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| Venue | Colombo Cricket Club Ground, Colombo on 24th, 25th, 26th, 28th, 29th March 1984 (5-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Sri Lanka won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | New Zealand won by an innings and 61 runs |
| Umpires | KT Francis, PW Vidanagamage |
| Scorers | C de Silva, A Pereira |
| Close of play day 1 | Sri Lanka (1) 230/8 (Amerasinghe 1*, John 2*) |
| Close of play day 2 | New Zealand (1) 135/3 (Reid 56*, Boock 3*) |
| Close of play day 3 | New Zealand (1) 322/5 (Reid 156*, Coney 26*) |
| Close of play day 4 | Sri Lanka (2) 69/3 (Ranatunga 6*, de Silva 0*) |
| Sri Lanka first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| S Wettimuny | b Hadlee | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | - | |
| SMS Kaluperuma | b Hadlee | 16 | 30 | 47 | 3 | - | |
| JR Ratnayeke | lbw b Hadlee | 0 | 5 | 5 | - | - | |
| RL Dias | c Smith b Chatfield | 10 | 19 | 21 | 1 | - | |
| *LRD Mendis | c JJ Crowe b Chatfield | 19 | 24 | 49 | 4 | - | |
| RS Madugalle | not out | 89 | 188 | 217 | 14 | - | |
| A Ranatunga | c sub (BA Edgar) b Chatfield | 37 | 109 | 187 | 6 | - | |
| DS de Silva | c Smith b Hadlee | 17 | 52 | 71 | 2 | - | |
| +RG de Alwis | c Boock b Hadlee | 28 | 30 | 43 | 4 | - | |
| AMJG Amerasinghe | c Wright b Chatfield | 15 | 26 | 71 | 2 | - | |
| VB John | c and b Chatfield | 12 | 26 | 27 | 1 | - | |
| Extras | (4 lb, 5 nb) | 9 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 366 minutes, 82 overs) | 256 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-4 (Wettimuny), 2-4 (Ratnayeke), 3-22 (Dias), 4-32 (Kaluperuma), 5-63 (Mendis), 6-182 (Ranatunga), 7-222 (de Alwis), 8-227 (de Silva), 9-249 (Amerasinghe), 10-256 (John, 82 ov) | |||||||
| New Zealand bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Hadlee | 22 | 4 | 73 | 5 | - | - | |
| Chatfield | 22 | 5 | 63 | 5 | - | - | |
| MD Crowe | 6 | 2 | 22 | 0 | - | - | |
| Boock | 20 | 9 | 51 | 0 | - | - | |
| Bracewell | 9 | 2 | 31 | 0 | - | - | |
| Coney | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | - | - | |
| New Zealand first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *GP Howarth | lbw b Ratnayeke | 7 | 19 | 28 | - | - | |
| JG Wright | c de Alwis b Ratnayeke | 18 | 33 | 58 | 2 | - | |
| JF Reid | c and b Amerasinghe | 180 | 445 | 685 | 16 | - | |
| MD Crowe | c de Alwis b Ratnayeke | 45 | 143 | 210 | 7 | - | |
| SL Boock | b John | 35 | 86 | 140 | 2 | - | |
| JJ Crowe | lbw b John | 18 | 39 | 58 | 3 | - | |
| JV Coney | c de Alwis b Amerasinghe | 92 | 229 | 304 | 8 | - | |
| RJ Hadlee | c Kaluperuma b de Silva | 0 | 8 | 10 | - | - | |
| +IDS Smith | b John | 42 | 53 | 89 | 5 | - | |
| JG Bracewell | c Kaluperuma b de Silva | 0 | 1 | 8 | - | - | |
| EJ Chatfield | not out | 1 | 23 | 30 | - | - | |
| Extras | (5 b, 8 lb, 6 nb, 2 w) | 21 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 815 minutes, 175 overs) | 459 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-13 (Howarth), 2-32 (Wright), 3-132 (MD Crowe), 4-214 (Boock), 5-253 (JJ Crowe), 6-386 (Reid), 7-391 (Hadlee), 8-429 (Coney), 9-436 (Bracewell), 10-459 (Smith, 175 ov) | |||||||
| Sri Lanka bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| John | 37 | 8 | 99 | 3 | - | - | |
| Ratnayeke | 40 | 9 | 128 | 3 | - | - | |
| Ranatunga | 16 | 5 | 18 | 0 | - | - | |
| de Silva | 42 | 4 | 95 | 2 | - | - | |
| Amerasinghe | 30 | 4 | 73 | 2 | - | - | |
| Kaluperuma | 10 | 2 | 25 | 0 | - | - | |
| Sri Lanka second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| S Wettimuny | c Coney b Hadlee | 2 | 7 | 10 | - | - | |
| SMS Kaluperuma | c Coney b Hadlee | 18 | 74 | 100 | 2 | - | |
| RS Madugalle | c Wright b Bracewell | 38 | 66 | 84 | 4 | - | |
| A Ranatunga | c Wright b Boock | 50 | 92 | 131 | 7 | 1 | |
| DS de Silva | c Smith b Hadlee | 1 | 26 | 34 | - | - | |
| *LRD Mendis | b Boock | 10 | 22 | 29 | 2 | - | |
| JR Ratnayeke | b Boock | 2 | 8 | 14 | - | - | |
| +RG de Alwis | c Bracewell b Hadlee | 10 | 36 | 39 | 1 | - | |
| AMJG Amerasinghe | b Hadlee | 5 | 14 | 24 | 1 | - | |
| VB John | not out | 0 | 3 | 7 | - | - | |
| RL Dias | absent hurt | ||||||
| Extras | (5 nb, 1 w) | 6 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 235 minutes, 57 overs) | 142 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-6 (Wettimuny), 2-63 (Madugalle), 3-63 (Kaluperuma), 4-79 (de Silva), 5-101 (Mendis), 6-105 (Ratnayeke), 7-136 (de Alwis), 8-138 (Ranatunga), 9-142 (Amerasinghe, 57 ov) | |||||||
| New Zealand bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Hadlee | 16 | 7 | 29 | 5 | - | - | |
| Chatfield | 9 | 2 | 27 | 0 | - | - | |
| MD Crowe | 5 | 2 | 13 | 0 | - | - | |
| Bracewell | 11 | 4 | 35 | 1 | - | - | |
| Boock | 16 | 2 | 32 | 3 | - | - | |
Notes
--> AMJG Amerasinghe made his last appearance in Test matches
--> LRD Mendis (1) passed 500 runs in Test matches when he reached 8
--> RS Madugalle (1) 50 in 103 balls, 129 minutes
--> A Ranatunga did not score for 75 minutes in the Sri Lanka first innings
--> RG de Alwis (1) passed his previous highest score of 26 in Test matches
--> JF Reid (1) 50 in 144 balls, 219 minutes
--> JF Reid (1) 100 in 259 balls, 392 minutes with 9 fours
--> JF Reid (1) passed his previous highest score of 123 in Test matches
--> JF Reid (1) 150 in 367 balls with 15 fours
--> JF Reid (1) passed his previous highest score of 173 in First-Class matches
--> JF Reid (1) passed 500 runs in Test matches when he reached 168
--> SL Boock (1) equalled his previous highest score of 35 in First-Class matches
--> JV Coney (1) 50 in 130 balls, 200 minutes
--> JV Coney (1) passed 1500 runs in Test matches when he reached 25
--> A Ranatunga (2) 50 in 84 balls, 124 minutes with 7 fours and 1 six
--> EJ Chatfield achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches in the Sri Lanka first innings (previous best was 5-95)
--> RS Madugalle retired hurt in the Sri Lanka first innings having scored 87 (team score 172/5) - he returned when the score was 249/9 (hit on the head by a ball from Hadlee )
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