| Series Name: | Sri Lankan cricket team in South Africa in 2016–17 |
| Team1 Image: | Flag of South Africa.svg |
| Team1 Name: | South Africa |
| Team2 Image: | Flag of Sri Lanka.svg |
| Team2 Name: | Sri Lanka |
| From Date: | 18 December 2016 |
| To Date: | 10 February 2017 |
| Team1 Captain: | Faf du Plessis (Tests) Farhaan Behardien (T20Is) AB de Villiers (ODIs) |
| Team2 Captain: | Angelo Mathews (Tests, 1st & 2nd T20Is) Dinesh Chandimal (3rd T20I) Upul Tharanga (ODIs) |
| No Of Tests: | 3 |
| Team1 Tests Won: | 3 |
| Team2 Tests Won: | 0 |
| Team1 Tests Most Runs: | Dean Elgar (308) |
| Team2 Tests Most Runs: | Angelo Mathews (178) |
| Team1 Tests Most Wickets: | Kagiso Rabada (19) |
| Team2 Tests Most Wickets: | Suranga Lakmal (12) |
| Player Of Test Series: | Dean Elgar (SA) |
| No Of Odis: | 5 |
| Team1 Odis Won: | 5 |
| Team2 Odis Won: | 0 |
| Team1 Odis Most Runs: | Faf du Plessis (410) |
| Team2 Odis Most Runs: | Niroshan Dickwella (197) |
| Team1 Odis Most Wickets: | Wayne Parnell (11) |
| Team2 Odis Most Wickets: | Suranga Lakmal (5) |
| Player Of Odi Series: | Faf du Plessis (SA) |
| No Of Twenty20s: | 3 |
| Team1 Twenty20s Won: | 1 |
| Team2 Twenty20s Won: | 2 |
| Team1 Twenty20s Most Runs: | Farhaan Behardien (64) |
| Team2 Twenty20s Most Runs: | Niroshan Dickwella (134) |
| Team1 Twenty20s Most Wickets: | Lungi Ngidi (6) Imran Tahir (6) |
| Team2 Twenty20s Most Wickets: | Lakshan Sandakan (5) Nuwan Kulasekara (5) |
| Player Of Twenty20 Series: | Niroshan Dickwella (SL) |
Sri Lankan national cricket team toured South Africa from 18 December 2016 to 10 February 2017. The tour consisted of three Tests, five One Day Internationals (ODIs) and three Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is).[1] After the initial tour schedule was announced, the dates were moved slightly to accommodate South Africa's domestic T20 tournament.[2]
On 12 December 2016 AB de Villiers stood down as South Africa's Test captain. He named his stand-in Faf du Plessis as replacement, a move that was confirmed by Cricket South Africa (CSA).[3] Immediately prior to this series, du Plessis was found guilty of ball tampering during the second Test against Australia that took place in November 2016. He appealed the charge, but it was rejected. He lost his match fee from the second Test, but escaped the more serious charge of a one-match ban.[4] De Villiers returned to team when he was named captain for the ODI fixtures.[5] He also played in the third and final T20I match, with Farhaan Behardien retained as captain.[6]
South Africa won the Test series 3–0.[7] Sri Lanka won the T20I series 2–1, their first ever series win in any format in South Africa.[8] South Africa won the ODI series 5–0 and moved to the number one position in the ICC ODI Championship.[9]
Duanne Olivier was added to South Africa's squad following the second Test to replace Kyle Abbott, who earlier had quit international cricket to sign for the English team Hampshire as a Kolpak player.[15] [16] Nuwan Pradeep fractured his hand in the first T20I match and was ruled out of the rest of the tour.[17] Following the second T20I, Angelo Mathews, Nuwan Pradeep and Danushka Gunathilaka all left Sri Lanka's squad. Pradeep and Gunathilaka suffered injuries, while Mathews left on personal grounds. Dinesh Chandimal was named the captain of the side in Mathews' absence.[18] Lungi Ngidi was ruled out of the ODI series because of an abdominal injury.[19] On the day before the first ODI, Sri Lanka dropped Isuru Udana, Thikshila de Silva and Seekkuge Prasanna replacing them with Lahiru Kumara, Vikum Sanjaya and Jeffrey Vandersay.[20] David Miller was ruled out of the final three ODI matches after suffering a finger injury.[21]