South Africa cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2013 | |||
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Sri Lanka | South Africa | ||
Dates | 20 July 2013 – 6 August 2013 | ||
Captains |
Angelo Mathews (last 3 ODIs) Dinesh Chandimal (1st 2 ODIs, T20I) |
AB de Villiers (ODI) Faf du Plessis (T20I) |
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One Day International series | |||
Results | Sri Lanka won the 5-match series 4–1 | ||
Most runs | Kumar Sangakkara (372) | JP Duminy (165) | |
Most wickets | Ajantha Mendis (10) | Morné Morkel (7) | |
Player of the series | Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka) | ||
Twenty20 International series | |||
Results | South Africa won the 3-match series 2–1 | ||
Most runs | Kumar Sangakkara (98) | JP Duminy (132) | |
Most wickets | Sachithra Senanayake (5) |
Wayne Parnell (4) Morné Morkel (4) |
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Player of the series | JP Duminy (South Africa) |
The South African cricket team toured Sri Lanka from 20 July to 6 August 2013. The tour consisted of five One Day International and three Twenty20 International matches. Sri Lankan ODI captain Angelo Mathews was suspended for the first two ODI matches due to maintaining a slow over-rate during the final match of the West Indies tri-nation series. The other members of the Sri Lanka team were fined 40% of their match fees.Dinesh Chandimal served as captain in Mathews' stead making him, at 23, the youngest ODI captain in the history of Sri Lankan cricket.