# 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.

## Squads

| Tests | Tests | ODIs | 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
* 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 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.