Tour of South Africa 2011-12      Captain: Tillakaratne Dilshan
	Sri Lanka's 47th Test tour   Fourth Test-playing tour of South Africa  by Sri Lanka   (December 2011  -           January 2012)	After losing the first Test match heavily, at Durban Sri Lanka achieved its first win in a Test match on South African soil. Graham Ford confirmed as the new coach in the wake of the Geoff Marsh sacking.	Other Sri Lankan Tours   Previous tour To UAE to play Pakistan 2011-12   Next tour  To Australia 2012-13   Next South African tour  not scheduled
	Members of the Test tour party  (16)   Openers : Lahiru Thirimanne, Tharanga Paranavita, Dimuth Karunaratne. Batsmen:  Tillakaratne Dilshan, Angelo Mathews, Mahela Jayawardene, Kumar Sangakkara, Thilan Samaraweera. Wicket-keeper: Dinesh Chandimal, Kaushal Silva Spin bowlers: Ajantha Mendis, Rangana Herath Fast bowlers:  Dilhara Fernando, Thisara Perera, Nuwan Pradeep, Chanaka Welegedera.	L D Chandimal NCC 22 RHB    WK ODI   T M Dilshan Bf'd 35 RHB   OB     captain ODI   C R D Fernando SSC 32 RFM ODI   R K Herath TU 33 SLA ODI   D M Jayawardene SSC 34 RHB ODI   D M Karunaratne SSC 23 LHB  opener     A D Mathews Ct 24 RHB   RM   vice-captain ODI   B A W Mendis Army 26 OB/LB ODI   N T Paranavitana SSC 29 LHB  opener     N L T C Perera Ct 22 RFM ODI   A N R F Pradeep Bf'd 25 RFM     T T Samaraweera SSC 35 RHB     K C Sangakkara NCC 34 LHB   ODI   J K Silva SSC 25 WK    RHB     H D R L Thirimanne Rag 22 LHB opener ODI   C A Welegedera TU 30 LFM       Kosala Kulasekara ODI Members of the ODI squad:     Nuwan Kulasekera ODI       Lasith Malinga ODI       Dammika Prasad ODI       Sachithra Senanayake ODI       Upul Tharanga ODI	Average age of  team at time of first Test match (15 December 2011) :  26 yrs 10 months.     Representation of clubs :  Army:  Sri Lanka Army Bfd : Bloomfield Ct: Colts Cricket Club NCC: Nondescripts Rag:  Ragama SSC: Sinhalese Sports Club TU:  Tamil Union       Key to type :  LHB left-hand bat, LBG leg break and googly bowler,  OB off break, SLA  slow left-arm bowler, RFM right arm fast medium bowler     ODI  member of squad
	Test Appearances made before the tour	Jayawardene 125,  Sangakkara 103,  Dilshan 74,  Samaraweera 68,  Fernando 37,  Herath 32,  Paranavitana 25,  Mathews 19,  Mendis 16,  Welegedera 14,  Thirimanne 4,  Perera 2,  Pradeep 1,  Silva 2,  Chandimal 0,  Karunaratne 0.
	Management Team	Anura Tennekoon Team manager Geoff Marsh Coach Marvan Atapattu Batting coach Champaka Ramanayake Bowling coach Mario Villavaryen Bowling coach Ruwan Kalpage Fielding coach Brian Thomas Media Manager Steve Mount Physiotherapist
	Selectors	Duleep Mendis (chairman),
	Selection	Unavailable:   Fast bowlers  Shaminda Eranga,  Nuwan Kulasekara, Dhammika Prasad; and wicket-keeper Prasanna Jayawardene (all injured). Tour party Announced:   Thesports minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage agreed the squad and it was announced on 28 November 2011. Not selected:   Off-spinner Suraj Randiv and batsman Thilan Samaraweera.. Addition to squad:  On 29 November Samaraweera was added to the Test tour party as cover for Jayawardene who had a knee injury. Earlier chief selector Mendis had said he would not feature in Sri Lanka's long-term plans to give more opportunities to youngsters. Withdrawal : Fast bowler Suranga Lakmal withdrew on 30 November owing to an ankle injury. One-day squad announced:  3 January 2012 Tillakaratne Dilshan (capt), Upul Tharanga, Kumar Sangakkara (wk), Mahela Jayawardene, Dinesh Chandimal (wk), Angelo Mathews (vc), Kosala Kulasekara, Thisara Perera, Lasith Malinga, Nuwan Kulasekara, Ajantha Mendis, Rangana Herath, Dhammika Prasad, Dilhara Fernando, Lahiru Thirimanne
	Travel	Buddhist monks chanted prayers for their success during a ceremony in Colombo on Monday 5 December, prior to the team's departure for South Africa.  The team arrived in Johannesburg at 14:30 on Tuesday 6 December on a flight from Doha.
	On-tour selection panel
	Reinforcements	Uncapped fast bowler Kanishka Alvitigala and seamer Dhammika Prasad flew out to reinforce the team on 19 December when Nuwan Pradeep was forced to return early because of a hamstring tear.  Earlier it was reported that Nuwan Kulasekara would go to South Africa with Prasad, but Nuwan's choice was canceled by the Sports Ministry.  However, he did go with the one-day squad. Off-spinner Sachithra Senanayeke replaced Ajantha Mendis who had a recurrence of a back injury Jayawardene injured his back in the third ODI and played no further part in the series but stayed with the team
	Fixtures/Results	a Benoni South African Invitation XI Drawn b CENTURION SOUTH AFRICA  First Test LOST inns 81 r c DURBAN SOUTH AFRICA  Second Test WON 208 r d CAPE TOWN SOUTH AFRICA  Third Test LOST 10 w e † Brackenfell Emerging Cape Cobras Won 78 r f §  Paarl South Africa  (1st ODI) Lost 258 r g §  East London South Africa  (2nd ODI) Lost 5 w h §  Bloemfontein South Africa  (3rd ODI) Lost 4 r i §  Kimberley South Africa  (4th ODI) Won 5 w j §  Johannesburg South Africa  (5th ODI) Won 2 w	† not first-class   §  one-day international
	Test appearances on tour	3  -   Dilshan,  Herath,  Jayawardene,  Mathews,  Perera,  Samaraweera,  Sangakkara,  Welegedera 2  -   Chandimal,  D Fernando,  Paranavitana,  1  -   Silva,  Thirimanne,  Prasad 0  -   Alvitigala,  Karunaratne,  N Pradeep.
	Match Appearances	Powered by Create   a b c d e f g h i j L D Chandimal     T T x o o o o o T M Dilshan x T T T x o o o o o C R D Fernando x T T     o         R K Herath x T T T     o o o o M Jayawardene x T T T x o o o     D M Karunaratne                     A D Mathews x T T T x o o o o o B A W Mendis x       x o         N T Paranavitana x T T               T C Perera   T T T x       o o N R Pradeep x                   T Samaraweera x T T T             K C Sangakkara x T T T   o o o o o J K Silva x T                 L Thirimanne       T x       o o C A Welegedera   T T T