South African cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2004
	Sri Lanka	South Africa
Dates	4 – 31 August 2004
Captains	Marvan Atapattu	Graeme Smith
Test series
Result	Sri Lanka won the 2-match series 1–0
Most runs	Kumar Sangakkara (367)	Graeme Smith (179)
Most wickets	Chaminda Vaas (9)	Shaun Pollock (10) Nicky Boje (10)
Player of the series	Chaminda Vaas (SL)
One Day International series
Results	Sri Lanka won the 5-match series 5–0
Most runs	Kumar Sangakkara (247)	Jacques Kallis (237)
Most wickets	Upul Chandana (8) Tillakaratne Dilshan (8)	Shaun Pollock (5)
Player of the series	Kumar Sangakkara (SL)

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]

Squads

Tests		ODIs
Sri Lanka	South Africa	Sri Lanka	South Africa
Marvan Atapattu (c) Sanath Jayasuriya Mahela Jayawardene Romesh Kaluwitharana (wk) Thilan Samaraweera Tillakaratne Dilshan Kumar Sangakkara Upul Chandana Chaminda Vaas Farveez Maharoof Muthiah Muralidaran Rangana Herath Lasith Malinga	Graeme Smith (c) Herschelle Gibbs Martin van Jaarsveld Jacques Rudolph Mark Boucher (wk) Jacques Kallis Shaun Pollock Lance Klusener Nicky Boje Makhaya Ntini Nantie Hayward Boeta Dippenaar Herschelle Gibbs	Marvan Atapattu (c) Avishka Gunawardene Sanath Jayasuriya Kumar Sangakkara (wk) Mahela Jayawardene Tillakaratne Dilshan Upul Chandana Chaminda Vaas Kaushal Lokuarachchi Farveez Maharoof Nuwan Zoysa Rangana Herath Saman Jayantha Lasith Malinga Dilhara Fernando	Graeme Smith (c) Jacques Rudolph Mark Boucher (wk) Jacques Kallis Shaun Pollock Lance Klusener Nicky Boje Makhaya Ntini Jean-Paul Duminy Alan Dawson Herschelle Gibbs Robin Peterson Charl Langeveldt

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.

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