Sri Lankan cricket team in South Africa in 1997–98

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The Sri Lanka national cricket team toured South Africa in March 1998. This was the first time Sri Lanka had toured South Africa on a Test tour. South Africa won the series 2-0.

1st Test at Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town – South Africa won by 70 runs
2nd Test at Centurion Park – South Africa won by 6 wickets

v t e Sri Lankan international Test cricket tours abroad
History of cricket in Sri Lanka
Australia	1987–88 1989–90 1995–96 2004 2007–08 2012–13 2018–19
Bangladesh	2005–06 2008–09 2013–14 2019–20
England	1984 1988 1991 1998 2002 2006 2011 2014 2016
India	1982–83 1986–87 1990–91 1993–94 1997–98 2005–06 2009–10 2015–16 2017–18
New Zealand	1982–83 1990–91 1994–95 1996–97 2004–05 2006–07 2014–15 2018–19
Pakistan	1981–82 1985–86 1991–92 1995–96 1998–99 1999–00 2001–02 2004–05 2008–09 2011–12 2013-14 2017–18
South Africa	1997–98 2000–01 2002–03 2011–12 2016–17 2018–19
West Indies	1995–96 1996–97 2003 2007–08 2018
Zimbabwe	1994–95 1999–00 2004 2016–17
International Test cricket tours of Sri Lanka International one day cricket against Sri Lanka Other tours of Sri Lanka

v t e International cricket tours of South Africa
Test and LOI tours
Australia	1902–03 1919 1921–22 1935–36 1949–50 1957–58 1966–67 1969–70 1993–94 1996–97 1999–2000 2001–02 2005–06 2008–09 2011–12 2013–14 2015–16 2016–17
Bangladesh	2002–03 2008–09
England	1888–89 1891–92 1895–96 1898–99 1905–06 1909–10 1913–14 1922–23 1927–28 1930–31 1938–39 1948–49 1956–57 1964–65 1995–96 1999–2000 2004–05 2009–10 2015–16 2019–20
India	1992–93 1996–97 2001–02 2006–07 2010–11 2013–14 2017–18
Kenya	2001–02 2008–09
New Zealand	1953–54 1961–62 1994–95 2000–01 2005–06 2007–08 2012–13 2015 2016
Pakistan	1994–95 1997–98 2002–03 2006–07 2012–13 2013–14
Sri Lanka	1994–95 1997–98 2000–01 2002–03 2011–12 2016–17 2018–19
West Indies	1998–99 2003–04 2007–08 2014–15
Zimbabwe	1999–2000 2004–05 2006–07 2009–10 2010–11
Tournaments hosted
Multiple teams	1997 2003 2007 2009
Other tours
Note: during the isolation of South Africa from international cricket between 1970 and 1991, there were seven unofficial tours (italicised below) by various teams, known as the South African rebel tours.
Australian	1985–86 1986–87
Bangladeshi	2000–01
Dutch	1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 2000–01 2001–02 2003–04 2005–06
English	1924–25 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1981–82 1989–90 1999–2000
Irish	2000–01 2011–12 2016–17
Kenyan	1995–96
Multi-national	1959–60
Namibian	1992–93 1993–94
Scottish	1991–92 1992–93 2012–13
Sri Lankan	1982–83
West Indian	1982–83 1983–84