Sri Lanka National Cricket Team vs South Africa National Cricket Team Timeline - T20 World Cup including Most Runs, Most Wickets, Highest & Lowest Score

Sri Lanka National Cricket Team vs South Africa National Cricket Team Timeline

Sri Lanka National Cricket Team vs South Africa National Cricket Team Timeline - Ahead of the 2024 ICC T20 World Cup, South Africa will lock horns with Sri Lanka at the newly built Nassau Cricket Stadium in New York.

The SL vs SA Group Stage match 4 is scheduled on Monday 4th June starting at 8 am.

The last Sri Lanka and South Africa World Cup game was in the 2023 ICC ODI World Cup at Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi. The Protease amassed 428 for 5 wickets, a target that Sri Lanka couldn’t achieve and lost the game. Proteas won the match by a huge margin of 102 runs.

Overall SL and SA have played a total of 129 International Cricket games in all formats including T20, ODI, and Test. In comparison to Sri Lanka, South Africa has a better head to head in all three formats including T20, ODI, and Test.

For the T20 World Cup, SL and SA faced each other in the 2021 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup. In which South Africa defeated Sri Lanka and won by 4 wickets at Sharjah Cricket Stadium.

So far, Sri Lanka and South Africa have played 4 T20 games in the World Cup.

Speaking of the T20 World Cup, Sri Lanka won the 2014 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup defeating India at Sher-e-Bangla Stadium in Dhaka.

On the other hand, South Africa hasn’t won any T20 World Cup not even reached at Final in the tournament’s history. Once again in the 9th edition, Protease will do their best to beat Sri Lanka in Group Match 4 at Nassau County International Cricket Stadium.

Let’s take a look at SL vs SA head-to-head records ahead of the 2024 T20 World Cup match 4 at Nassau County International Cricket Stadium in New York.

Sri Lanka National Cricket Team vs South Africa National Cricket Team Timeline (T20I+ODI)

Sri Lanka and South Africa have played a total of 11 matches in the ICC World Cup including T20 and ODI. In which 8 times South Africa became the winner and in only 2 games Sri Lanka came out victorious. One match between Sri Lanka and South Africa in ODI World Cup tied.

Let’s check the overall South Africa and Sri Lanka World Cup head-to-head records for the T20I and ODI formats.

The table below shows the record of SL vs SA World Cup head-to-head records –

Sri Lanka National Cricket Team vs South Africa National Cricket Team Timeline - Overall Records

Sri Lanka and South Africa faced each other in a total of 129 International cricket games including T20I, ODI, & Test format. In which 7 games of SL vs SA went without result or drawn and 1 game was tied. Overall Protea’s winning percentage is more than Sri Lanka Out of 129, Sri Lanka won 47 games, and South Africa became the winner in 74.

Let’s take a look at South Africa and Sri Lanka head-to-head records for the T20I, ODI, and Test formats.

The table below shows overall SL vs SA head-to-head records-

Sri Lanka National Cricket Team vs South Africa National Cricket Team Timeline - cricket records and stats

Find all the South Africa and Sri Lanka most runs, most wickets, highest team total, and lowest team score in an innings.

Sri Lanka National Cricket Team vs South Africa National Cricket Team Timeline - T20I records

Sri Lanka and South Africa met each other in 17 T20 International games. Out of 17, Sri Lanka won 5 matches and South Africa became the winner in 12 games. Let’s have a look at SL vs SA’s highest team total, and lowest team total including best batter and bowler individual records in T20I format.

The table shows overall SL vs SA stats and records in T20 International cricket

Sri Lanka National Cricket Team vs South Africa National Cricket Team Timeline - T20I

SL vs SA Records T20I
Highest team total	198/2 by SA in 2019
Lowest team total	98 by SA in 2018
Highest individual score	85 by Faf du Plessis vs SL in 2013
Best bowling figures	4/19 by Lungi Ngidi vs SL in 2017

Sri Lanka National Cricket Team vs South Africa National Cricket Team Timeline - ODI

Sri Lanka and South Africa faced each other in 81 One-day International games. Sri Lanka defeated South Africa in 33 games and came out victoriously. On the other side, South Africa crushed Sri Lanka in 46 ODI games and became a winner. There are 2 matches of SL Lanka vs SA, one went tied and the other without any result.

Let’s have a look at SL vs SA’s highest team total, lowest team total plus best batter and bowler individual records in the ODI format.

The table shows overall SL vs SA stats and records in ODI cricket

Sri Lanka National Cricket Team vs South Africa National Cricket Team Timeline - ODI

SL vs SA Records ODI
Highest team total	428/5 by SA in 2023
Lowest team total	43 by SL in 2012
Highest individual score	185 by Faf du Plessis vs SL in 2017
Best bowling figures	6/29 by Akila Dananjaya v SA in 2018

Sri Lanka National Cricket Team vs South Africa National Cricket Team Timeline - Test records

Sri Lanka and South Africa played 31 test games together in which 16 matches were won by South Africa and Sri Lanka clinched 9 games from Proteas. There are 6 SL vs SA games that went without any result in the Test Cricket format.

Let’s have a look at SL vs SA’s highest team total, lowest team total plus best batter and bowler individual records in Test format.

The table shows overall SL vs SA stats and records in Test cricket.

Sri Lanka National Cricket Team vs South Africa National Cricket Team Timeline - Test

SL vs SA Records Test
Highest team total	756 by SL in 2006
Lowest team total	73 by SA in 2018
Highest individual score	373 by Mahela Jayawardene vs SA in 2006
Best bowling figures	9/129 by Keshav Maharaj vs Sri Lanka in 2018

So these are overall Sri Lanka vs South Africa T20 World Cup stats and records including most runs, most wickets, highest team score, and lowest team score in an innings.

The 2024 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup is scheduled to start on Sunday 2nd Jun. The Final of the T20 World Cup 2024 will be aired on Jun 29th starting at 8:00 PM.