The Sri Lankan cricket team toured South Africa during the 2000–01 season, playing three Tests and six one-day internationals.
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 average of 88.66. Shaun Pollock and Muttiah Muralitharan finished the series as top wicket-takers capturing 13 and 12 wickets respectively. Pollock was named "man of the series".
One Day Internationals (ODIs)
1st ODI
2nd ODI
3rd ODI
4th ODI
5th ODI
6th ODI
Test series summary
1st Test
2nd Test
3rd Test
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