New Zealand cricket team in Sri Lanka in 1983–84

The New Zealand national cricket team visited Sri Lanka for the first time in 1983-84 and played 3 Tests. New Zealand won the series 2-0 with 1 match drawn:

New Zealand cricket team in Sri Lanka in 1983–84
	Sri Lanka	New Zealand
Test series
Result	New Zealand won the 3-match series 2–0
Most runs	Ranjan Madugalle (242)	John Reid (243)
Most wickets	Ravi Ratnayeke (8)	Richard Hadlee (23)

Test series

1st Test

9–14 March 1984 Scorecard

New Zealand	v	Sri Lanka
276 (100.1 overs) Geoff Howarth 62 (131) Vinothen John 5/86 (29.1 overs)		215 (79.5 overs) Jayantha Amerasinghe 34 (43) Richard Hadlee 4/35 (20.5 overs)
201/8 (54.5 overs) Geoff Howarth 60 (94) Somachandra De Silva 3/59 (21 overs)		97 (27.3 overs) Arjuna Ranatunga 51 (47) Stephen Boock 5/28 (9.3 overs)

New Zealand won by 165 runs Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy Umpires: Herbi Felsinger (SL) and PW Vidanagamage (SL)

• New Zealand won the toss elected to bat first.
• Jayantha Amerasinghe and Sanath Kaluperuma (both SL) made their debut.
• Monday 12 March was taken as a rest day.

2nd Test

16–21 March 1984 Scorecard

Sri Lanka	v	New Zealand
174 (90.5 overs) Ranjan Madugalle 44* 132 Lance Cairns 4/47 (24.5 overs)		198 (64.3 overs) Jeff Crowe 50 (144) Ravi Ratnayeke 5/42 (21 overs)
289/9 (127 overs) Roy Dias 108 (215) Ewen Chatfield 4/78 (29 overs)		123/4 (86 overs) John Wright 48 (209) Vinothen John 2/26 (21 overs)

Match drawn Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo Umpires: Dooland Buultjens (SL) and Herbi Felsinger (SL)

• New Zealand won the toss elected to field first.
• Monday 19 March was taken as a rest day.
• Martin Crowe (NZ) after dislocating a finger in the Sri Lanka 1st innings attempting a slip catch, and with a stomach disorder, took a test record 210 minutes to reach double figures.

3rd Test

24–29 March 1984 Scorecard

Sri Lanka	v	New Zealand
256 (82 overs) Ranjan Madugalle 89* (188) Ewen Chatfield 5/63 (22 overs)		459 (175 overs) John Reid 180 (445) Vinothen John 3/99 (37 overs)
142 (57 overs) Arjuna Ranatunga 50 (92) Richard Hadlee 5/29 (16 overs)

New Zealand won by an innings and 61 runs Colombo Cricket Club Ground, Colombo Umpires: K T Francis (SL) and PW Vidanagamage (SL)

• Sri Lanka won the toss elected to bat first.
• Tuesday 27 March as taken as a rest day.
• John Reid (NZ) faced 445 balls in 685 minutes for his highest first class score.

One Day Internationals (ODIs)

New Zealand won the series 2-1.

1st ODI

3 March 1984 Scorecard

New Zealand 234/6 (42 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 130 (37.3 overs)
JF Reid 80 (76) JR Ratnayeke 2/37 (8 overs)		DSBP Kuruppu 38 (55) RJ Hadlee 3/22 (8.3 overs)

New Zealand won by 104 runs Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo Umpires: DP Buultjens and HC Felsinger Player of the match: JF Reid (NZ)

• Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.
• The match was reduced from 45 overs to 42 overs per side.

2nd ODI

31 March 1984 Scorecard

Sri Lanka 157/8 (40 overs)	v	New Zealand 116 (34 overs)
A Ranatunga 50* (60) EJ Chatfield 2/29 (8 overs)		RJ Hadlee 13 (20) DA Stirling 13* (21) Extras 13 SHU Kamain 5/26 (8 overs)

Sri Lanka won by 41 runs Tyronne Fernando Stadium, Moratuwa Umpires: KT Francis and PW Vidanagamage Player of the match: SHU Kamain (SL)

• New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.
• The match was reduced before play started from 45 overs to 40 overs per side.
• PA de Silva and SHU Kamain (both SL), and DA Stirling (NZ) made their ODI debuts.

3rd ODI

1 April 1984 Scorecard

New Zealand 201/8 (44 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 115 (38.1 overs)
MD Crowe 68 (84) A Ranatunga 3/49 (9 overs)		S Wettimuny 33 (62) RJ Hadlee 3/19 (6 overs)

New Zealand won by 86 runs Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium, Colombo Umpires: HC Felsinger and KT Francis Player of the match: BL Cairns (NZ)

• Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.
• The match was reduced from 45 overs to 44 overs per side.

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Result
New Zealand cricket team in Sri Lanka, 1983/84