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Sri Lanka v New Zealand @ Colombo Cricket Club Ground
24, 25, 26, 28, 29 March 1984 (five-day match)
Toss: Sri Lanka (bat)
Umpires: KT Francis, PW Vidanagamage
Match Result: New Zealand won by an innings and 61 runs
1st Innings
Sri Lanka
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Sidath Wettimuny | b Sir Richard Hadlee | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | - |
| 2. Sanath Kaluperuma | b Sir Richard Hadlee | 16 | 30 | 47 | 3 | - |
| 3. Ravi Ratnayeke | lbw b Sir Richard Hadlee | 0 | 5 | 5 | - | - |
| 4. Roy Dias | c Ian Smith b Ewen Chatfield | 10 | 0 | 21 | 1 | - |
| *5. Duleep Mendis | c Jeff Crowe b Ewen Chatfield | 19 | 0 | 49 | 4 | - |
| 6. Ranjan Madugalle | not out | 89 | 0 | 217 | 14 | - |
| 7. Arjuna Ranatunga | c sub b Ewen Chatfield | 37 | 109 | 187 | 6 | - |
| 8. Somachandra de Silva | c Ian Smith b Sir Richard Hadlee | 17 | 0 | 71 | 2 | - |
| +9. Guy de Alwis | c Stephen Boock b Sir Richard Hadlee | 28 | 0 | 43 | 4 | - |
| 10. Jayantha Amerasinghe | c John Wright b Ewen Chatfield | 15 | 26 | 71 | 2 | - |
| 11. Vinothen John | c & b Ewen Chatfield | 12 | 26 | 27 | 1 | - |
| FOW | 1-4 (Sidath Wettimuny), 2-4 (Ravi Ratnayeke), 3-22 (Roy Dias), 4-32 (Sanath Kaluperuma), 5-63 (Duleep Mendis), 6-182 (Arjuna Ranatunga), 7-222 (Guy de Alwis), 8-227 (Somachandra de Silva), 9-249 (Jayantha Amerasinghe), 256 (Vinothen John). |
| Extras | 0b, 4lb, 0w, 5nb, 0pen) 9 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 82 ovs) 256 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Sir Richard Hadlee | 22 | 4 | 73 | 5 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ewen Chatfield | 22 | 5 | 63 | 5 | (0w,0nb) |
| Martin Crowe | 6 | 2 | 22 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Stephen Boock | 20 | 9 | 51 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| John Bracewell | 9 | 2 | 31 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Jeremy Coney | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
New Zealand
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *1. Geoff Howarth | lbw b Ravi Ratnayeke | 7 | 19 | 28 | - | - |
| 2. John Wright | c Guy de Alwis b Ravi Ratnayeke | 18 | 33 | 58 | 2 | - |
| 3. John Reid | c & b Jayantha Amerasinghe | 180 | 445 | 685 | 16 | - |
| 4. Martin Crowe | c Guy de Alwis b Ravi Ratnayeke | 45 | 143 | 210 | 7 | - |
| 5. Stephen Boock | b Vinothen John | 35 | 86 | 140 | 2 | - |
| 6. Jeff Crowe | lbw b Vinothen John | 18 | 39 | 58 | 3 | - |
| 7. Jeremy Coney | c Guy de Alwis b Jayantha Amerasinghe | 92 | 229 | 304 | 8 | - |
| 8. Sir Richard Hadlee | c Sanath Kaluperuma b Somachandra de Silva | 0 | 8 | 10 | - | - |
| +9. Ian Smith | b Vinothen John | 42 | 53 | 89 | 5 | - |
| 10. John Bracewell | c Sanath Kaluperuma b Somachandra de Silva | 0 | 1 | 8 | - | - |
| 11. Ewen Chatfield | not out | 1 | 23 | 30 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-13 (Geoff Howarth), 2-32 (John Wright), 3-132 (Martin Crowe), 4-214 (Stephen Boock), 5-253 (Jeff Crowe), 6-386 (John Reid), 7-391 (Sir Richard Hadlee), 8-429 (Jeremy Coney), 9-436 (John Bracewell), 459 (Ian Smith). |
| Extras | 5b, 8lb, 2w, 6nb, 0pen) 21 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 175 ovs) 459 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Vinothen John | 37 | 8 | 99 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ravi Ratnayeke | 40 | 9 | 128 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Arjuna Ranatunga | 16 | 5 | 18 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Somachandra de Silva | 42 | 4 | 95 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Jayantha Amerasinghe | 30 | 4 | 73 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Sanath Kaluperuma | 10 | 2 | 25 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
3rd Innings
Sri Lanka
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Sidath Wettimuny | c Jeremy Coney b Sir Richard Hadlee | 2 | 0 | 10 | - | - |
| 2. Sanath Kaluperuma | c Jeremy Coney b Sir Richard Hadlee | 18 | 74 | 100 | 2 | - |
| 3. Ranjan Madugalle | c John Wright b John Bracewell | 38 | 0 | 84 | 4 | - |
| 4. Arjuna Ranatunga | c John Wright b Stephen Boock | 50 | 92 | 131 | 7 | 1 |
| 5. Somachandra de Silva | c Ian Smith b Sir Richard Hadlee | 1 | 0 | 34 | - | - |
| *6. Duleep Mendis | b Stephen Boock | 10 | 0 | 29 | 2 | - |
| 7. Ravi Ratnayeke | b Stephen Boock | 2 | 8 | 14 | - | - |
| +8. Guy de Alwis | c John Bracewell b Sir Richard Hadlee | 10 | 0 | 39 | 1 | - |
| 9. Jayantha Amerasinghe | b Sir Richard Hadlee | 5 | 14 | 24 | 1 | - |
| 10. Vinothen John | not out | 0 | 3 | 7 | - | - |
| 11. Roy Dias | absent hurt | 0 | - | - | - | - |
| FOW | 1-6 (Sidath Wettimuny), 2-63 (Ranjan Madugalle), 3-63 (Sanath Kaluperuma), 4-79 (Somachandra de Silva), 5-101 (Duleep Mendis), 6-105 (Ravi Ratnayeke), 7-136 (Guy de Alwis), 8-138 (Arjuna Ranatunga), 9-142 (Jayantha Amerasinghe). |
| Extras | 0b, 0lb, 1w, 5nb, 0pen) 6 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 57 ovs) 142 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Sir Richard Hadlee | 16 | 7 | 29 | 5 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ewen Chatfield | 9 | 2 | 27 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Martin Crowe | 5 | 2 | 13 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Stephen Boock | 16 | 2 | 32 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| John Bracewell | 11 | 4 | 35 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
Squads
Sri Lanka:
Sidath Wettimuny, Sanath Kaluperuma, Ranjan Madugalle, Arjuna Ranatunga, Somachandra de Silva, Duleep Mendis, Ravi Ratnayeke, Guy de Alwis, Jayantha Amerasinghe, Vinothen John, Roy Dias