Sri Lankan cricket team in Pakistan in 1981–82

{{Two-innings cricket match

| date = 5–10 March 1982
(5-day match)

| team1 = {{cr-rt|PAK}}

| team2 = {{cr|SRI}}

| score-team1-inns1 = 396 (103.2 overs)

| runs-team1-inns1 = Haroon Rasheed 153 (242)

| wickets-team1-inns1 = DS de Silva 4/102 (38 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 344 (112.4 overs)

| runs-team2-inns1 = S Wettimuny 71 (131)

| wickets-team2-inns1 = Tahir Naqqash 3/83 (32 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 301/4d (90 overs)

| runs-team1-inns2 = Saleem Malik 100* (191)

| wickets-team1-inns2 = DS de Silva 3/99 (26 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 = 149 (47.1 overs)

| runs-team2-inns2 = A Ranatunga 33 (41)

| wickets-team2-inns2 = Iqbal Qasim 4/27 (15.1 overs)

| result = Pakistan won by 204 runs

| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/42/42100.html Scorecard]

| venue = National Stadium, Karachi

| umpires = Amanullah Khan and Mahboob Shah

| motm =

| toss = Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.

| rain = 8 March was taken as a rest day.

| notes = This was first ever Test match between Pakistan and Sri Lanka.

• Rashid Khan, Saleem Malik, Saleem Yousuf and Tahir Naqqash (all PAK), and JR Ratnayeke (SL) made their Test debuts.

}}

{{Two-innings cricket match

| date = 14–19 March 1982
(5-day match)

| team1 = {{cr-rt|SRI}}

| team2 = {{cr|PAK}}

| score-team1-inns1 = 454 (155 overs)

| runs-team1-inns1 = S Wettimuny 157 (330)

| wickets-team1-inns1 = Iqbal Qasim 6/141 (65 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 270 (92 overs)

| runs-team2-inns1 = Ashraf Ali 58 (104)

| wickets-team2-inns1 = DS de Silva 4/103 (32 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 154/8d (63 overs)

| runs-team1-inns2 = HM Goonatilleke 56 (156)

| wickets-team1-inns2 = Tauseef Ahmed 3/18 (14 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 = 186/7 (59 overs)

| runs-team2-inns2 = Mohsin Khan 74 (106)

| wickets-team2-inns2 = DS de Silva 5/59 (18 overs)

| result = Match drawn

| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/42/42121.html Scorecard]

| venue = Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad

| umpires = Javed Akhtar and Khizer Hayat

| motm =

| toss = Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.

| rain = 17 March was taken as a rest day.

| notes = Ashraf Ali (PAK) and AN Ranasinghe (SL) made their Test debuts.

}}

{{Two-innings cricket match

| date = 22–27 March 1982
(5-day match)

| team1 = {{cr-rt|SRI}}

| team2 = {{cr|PAK}}

| score-team1-inns1 = 240 (76.3 overs)

| runs-team1-inns1 = RL Dias 109 (179)

| wickets-team1-inns1 = Imran Khan 8/58 (29.3 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 500/7d (119 overs)

| runs-team2-inns1 = Zaheer Abbas 134 (148)

| wickets-team2-inns1 = ALF de Mel 3/120 (28 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 158 (61.5 overs)

| runs-team1-inns2 = S Wettimuny 41 (98)

| wickets-team1-inns2 = Imran Khan 6/58 (22.5 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 =

| runs-team2-inns2 =

| wickets-team2-inns2 =

| result = Pakistan won by an innings and 102 runs

| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/42/42133.html Scorecard]

| venue = Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore

| umpires = Khizer Hayat and Shakoor Rana

| motm =

| toss = Pakistan won the toss and elected to field.

| rain = There was no play on the third day.

• The match was scheduled for five days but extended to six, by playing on the scheduled rest day.

| notes = RSA Jayasekera and RGCE Wijesuriya (SL) made their Test debuts.

}}

Pakistan won the Wills Series 2-1.

{{Limited overs matches

| date = 12 March 1982

| time =

| daynight =

| team1 = {{cr-rt|SRI}}

| team2 = {{cr|PAK}}

| score1 = 171/3 (33 overs)

| runs1 = B Warnapura 77 (98)

| wickets1 = Jalal-ud-Din 1/14 (5 overs)

| score2 = 174/2 (29.2 overs)

| runs2 = Mohsin Khan 85 (91)

| wickets2 = JR Ratnayeke 1/40 (6.2 overs)

| result = Pakistan won by 8 wickets

| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/42/42120.html Scorecard]

| venue = National Stadium, Karachi

| umpires = Shakeel Khan and Tariq Ata

| motm = Mohsin Khan (PAK)

| toss = Pakistan won the toss and elected to field.

| rain =

| notes = Jalal-ud-Din and Saleem Yousuf (both PAK), and JR Ratnayeke and RGCE Wijesuriya (both SL) made their ODI debuts.

}}

{{Limited overs matches

| date = 29 March 1982

| time =

| daynight =

| team1 = {{cr-rt|PAK}}

| team2 = {{cr|SRI}}

| score1 = 239/4 (40 overs)

| runs1 = Zaheer Abbas 123 (87)

| wickets1 = JR Ratnayeke 1/42 (8 overs)

| score2 = 227/4 (33 overs)

| runs2 = RL Dias 81 (59)

| wickets2 = Mudassar Nazar 2/56 (8 overs)

| result = Sri Lanka won by faster scoring rate

| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/42/42146.html Scorecard]

| venue = Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore

| umpires = Mian Mohammad Aslam and Rab Nawaz

| motm = RL Dias (SL)

| toss = Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.

| rain = When play was halted Sri Lanka needed to have scored 198 runs to win.

| notes =

}}

{{Limited overs matches

| date = 31 March 1982

| time =

| daynight =

| team1 = {{cr-rt|SRI}}

| team2 = {{cr|PAK}}

| score1 = 218 (38.3 overs)

| runs1 = RL Dias 49 (59)

| wickets1 = Imran Khan 2/10 (7 overs)

| score2 = 222/5 (38.1 overs)

| runs2 = Mudassar Nazar 79 (82)

| wickets2 = GRA de Silva 3/41 (8 overs)

| result = Pakistan won by 5 wickets

| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/42/42149.html Scorecard]

| venue = National Stadium, Karachi

| umpires = Ghafoor Butt and Shakeel Khan

| motm = Mudassar Nazar (PAK)

| toss = Pakistan won the toss and elected to field.

| rain =

| notes = Tauseef Ahmed (PAK) made his ODI debut.

}}

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