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
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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
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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
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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.

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

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