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{{Infobox cricket tour
| series_name                  = Sri Lankan cricket team in South Africa in 2000–01
| team1_image                  = Flag of South Africa.svg
| team1_name                   = [[South Africa national cricket team|South Africa]]
| team2_image                  = Flag of Sri Lanka.svg
| team2_name                   = [[Sri Lanka national cricket team|Sri Lanka]]
| from_date                    = 7 December 2000
| to_date                      = 22 January 2001
| team1_captain                = [[Shaun Pollock|SM Pollock]]
| team2_captain                = [[Sanath Jayasuriya|ST Jayasuriya]]
| no_of_tests                  = 3
| team1_tests_won              = 2
| team2_tests_won              = 0
| team1_tests_most_runs        = [[Gary Kirsten|G Kirsten]] (266)
| team2_tests_most_runs        = [[Kumar Sangakkara|KC Sangakkara]] (235)
| team1_tests_most_wickets     = [[Shaun Pollock|SM Pollock]] (13)
| team2_tests_most_wickets     = [[Muttiah Muralitharan|M Muralitharan]] (12)
| player_of_test_series        = [[Shaun Pollock|SM Pollock]] (SA)
| no_of_ODIs                   = 6
| team1_ODIs_won               = 5
| team2_ODIs_won               = 1
| team1_ODIs_most_runs         = [[Jonty Rhodes|JN Rhodes]] (273)
| team2_ODIs_most_runs         = [[Romesh Kaluwitharana|RS Kaluwitharana]] (227)
| team1_ODIs_most_wickets      = [[Shaun Pollock|SM Pollock]] (10)
| team2_ODIs_most_wickets      = [[Chaminda Vaas|WPUJC Vaas]] (9)
| player_of_ODI_series         = [[Jacques Kallis|JH Kallis]] (SA)
}}
The [[Sri Lankan cricket team]] toured South Africa during the 2000–01 season, playing three Tests and six one-day internationals.<ref>{{cite web|title=Sri Lanka in South Africa, Dec 2000-Jan 2001 – Schedule |url=http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/2000-01/SL_IN_RSA/SL_IN_RSA_DEC2000-JAN2001_SCHEDULE.html |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=26 March 2021}}</ref>
Sri Lanka was led by [[Sanath Jayasuriya]] while South Africa was led by [[Shaun Pollock]]. The tour began with a Test series consisting of three matches. South Africa won two Test matches, winning the series 2–0, with one Test drawn. At the end of the series, [[Gary Kirsten]] of South Africa emerged as the top run-scorer with 266 runs, with an [[Batting average (cricket)|average]] of 88.66.<ref name="averages">{{cite web|title=Sri Lanka in South Africa, 2000/01 Test Series Averages |url=http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/2000-01/SL_IN_RSA/STATS/SL_IN_RSA_DEC2000-JAN2001_TEST_AVS.html |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=26 March 2021 }}</ref> [[Shaun Pollock]] and [[Muttiah Muralitharan]] finished the series as top wicket-takers capturing 13 and 12 wickets respectively.<ref name="averages" /> Pollock was named "[[Man of the Series|man of the series]]".<ref>{{cite web|title=Sri Lanka in South Africa 2000/01|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/2/Sri_Lanka_in_South_Africa_2000-01.html|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=26 March 2021}}</ref>
==One Day Internationals (ODIs)==
===1st ODI===
{{Limited overs matches
| date = 15 December 2000
| time =
| daynight = Y
| team1 = {{cr-rt|SRI}}
| team2 = {{cr|RSA}}
| score1 = 221 (49.5 overs)
| runs1 = [[Kumar Sangakkara|KC Sangakkara]] 84 (114)
| wickets1 = [[Shaun Pollock|SM Pollock]] 4/36 (9.5 overs)
| score2 = 223/6 (47.2 overs)
| runs2 = [[Jonty Rhodes|JN Rhodes]] 61[[not out|*]] (80)
| wickets2 = [[Nuwan Zoysa|DNT Zoysa]] 2/35 (9 overs)
| result = South Africa won by 4 wickets
| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/71/71249.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[St George's Park Cricket Ground]], [[Port Elizabeth]]
| umpires = [[Wilf Diedricks|WA Diedricks]] (SA) and [[Rudi Koertzen|RE Koertzen]] (SA)
| motm = [[Jonty Rhodes|JN Rhodes]] (SA)
| toss = Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.
| rain =
| notes =
}}
===2nd ODI===
{{Limited overs matches
| date = 17 December 2000
| time =
| daynight =
| team1 = {{cr-rt|RSA}}
| team2 = {{cr|SRI}}
| score1 = 302/7 (50 overs)
| runs1 = [[Neil McKenzie|ND McKenzie]] 120[[not out|*]] (135)
| wickets1 = [[Nuwan Zoysa|DNT Zoysa]] 2/68 (10 overs)
| score2 = 207/6 (50 overs)
| runs2 = [[Mahela Jayawardene|DPMD Jayawardene]] 59 (84)
| wickets2 = [[Shaun Pollock|SM Pollock]] 2/34 (10 overs)
| result = South Africa won by 95 runs
| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/71/71262.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Buffalo Park]], [[East London, Eastern Cape|East London]]
| umpires = [[Ian Howell|IL Howell]] (SA) and [[Dave Orchard|DL Orchard]] (SA)
| motm = [[Neil McKenzie|ND McKenzie]] (SA)
| toss = South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.
| rain =
| notes =
}}
===3rd ODI===
{{Limited overs matches
| date = 9 January 2001
| time =
| daynight = Y
| team1 = {{cr-rt|SRI}}
| team2 = {{cr|RSA}}
| score1 = 247/4 (50 overs)
| runs1 = [[Romesh Kaluwitharana|RS Kaluwitharana]] 83 (117)
| wickets1 = [[Nicky Boje|N Boje]] 2/39 (10 overs)
| score2 = 250/2 (48.5 overs)
| runs2 = [[Jacques Kallis|JH Kallis]] 100[[not out|*]] (139)
| wickets2 = [[Kaushalya Weeraratne|K Weeraratne]] 1/30 (6 overs)
| result = South Africa won by 8 wickets
| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/71/71368.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Boland Park]], [[Paarl]]
| umpires = [[Wilf Diedricks|WA Diedricks]] (SA) and [[Dave Orchard|DL Orchard]] (SA)
| motm = [[Jacques Kallis|JH Kallis]] (SA)
| toss = Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.
| rain =
| notes = [[Dilhara Fernando|CRD Fernando]] (SL) made his ODI debut.
}}
===4th ODI===
{{Limited overs matches
| date = 11 January 2001
| time =
| daynight = Y
| team1 = {{cr-rt|RSA}}
| team2 = {{cr|SRI}}
| score1 = 290/7 (50 overs)
| runs1 = [[Jacques Kallis|JH Kallis]] 82 (79)
| wickets1 = [[Chaminda Vaas|WPUJC Vaas]] 3/44 (10 overs)
| score2 = 191 (42.2 overs)
| runs2 = [[Romesh Kaluwitharana|RS Kaluwitharana]] 74 (107)
| wickets2 = [[Makhaya Ntini|M Ntini]] 5/37 (8.2 overs)
| result = South Africa won by 99 runs
| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/71/71379.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Newlands Cricket Ground|Newlands]], [[Cape Town]]
| umpires = [[Rudi Koertzen|RE Koertzen]] (SA) and [[Barry Lambson|SB Lambson]] (SA)
| motm = [[Makhaya Ntini|M Ntini]] (SA)
| toss = South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.
| rain =
| notes =
}}
===5th ODI===
{{Limited overs matches
| date = 14 January 2001
| time =
| daynight =
| team1 = {{cr-rt|SRI}}
| team2 = {{cr|RSA}}
| score1 = 206 (49.2 overs)
| runs1 = [[Kumar Sangakkara|KC Sangakkara]] 33 (52)
| wickets1 = [[Shaun Pollock|SM Pollock]] 3/44 (10 overs)
| score2 = 207/5 (42 overs)
| runs2 = [[Herschelle Gibbs|HH Gibbs]] 79 (112)
| wickets2 = [[Pramodya Wickramasinghe|GP Wickramasinghe]] 1/23 (3 overs)
| result = South Africa won by 5 wickets
| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/71/71413.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Mangaung Oval|Goodyear Park]], [[Bloemfontein]]
| umpires = [[Brian Jerling|BG Jerling]] (SA) and [[Rudi Koertzen|RE Koertzen]] (SA)
| motm = [[Herschelle Gibbs|HH Gibbs]] (SA)
| toss = South Africa won the toss and elected to field.
| rain =
| notes = [[Justin Kemp|JM Kemp]] (SA) made his ODI debut.
}}
===6th ODI===
{{Limited overs matches
| date = 17 January 2001
| time =
| daynight =
| team1 = {{cr-rt|SRI}}
| team2 = {{cr|RSA}}
| score1 = 214/6 (42 overs)
| runs1 = [[Russel Arnold|RP Arnold]] 65[[not out|*]] (56)
| wickets1 = [[Roger Telemachus|R Telemachus]] 3/25 (8 overs)
| score2 = 204 (42 overs)
| runs2 = [[Neil McKenzie|ND McKenzie]] 47 (74)
| wickets2 = [[Muttiah Muralitharan|M Muralitharan]] 2/25 (9 overs)
| result = Sri Lanka won by 4 runs ([[Duckworth–Lewis–Stern method|D/L method]])
| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/71/71433.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Wanderers Stadium|New Wanderers]], [[Johannesburg]]
| umpires = [[Danzel Becker|DF Becker]] (SA) and [[Dave Orchard|DL Orchard]] (SA)
| motm = [[Russel Arnold|RP Arnold]] (SL)
| toss = South Africa won the toss and elected to field.
| rain =
| notes = The match was reduced to 42 overs per side, South Africa's target was 209 runs.
}}
==Test series summary==
===1st Test===
{{Test match
| date =26–30 December 2000
| team1 ={{cr-rt|RSA}}
| team2 ={{cr|SRI}}
| score-team1-inns1 =420 (152.3 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 =[[Gary Kirsten|G Kirsten]] 180 (461)
| wickets-team1-inns1 =[[Dilhara Fernando|CRD Fernando]] 5/98 (34 overs)
| score-team2-inns1 =216 (87.4 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 =[[Mahela Jayawardene|DPMD Jayawardene]] 98 (195)
| wickets-team2-inns1 =[[Shaun Pollock|SM Pollock]] 3/40 (20.4 overs)
| score-team1-inns2 =140/7[[Declaration and forfeiture|d]] (34 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 =[[Gary Kirsten|G Kirsten]] 34 (71)
| wickets-team1-inns2 =[[Muttiah Muralitharan|M Muralitharan]] 6/39 (10 overs)
| score-team2-inns2 =149/6 (74 overs)
| runs-team2-inns2 =[[Russel Arnold|RP Arnold]] 30 (100)
| wickets-team2-inns2 =[[Nicky Boje|NJ Boje]] 2/30 (24 overs)
| result =Match drawn
| venue =[[Kingsmead Cricket Ground|Kingsmead]], [[Durban]]
| umpires =[[Dave Orchard|DL Orchard]] (SA) and [[Riazuddin (umpire)|Riazuddin]] (PAK)
| report =[http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/71/71294.html Scorecard]
| toss =South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.
| rain =There was no play on the fourth day.
| motm=[[Gary Kirsten|G Kirsten]] (SA)
| notes =
}}
===2nd Test===
{{Test match
| date =2–4 January 2001
| team1 ={{cr-rt|SRI}}
| team2 ={{cr|RSA}}
| score-team1-inns1 =95 (38.4 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 =[[Kumar Sangakkara|KC Sangakkara]] 32 (76)
| wickets-team1-inns1 =[[Shaun Pollock|SM Pollock]] 6/30 (13.4 overs)
| score-team2-inns1 =504/7[[Declaration and forfeiture|d]] (158.2 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 =[[Darryl Cullinan|DJ Cullinan]] 112 (232)
| wickets-team2-inns1 =[[Russel Arnold|RP Arnold]] 3/76 (24.2 overs)
| score-team1-inns2 =180 (45.2 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 =[[Mahela Jayawardene|DPMD Jayawardene]] 45 (65)
| wickets-team1-inns2 =[[Nicky Boje|N Boje]] 4/28 (10 overs)
| score-team2-inns2 =
| runs-team2-inns2 =
| wickets-team2-inns2 =
| result =South Africa won by an innings and 229 runs
| venue =[[Newlands Cricket Ground|Newlands]], [[Cape Town]]
| umpires =[[Ian Howell|IL Howell]] (SA) and [[Eddie Nicholls|EA Nicholls]] (WI)
| report =[http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/71/71323.html Scorecard]
| toss =Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.
| rain =The match was scheduled for five days but completed in three.
| motm=[[Shaun Pollock|SM Pollock]] (SA)
| notes =
}}
===3rd Test===
{{Test match
| date =20–22 January 2001
| team1 ={{cr-rt|RSA}}
| team2 ={{cr|SRI}}
| score-team1-inns1 =378 (91.3 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 =[[Shaun Pollock|SM Pollock]] 111 (106)
| wickets-team1-inns1 =[[Nuwan Zoysa|DNT Zoysa]] 4/76 (22 overs)
| score-team2-inns1 =119 (36.5 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 =[[Romesh Kaluwitharana|RS Kaluwitharana]] 32 (30)
| wickets-team2-inns1 =[[Makhaya Ntini|M Ntini]] 4/39 (11 overs)
| score-team1-inns2 =
| runs-team1-inns2 =
| wickets-team1-inns2 =
| score-team2-inns2 =252 ([[Follow-on|f/o]]) (81.3 overs)
| runs-team2-inns2 =[[Kumar Sangakkara|KC Sangakkara]] 98 (215)
| wickets-team2-inns2 =[[Justin Kemp|JM Kemp]] 3/33 (13 overs)
| result =South Africa won by an innings and 7 runs
| venue =[[Centurion Park]], [[Centurion, Gauteng]]
| umpires =[[Rudi Koertzen|RE Koertzen]] (SA) and [[Peter Willey|P Willey]] (ENG)
| report =[http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/71/71461.html Scorecard]
| toss =Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.
| rain =The match was scheduled for five days but completed in three.
| motm=[[Shaun Pollock|SM Pollock]] (SA)
| notes = [[Justin Kemp|JM Kemp]] (SA) made his Test debut.
}}
==References==
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{{International cricket in 2000–01}}
{{International cricket tours of South Africa}}
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[[Category:2000–01 South African cricket season]]
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[[Category:International cricket competitions in 2000–01]]
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