New Zealand national cricket team in Sri Lanka in the 1983/84 season

The New Zealand national cricket team's tour to Sri Lanka in the 1983/84 season took place from March 3 to 29, 1984. The international cricket tour was part of the 1983/84 international cricket season and included three tests and three ODIs . New Zealand won the Test Series 2–0 and the ODI Series 2–1.

prehistory

New Zealand previously played a tour against England , for Sri Lanka it was the first tour of the season. The last meeting of the two teams on a tour took place in the 1982/83 season in New Zealand .

Stages

Colombo (CCC) Colombo (PSS) Colombo (SSC) Kandy (AS) Moratuwa

Tour venues

The following stages have been designated as the venue for the tour.

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
Colombo Cricket Club Ground (CCC)	Colombo	6,000	3rd test
Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium (PSS)	Colombo	15,000	3. ODI
Sinhalese Sports Club Ground (SSC)	Colombo	10,000	2 test; 1. ODI
Asgiriya Stadium	Kandy	10,300	1st test
De Soysa Stadium	Moratuwa	16,000	2. ODI

Squad lists

The following roster were announced prior to the tour.

test		ODI
Sri Lanka	New Zealand	Sri Lanka	New Zealand
Jayantha Amerasinghe Roy Dias Susil Fernando Vinothen John Sanath Kaluperuma Ranjan Madugalle Chaminda Mendis Arjuna Ranatunga Rumesh Ratnayake Rumesh Ratnayeke Sidath Wettimuny Guy de Alwis Somachandra de Silva	Stephen Boock John Bracewell Chris Cairns Ewen Chatfield Jeremy Coney Jeff Crowe Martin Crowe Richard Hadlee Geoff Howarth Richard Reid Ian Smith John Wright	Roy Dias Vinothen John Uvais Karnain Brendon Kuruppu Ranjan Madugalle Chaminda Mendis Arjuna Ranatunga Rumesh Ratnayeke Sidath Wettimuny Guy de Alwis Ashantha de Mel Aravinda de Silva Somachandra de Silva	Stephen Boock Chris Cairns Ewen Chatfield Jeremy Coney Jeff Crowe Martin Crowe Bruce Edgar Richard Hadlee Geoff Howarth Richard Reid Ian Smith Derek Stirling John Wright

One-day internationals

First ODI in Colombo

March 3 scorecard	Colombo (SSC)	New Zealand 234-6 (42/42)	-	Sri Lanka 130 (37.3 / 42)
		New Zealand wins with 104 runs

Second ODI in Moratuwa

March 31 scorecard	Moratuwa	Sri Lanka 157-8 (40/40)	-	New Zealand 116 (34/40)
		Sri Lanka wins with 41 runs

Third ODI in Colombo

April 1st scorecard	Colombo (PSS)	New Zealand 201-8 (44/44)	-	Sri Lanka 115 (38.1 / 44)
		New Zealand wins with 86 runs

Testing

First test in Kandy

March 9-14 Scorecard	Kandy (AS)	New Zealand 276 (100.1) & 201-8d (54.5)	-	Sri Lanka 215 (79.5) & 97 (27.3)
		New Zealand wins with 165 runs

Second test in Colombo

March 16-21 Scorecard	Colombo (SSC)	Sri Lanka 174 (90.5) & 289 (127)	-	New Zealand 198 (64.3) & 123 (86)
		draw

Third test in Colombo

March 24-29 Scorecard	Colombo (CCC)	Sri Lanka 256 (82) & 142 (57)	-	New Zealand 459 (175)
		New Zealand wins with one innings and 61 runs

Web links

• The series on Cricinfo