Sri Lankan national cricket team in New Zealand in the 1982/83 season

The tour of the Sri Lankan national cricket team to New Zealand in the 1982/83 season took place from March 2 to March 15, 1983. The international cricket tour was part of the 1982/83 international cricket season and included two tests and three ODIs . New Zealand won the Test Series 2-0 and the ODI Series 3-0.

prehistory

New Zealand previously played a tour against England , Sri Lanka a tour in India . It was the first time the two teams had met on a tour since Sri Lanka became a full member of the International Cricket Council . Previous meetings took place on New Zealand's travels to or from England, for example on the 1927 tour .

Stages

Auckland Christchurch (LP) Dunedin (CS) Napier Wellington (BR)

Tour venues

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

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
Eden Park	Auckland	50,000	3. ODI
Lancaster Park	Christchurch	38,628	1st test
Carisbrook	Dunedin	29,000	1. ODI
McLean Park	Napier	22,500	2. ODI
Basin Reserve	Wellington	11,000	2nd test

Squad lists

test		ODI
New Zealand	Sri Lanka	New Zealand	Sri Lanka
Chris Cairns Ewen Chatfield Jeremy Coney Jeff Crowe Bruce Edgar Richard Hadlee Geoff Howarth Warren Lees Martin Snedden Glenn Turner John Wright	Susil Fernando Yohan Goonasekera Sridharan Jeganathan Vinothen John Ranjan Madugalle Rumesh Ratnayake Rumesh Ratnayeke Jayantha Silva Sidath Wettimuny Sidath Wettimuny Guy de Alwis Somachandra de Silva	Chris Cairns Ewen Chatfield Jeremy Coney Jeff Crowe Martin Crowe Bruce Edgar Richard Hadlee Geoff Howarth Warren Lees Martin Snedden Glenn Turner John Wright	Susil Fernando Yohan Goonasekera Sridharan Jeganathan Vinothen John Ranjan Madugalle Chaminda Mendis Rumesh Ratnayake Rumesh Ratnayeke Sidath Wettimuny Sidath Wettimuny Guy de Alwis Ashantha de Mel Somachandra de Silva

One-day internationals

First ODI in Dunedin

March 2nd scorecard	Dunedin (CS)	New Zealand 183-8 (50)	-	Sri Lanka 118-9 (50)
		New Zealand wins with 65 runs

Second ODI in Napier

March 19 scorecard	Napier	Sri Lanka 167-8 (50)	-	New Zealand 168-3 (36.4)
		New Zealand wins with 7 wickets

Third ODI in Auckland

March 20 scorecard	Auckland	New Zealand 304-5 (50)	-	Sri Lanka 188-6 (50)
		New Zealand wins with 116 runs

Testing

First test in Christchurch

March 4-6 Scorecard	Christchurch (LP)	New Zealand 344 (101.5)	-	Sri Lanka 122 (53.3) & 175 (81.5) (f / o)
		New Zealand wins with one innings and 25 runs

Second test in Wellington

March 11-15 Scorecard	Wellington (BR)	Sri Lanka 240 (100.5) & 93 (53)	-	New Zealand 201 (72.2) & 134-4 (37.1)
		New Zealand wins with 6 wickets

Web links

• The series on Cricinfo