umpires: BF Bowden (NZ) and TH Wijewardene (SL) Player of the match: MS Atapattu (SL)

• South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.

4th ODI[]

28 August 2004 Scorecard

South Africa  235/7 (50 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 236/3 (46.1 overs)
SM Pollock 52* (69) KS Lokuarachchi 2/39 (10 overs)		KC Sangakkara 74* (86) RJ Peterson 1/22 (3 overs)

Sri Lanka won by 7 wickets Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla Umpires: BF Bowden (NZ) and EAR de Silva (SL) Player of the match: KC Sangakkara (SL)

• Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.

5th ODI[]

31 August 2004 Scorecard

Sri Lanka  308/8 (50 overs)	v	South Africa 259 (48.1 overs)
ST Jayasuriya 79 (85) CK Langeveldt 3/31 (7 overs)		JH Kallis 101 (127) UDU Chandana 5/61 (9.1 overs)

Sri Lanka won by 49 runs Singhalese Sports Club Cricket Ground, Colombo Umpires: BF Bowden (NZ) and TH Wijewardene (SL) Player of the match: UDU Chandana (SL)

• South Africa won the toss and elected to field.

References[]

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