# South Africa A cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2023

The South Africa A cricket team toured Sri Lanka in June 2023 to play the Sri Lanka A cricket team. The tour consisted of three List A and two first-class matches. In April 2023, Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) confirmed the full itinerary for the tour, with South Africa A arriving in Sri Lanka on 1 June 2023. The first-class series was used by South Africa as preparation ahead of their Test series against India.

## Squads

| List A | List A | First-class | First-class |
| Sri Lanka A | South Africa A | Sri Lanka A | South Africa A |
| Nipun Dananjaya (c) Sahan Arachchige Ashen Bandara Lasith Croospulle Nuwanidu Fernando Janith Liyanage Pramod Madushan Dilshan Madushanka Nishan Madushka (wk) Milan Rathnayake Lahiru Samarakoon Lakshan Sandakan Lahiru Udara (wk) Nimesh Vimukthi Dunith Wellalage Isitha Wijesundera | Tony de Zorzi (c) Corbin Bosch Matthew Breetzke Dewald Brevis Gerald Coetzee Zubayr Hamza Jordan Hermann Tshepo Moreki Senuran Muthusamy Keegan Petersen Sinethemba Qeshile (wk) Lutho Sipamla Tristan Stubbs (wk) Beyers Swanepoel Kyle Verreynne (wk) Lizaad Williams | Nipun Dananjaya (c) Kamindu Mendis (vc) Minod Bhanuka (wk) Lasith Croospulle Lasith Embuldeniya Nuwanidu Fernando Vishwa Fernando Praveen Jayawickrama Janith Liyanage Nishan Madushka Dilshan Madushanka Ramesh Mendis Lakshitha Rasanjana Milan Rathnayake Pasindu Sooriyabandara Lahiru Udara (wk) | Tony de Zorzi (c) Corbin Bosch Matthew Breetzke Dewald Brevis Gerald Coetzee Zubayr Hamza Jordan Hermann Tshepo Moreki Senuran Muthusamy Keegan Petersen Sinethemba Qeshile (wk) Lutho Sipamla Tristan Stubbs (wk) Beyers Swanepoel Kyle Verreynne (wk) Lizaad Williams |

## List A series
### 1st Unofficial ODI

* 4 June 2023 10:00 Scorecard
| Sri Lanka A 264/8 (50 overs) | v | South Africa A 268/6 (41.1 overs) |
| Janith Liyanage 76* (79) Lutho Sipamla 3/33 (8 overs) | | Dewald Brevis 98* (71) Dilshan Madushanka 2/44 (6 overs) |
* South Africa A won by 4 wickets Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy Umpires: Ranmore Martinesz (SL) and Chamara de Soysa (SL)
* Sri Lanka A won the toss and elected to bat.

### 2nd Unofficial ODI

* 6 June 2023 10:00 Scorecard
| South Africa A 175 (43.2 overs) | v | Sri Lanka A 178/3 (29 overs) |
| Gerald Coetzee 77 (89) Dilshan Madushanka 4/33 (9 overs) | | Nishan Madushka 107* (85) Lizaad Williams 1/25 (5 overs) |
* Sri Lanka A won by 7 wickets Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy Umpires: Chamara de Soysa (SL) and Ravindra Kottahachchi (SL)
* South Africa A won the toss and elected to bat.

### 3rd Unofficial ODI

* 8 June 2023 10:00 Scorecard
| Sri Lanka A 172 (42.3 overs) | v | South Africa A 175/5 (35.5 overs) |
| Sahan Arachchige 63 (105) Gerald Coetzee 5/48 (8.3 overs) | | Tristan Stubbs 58* (93) Dilshan Madushanka 3/34 (8 overs) |
* South Africa A won by 5 wickets Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy Umpires: Chandrika Amarasinghe (SL) and Ravindra Kottahachchi (SL)
* South Africa A won the toss and elected to field.

## First-class series
### 1st Unofficial Test

* 12–15 June 2023 Scorecard
* Sri Lanka A won by 160 runs Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla Umpires: Ruchira Palliyaguruge (SL) and Prageeth Rambukwella (SL)
* Sri Lanka A won the toss and elected to bat.
* Kwena Maphaka (South Africa A) made his first-class debut.

### 2nd Unofficial Test

* 19–22 June 2023 Scorecard
* Match drawn Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla Umpires: Lyndon Hannibal (SL) and Prageeth Rambukwella (SL)
* Sri Lanka A won the toss and elected to bat.