Pakistani national cricket team in Sri Lanka in the 1985/86 season

The tour of the Pakistani national cricket team to Sri Lanka in the 1985/86 season took place from February 23 to March 11, 1986. The international cricket tour was part of the 1985/86 international cricket season and included three tests and four ODIs . Pakistan won the ODI series 2–0 while the Test series 1–1 ended in a draw.

prehistory

Pakistan previously played a tour in the West Indies , while for Sri Lanka it was the first tour after the match against Pakistan at the beginning of the season in Pakistan .

Stages

Colombo (CCC) Colombo (PSS) Colombo (RPS) 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	2nd test
Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium (PSS)	Colombo	15,000	3rd test
R. Premadasa Stadium (RPS)	Colombo	35,000	3. ODI
Sinhalese Sports Club Ground (SSC)	Colombo	10,000	4. ODI
Asgiriya Stadium	Kandy	10,300	1st test; 1. ODI
De Soysa Stadium	Moratuwa	16,000	2. ODI

Squad lists

test		ODI
Sri Lanka	Pakistan	Sri Lanka	Pakistan
Kaushik Amalean Don Anurasiri Roy Dias Asanka Gurusinha Kosala Kuruppuarachchi Roshan Mahanama Chaminda Mendis Arjuna Ranatunga Rumesh Ratnayake Rumesh Ratnayeke Jayantha Silva Jayananda Varnaweera Sidath Wettimuny Guy de Alwis Ashantha de Mel Aravinda de Silva Asoka de Silva	Abdul Razzaq Imran Khan Javed Miandad Mohsin Kamal Mohsin Kamal Mudassar Nazar Qasim Umar Rameez Raja Saleem Malik Tauseef Ahmed Wasim Akram Zakir Khan Zulqarnain	Kaushik Amalean Don Anurasiri Roy Dias Brendon Kuruppu Roshan Mahanama Chaminda Mendis Gamini Perera Champaka Ramanayake Keerthi Ranasinghe Arjuna Ranatunga Rumesh Ratnayake Ashantha de Mel Aravinda de Silva Asoka de Silva	Abdul Razzaq Imran Khan Javed Miandad Mohsin Kamal Mudassar Nazar Rameez Raja Saleem Malik Tauseef Ahmed Wasim Akram Zakir Khan Zulqarnain

Testing

First test in Kandy

February 23-27 Scorecard	Kandy (AS)	Sri Lanka 109 (42.4) & 101 (43)	-	Pakistan 230 (90.2)
		Pakistan wins with one innings and 20 runs

Second test in Colombo

March 14-18 Scorecard	Colombo (CCC)	Pakistan 132 (51.3) & 172 (45.3)	-	Sri Lanka 273 (95.3) & 32-2 (13)
		Sri Lanka wins with 8 wickets

Third test in Colombo

March 22-27 Scorecard	Colombo (PSS)	Sri Lanka 281 (108.5) & 323-3 (108)	-	Pakistan 318 (101.2)
		draw

One-day internationals

First ODI in Dunedin

March 2nd scorecard	Kandy (AS)	Sri Lanka 124-6 (23/23)	-	Pakistan 125-2 (21.3 / 23)
		Pakistan wins with 8 wickets

Second ODI in Moratuwa

March 8 scorecard	Moratuwa	Pakistan 125-8 (38/38)	-	Sri Lanka
		No result

Third ODI in Colombo

March 9 scorecard	Colombo (RPS)	Sri Lanka	-	Pakistan
		Called off

Fourth ODI in Colombo

March 11th scorecard	Colombo (SSC)	Sri Lanka 160-8 (38/38)	-	Pakistan 103-2 (23/24)
		Pakistan wins with 8 wickets (Revised Target)

Web links

• The series on Cricinfo