Sri Lankan cricket team in South Africa in 2024

Sri Lankan cricket team in South Africa in 2024–25

	South Africa	Sri Lanka
Dates	27 November – 9 December 2024
Captains	Temba Bavuma	Dhananjaya de Silva
Test series

The Sri Lanka cricket team is scheduled to tour South Africa in November and December 2024 to play two Test matches against the South Africa cricket team.^[1]^[2]^[3] The Test series will form part of the 2023–2025 ICC World Test Championship.^[4] In May 2024, the Cricket South Africa (CSA) confirmed the fixtures for the tour, as a part of the 2024–25 home international season.^[5]

Squads

South Africa^[6]	Sri Lanka^[7]
Temba Bavuma (c) David Bedingham Gerald Coetzee Tony de Zorzi Marco Jansen Keshav Maharaj Aiden Markram Wiaan Mulder Senuran Muthusamy Dane Paterson Kagiso Rabada Ryan Rickelton (wk) Tristan Stubbs (wk) Kyle Verreynne (wk)	Dhananjaya de Silva (c) Dinesh Chandimal (wk) Lasith Embuldeniya Asitha Fernando Oshada Fernando Vishwa Fernando Prabath Jayasuriya Dimuth Karunaratne Lahiru Kumara Angelo Mathews Kamindu Mendis Kusal Mendis (wk) Pathum Nissanka Nishan Peiris Kasun Rajitha Milan Rathnayake Sadeera Samarawickrama (wk)

Test series

1st Test

27 November – 1 December 2024
Scorecard

South Africa	v	Sri Lanka

Kingsmead Cricket Ground, Durban
Umpires: Paul Reiffel (Aus) and Sharfuddoula Saikat (Ban)

2nd Test

5–9 December 2024
Scorecard

South Africa	v	Sri Lanka

St George's Park Cricket Ground, Gqeberha
Umpires: Paul Reiffel (Aus) and Joel Wilson (WI)

References

^ "South Africa announce exciting summer of cricket for the 2024-25 season". International Cricket Council. 3 May 2024. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
^ "South Africa announces Sri Lanka, Pakistan home series in 2024-25". Sportstar. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
^ "South Africa to host Sri Lanka, Pakistan in 2024-25 home season". Cricbuzz. 3 May 2024. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
^ "South Africa to host Sri Lanka and Pakistan men's teams during 2024-25 home summer". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
^ "CSA Announces International Inbound Fixtures for 2024/25 Season". Cricket South Africa. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
^ "Bavuma Returns For Test Series Against Sri Lanka". Cricket South Africa. Retrieved 19 November 2024.
^ "Sri Lanka Test squad for South Africa tour 2024". Sri Lanka Cricket. Retrieved 19 November 2024.

External links

Series home at ESPNcricinfo

2023–2025 ICC World Test Championship

Previous Edition: 2021–2023 ICC World Test Championship

Participating Teams

Series

2023	Australia in England India in West Indies Pakistan in Sri Lanka
2023–24	New Zealand in Bangladesh Benaud-Qadir Trophy Freedom Trophy Frank Worrell Trophy Anthony de Mello Trophy South Africa in New Zealand Trans-Tasman Trophy Sri Lanka in Bangladesh
2024	Bangladesh in Pakistan Richards-Botham Trophy Sir Vivian Richards Trophy Sri Lanka in England
2024–25	New Zealand in Sri Lanka Bangladesh in India England in Pakistan New Zealand in India South Africa in Bangladesh Border-Gavaskar Trophy Bangladesh in West Indies Sri Lanka in South Africa England in New Zealand Pakistan in South Africa West Indies in Pakistan Warne-Muralitharan Trophy

Information

Next Edition: 2025–2027 ICC World Test Championship

v t e International cricket tours of South Africa
Test and LOI tours
Australia	1902–03 1921–22 1935–36 1949–50 1957–58 1966–67 1969–70 1993–94 1996–97 1999–2000 2001–02 2005–06 2008–09 2011–12 2013–14 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2019–20 2023
Bangladesh	2002–03 2008–09 2017–18 2021–22
England	1888–89 1891–92 1895–96 1898–99 1905–06 1909–10 1913–14 1922–23 1927–28 1930–31 1938–39 1948–49 1956–57 1964–65 1995–96 1999–2000 2004–05 2009–10 2015–16 2019–20 2020–21 2022-23
India	1992–93 1996–97 2001–02 2006–07 2010–11 2013–14 2017–18 2020 (cancelled) 2021–22 2023–24 2024-25
Kenya	2001–02 2008–09
New Zealand	1953–54 1961–62 1994–95 2000–01 2005–06 2007–08 2012–13 2015 2016
Pakistan	1994–95 1997–98 2002–03 2006–07 2012–13 2013–14 2018–19 2020–21 2024–25
Sri Lanka	1994–95 1997–98 2000–01 2002–03 2011–12 2016–17 2018–19 2020–21 2024-25
West Indies	1998–99 2003–04 2007–08 2014–15 2022–23
Zimbabwe	1999–2000 2004–05 2006–07 2009–10 2010–11 2017–18 2018–19 2023-24
Tournaments hosted
Multiple teams	1992–93 1994–95 1996–97 1997–98 1999–2000 2001–02 2003 2007 2009 2022–23
Other tours
Note: during the isolation of South Africa from international cricket between 1970 and 1991, there were seven unofficial tours (italicised below) by various teams, collectively known as the South African rebel tours.
Australian	1919 1985–86 1986–87
Bangladeshi	2000–01
Dutch	1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 2000–01 2001–02 2003–04 2005–06 2021–22
English	1924–25 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1981–82 1989–90 1999–2000
Irish	2000–01 2011–12 2016–17
Kenyan	1995–96
Multi-national	1959–60
Namibian	1992–93 1993–94
Scottish	1991–92 1992–93 2012–13
Sri Lankan	1982–83
West Indian	1982–83 1983–84
See also: International cricket in South Africa from 1971 to 1981

v t e International cricket in 2024–25
Preceding season: International cricket in 2024
September 2024	Namibia Tri-Nation Series South Africa women in Pakistan Canada Tri-Nation Series New Zealand in Sri Lanka South Africa against Afghanistan in the UAE Bangladesh in India New Zealand women in Australia Men's T20WC Africa Qualifier A Kenya CWC Challenge League A Women's Mdina Cup Women's South American Championship South Africa against Ireland in the UAE Men's T20WC EAP Qualifier B Serbia in Gibraltar
October 2024	Singapore women in Japan Women's T20 World Cup Final England in Pakistan Women's East Asia Cup Rwanda in Malawi Men's South American Championship Bulgaria women in Serbia West Indies in Sri Lanka New Zealand in India United States women in Zimbabwe Nepal in the United States ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup Bhutan Quadrangular Series Men's T20WC Africa Qualifier B Women's Merlion Trophy South Africa in Bangladesh New Zealand women in India United States Tri-Nation Series Bulgaria women in Greece Bahrain in Uganda Kenya women in Rwanda England in the West Indies
November 2024	Oman Tri-Nation Series Pakistan in Australia Uganda CWC Challenge League B Bangladesh against Afghanistan in the UAE Women's Belt and Road Trophy India in South Africa New Zealand in Sri Lanka Myanmar in Indonesia Netherlands in Oman Costa Rica women in Mexico Men's T20WC Asia Qualifier B India in Australia Bangladesh in the West Indies Men's T20WC Africa Qualifier C Pakistan in Zimbabwe England women in South Africa Ireland women in Bangladesh Sri Lanka in South Africa England in New Zealand
December 2024	Turkey women in Indonesia Gulf Championship Hong Kong Women's Quadrangular Series India women in Australia Men's T20WC Americas Sub-regional Qualifier Afghanistan in Zimbabwe Pakistan in South Africa West Indies women in India Australia women in New Zealand Philippines women in Singapore Sri Lanka in New Zealand
January 2025	Ireland women in India England women in Australia West Indies in Pakistan England in India Australia in Sri Lanka
February 2025	Pakistan Tri-Nation Series Champions Trophy
March 2025	Sri Lanka women in New Zealand Pakistan in New Zealand
Ongoing	World Test Championship Women's Championship CWC League 2 CWC Challenge League Associate T20I cricket
Following Season: International cricket in 2025