With South Africa now re-established in international sport, its national team made an inaugural tour of Sri Lanka in 1993 and played 3 Tests. South Africa won the series 1–0 with 2 matches drawn:
Test series summary
1st Test
| 25–30 August 1993 (5-day match) Scorecard |
Sri Lanka 
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v |  South Africa
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| 331 (127.2 overs) HP Tillakaratne 92 (222) AA Donald 5/69 (28 overs) |
267 (112.5 overs) AC Hudson 90 (274) M Muralitharan 5/104 (39 overs) | |
| 300/6 dec (80 overs) A Ranatunga 131 (140) PL Symcox 3/75 (21 overs) |
251/7 (112 overs) JN Rhodes 101* (107) PA de Silva 2/35 (17 overs) |
| Match drawn Tyronne Fernando Stadium, Moratuwa Umpires: BL Aldridge (NZ) and KT Francis (SL) Player of the match: A Ranatunga (SL) |
- Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.
- 27 August was taken as a rest day.
- CE Eksteen and PL Symcox (both SA), and PB Dassanayake and PK Wijetunge (both SL) made their Test debuts.
2nd Test
| 6–10 September 1993 (5-day match) Scorecard |
| Sri Lanka
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v | South Africa
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| 168 (62 overs) ST Jayasuriya 44 (79) BN Schultz 5/48 (20 overs) |
495 (181 overs) WJ Cronje 122 (295) M Muralitharan 5/101 (54 overs) | |
| 119 (43 overs) PA de Silva 24 (76) BN Schultz 4/58 (16 overs) |
| South Africa won by an innings and 208 runs Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo Umpires: BL Aldridge (NZ) and TM Samarasinghe (SL) Player of the match: BN Schultz (SA) |
- Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.
- 9 September was taken as a rest day.
- The match was scheduled for five days but completed in three.
- HDPK Dharmasena (SL) made his Test debut.
3rd Test
| 14–19 September 1993 (5-day match) Scorecard |
| South Africa
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v | Sri Lanka
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| 316 (121.1 overs) DJ Cullinan 102 (237) M Muralitharan 4/64 (35.1 overs) |
296/9 dec (139.5 overs) PA de Silva 82 (263) BN Schultz 5/63 (36.5 overs) | |
| 159/4 (61 overs) WJ Cronje 73* (179) CPH Ramanayake 1/26 (10 overs) |
| Match drawn P Saravanamuttu Stadium, Colombo Umpires: BL Aldridge (NZ) and BC Cooray (SL) Player of the match: DJ Cullinan (SA) |
- South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.
- 17 September was taken as a rest day.
- There was no play on the final day.
One Day Internationals (ODIs)
The series was drawn 1-1, with one no-result.
1st ODI
| 22 August 1993 Scorecard |
| Sri Lanka 179/5 (41.3 overs) |
v | South Africa 52/4 (14 overs) |
| UC Hathurusingha 51 (85) PL Symcox 2/28 (9 overs) |
WJ Cronje 22 (33) M Muralitharan 2/6 (3 overs) |
| No result Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy Umpires: BC Cooray and PT Manuel |
- South Africa won the toss and elected to field.
- The match was reduced before play started to 46 overs per side.
- The Sri Lanka innings was reduced to 41.3 overs.
- The South Africa innings was reduced to 25 overs and the target to 107 runs.
- PL Symcox (SA) made his ODI debut.
2nd ODI
| 2 September 1993 (D/N) Scorecard |
| South Africa 222/7 (50 overs) |
v | Sri Lanka 98 (34 overs) |
| AC Hudson 48 (80) ST Jayasuriya 4/53 (10 overs) |
HP Tillakaratne 20 (52) BM McMillan 3/12 (5 overs) |
| South Africa won by 124 runs Khettarama Stadium, Colombo Umpires: DN Pathirana and TM Samarasinghe Player of the match: BM McMillan (SA) |
- South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.
- PB Dassanayake (SL) made his ODI debut.
3rd ODI
| 4 September 1993 (D/N) Scorecard |
| Sri Lanka 198/9 (50 overs) |
v | South Africa 154 (46.1 overs) |
| PA de Silva 61* (89) PL Symcox 2/33 (10 overs) |
RP Snell 51 (61) CPH Ramanayake 4/17 (8.1 overs) |
| Sri Lanka won by 44 runs Khettarama Stadium, Colombo Umpires: KT Francis and PT Manuel Player of the match: PA de Silva (SL) |
- Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.
- RPAH Wickramaratne (SL) made his ODI debut.
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