New Zealand national cricket team in Sri Lanka in the 1984/85 season

The tour of the New Zealand national cricket team to Sri Lanka in the 1984/85 season took place from November 3rd to 4th, 1984. The international cricket tour was part of the 1984/85 international cricket season and included two ODIs . The series ended 1-1 in a draw.

prehistory

It was the first tour of the season for both teams. The last meeting of the two teams on a tour took place in the 1983/84 season in Sri Lanka .

Stages

Colombo (PSS) Moratuwa

Tour venues

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

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium (PSS)	Colombo	15,000	1. ODI
De Soysa Stadium	Moratuwa	16,000	2. ODI

Squad lists

ODI
Sri Lanka	New Zealand
Stephen Boock Chris Cairns Ewen Chatfield Jeremy Coney Jeff Crowe Martin Crowe Bruce Edgar Evan Gray PE McEwan Richard Reid Ian Smith Martin Snedden Derek Stirling John Wright	Roy Dias Vinothen John Ranjan Madugalle Chaminda Mendis Arjuna Ranatunga Rumesh Ratnayeke Jayantha Silva Sidath Wettimuny Ashantha de Mel Aravinda de Silva Somachandra de Silva

One-day internationals

First ODI in Colombo

November 3rd scorecard	Colombo (PSS)	New Zealand 171-6 (45/45)	-	Sri Lanka 174-6 (39.4 / 45)
		Sri lanka wins with 4 wickets

Second ODI in Moratuwa

November 4th scorecard	Moratuwa	Sri Lanka 114-9 (41/41)	-	New Zealand 118-3 (31.4 / 41)
		New Zealand wins with 7 wickets

Web links

• The series on Cricinfo