| Series Name: | Sri Lankan cricket team in South Africa in 2018–19 |
| Team1 Image: | Flag of South Africa.svg |
| Team1 Name: | South Africa |
| Team2 Image: | Flag of Sri Lanka.svg |
| Team2 Name: | Sri Lanka |
| From Date: | 13 February |
| To Date: | 24 March 2019 |
| Team1 Captain: | Faf du Plessis[1] |
| Team2 Captain: | Dimuth Karunaratne (Tests) Lasith Malinga (ODIs & T20Is) |
| No Of Tests: | 2 |
| Team1 Tests Won: | 0 |
| Team2 Tests Won: | 2 |
| Team1 Tests Most Runs: | Quinton de Kock (222) |
| Team2 Tests Most Runs: | Kusal Perera (224) |
| Team1 Tests Most Wickets: | Kagiso Rabada (8) |
| Team2 Tests Most Wickets: | Vishwa Fernando (12) |
| Player Of Test Series: | Kusal Perera (SL) |
| No Of Odis: | 5 |
| Team1 Odis Won: | 5 |
| Team2 Odis Won: | 0 |
| Team1 Odis Most Runs: | Quinton de Kock (353) |
| Team2 Odis Most Runs: | Kusal Mendis (202) |
| Team1 Odis Most Wickets: | Imran Tahir (9) |
| Team2 Odis Most Wickets: | Dhananjaya de Silva (5) |
| Player Of Odi Series: | Quinton de Kock (SA) |
| No Of Twenty20s: | 3 |
| Team1 Twenty20s Won: | 3 |
| Team2 Twenty20s Won: | 0 |
| Team1 Twenty20s Most Runs: | Reeza Hendricks (139) |
| Team2 Twenty20s Most Runs: | Isuru Udana (132) |
| Team1 Twenty20s Most Wickets: | Andile Phehlukwayo (7) |
| Team2 Twenty20s Most Wickets: | Lasith Malinga (3) |
| Player Of Twenty20 Series: | Reeza Hendricks (SA) |
The Sri Lanka cricket team toured South Africa in February and March 2019 to play two Tests, five One Day Internationals (ODIs) and three Twenty20 International (T20I) matches.[2] [3] [4] The ODI fixtures were part of both teams' preparation for the 2019 Cricket World Cup.[5]
In February 2019, Sri Lanka named Dimuth Karunaratne as the captain of their Test side, after Dinesh Chandimal was dropped due to poor form.[6] Chandimal was also omitted from Sri Lanka's ODI squad for the tour.[7] Sri Lanka won the Test series 2–0,[8] their first Test series win in South Africa.[9] It was also the first time that a team from Asia had won a Test series in South Africa.[10]
South Africa won the ODI series 5–0.[11] It was the fourth time in less than two years that Sri Lanka had been whitewashed in a five-match ODI series.[12] For the T20I series, Faf du Plessis was named as South Africa's captain for the first match, and JP Duminy for the remaining two fixtures.[13] South Africa also completed a whitewash in the T20I series, winning 3–0.[14]
Ahead of the last two ODIs, Aiden Markram, Hashim Amla and JP Duminy were added to South Africa's squad,[21] with Reeza Hendricks and Wiaan Mulder being dropped.[22] However, the day after Amla was added to South Africa's ODI squad, he took compassionate leave, missing the last two matches, with Hendricks recalled.[23] Kusal Perera was ruled out of Sri Lanka's ODI squad for the final two ODIs, after suffering a hamstring injury in the third ODI.[24] Lungi Ngidi and Anrich Nortje were ruled out of South Africa's T20I squad for the final two T20Is due to injury.[25] Junior Dala was added to South Africa's squad for the third T20I.[26]