Sri Lankan cricket team in Pakistan in 1985–86

The Sri Lanka national cricket team toured Pakistan in October to November 1985 and played a three-match Test series against the Pakistan national cricket team. Pakistan won the Test series 2–0. Sri Lanka were captained by Duleep Mendis and Pakistan by Javed Miandad. In addition, the teams played a four-match Limited Overs International (LOI) series which Pakistan won 4–0.[1]

Test series summary

1st Test
16–21 October 1985
(5-day match)
Scorecard
v
479 (200.3 overs)
PA de Silva 122
Imran Khan 3/112 (49 overs)
555/3 (162.5 overs)
Qasim Umar 206
Javed Miandad 203*
RJ Ratnayake 2/93 (32 overs)
Match drawn
Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad
Umpires: Khizer Hayat and Mahboob Shah
Player of the match: PA de Silva (SL)
  • Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.
  • 19 October was taken as a rest day.

2nd Test
27–31 October 1985
(5-day match)
Scorecard
v
157 (56.2 overs)
S Wettimuny 45
Imran Khan 4/55 (19 overs)
259 (63.2 overs)
Mudassar Nazar 78
JR Ratnayeke 8/83 (23.2 overs)
200 (62.3 overs)
RS Madugalle 65
Imran Khan 5/40 (18.3 overs)
100/2 (23.4 overs)
Mohsin Khan 44
ALF de Mel 1/43 (10 overs)
Pakistan won by 8 wickets
Jinnah Stadium, Sialkot
Umpires: Javed Akhtar and Mian Mohammad Aslam
Player of the match: JR Ratnayeke (SL)
  • Pakistan won the toss and elected to field.
  • 30 October was taken as a rest day.
  • The match was scheduled for five days but completed in four.

3rd Test
7–11 November 1985
(5-day match)
Scorecard
v
162 (76.5 overs)
JR Ratnayeke 36
Abdul Qadir 5/44 (20.5 overs)
295 (75 overs)
Javed Miandad 63
Imran Khan 63
ALF de Mel 6/109 (22 overs)
230 (80.2 overs)
PA de Silva 105
Tauseef Ahmed 5/54 (23.2 overs)
98/0 (16.4 overs)
Mudassar Nazar 57*
Pakistan won by 10 wickets
National Stadium, Karachi
Umpires: Khizer Hayat and Mahboob Shah
Player of the match: PA de Silva (SL)
  • Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.
  • 10 November was taken as a rest day.
  • The match was scheduled for five days but completed in four.
  • AP Gurusinha (SL) made his Test debut.

One Day Internationals (ODIs)

Pakistan won the Wills Series 4-0.

1st ODI
13 October 1985
Scorecard
Sri Lanka 
145 (39.2 overs)
v
 Pakistan
147/2 (32.5 overs)
ALF de Mel 36* (34)
Imran Khan 2/22 (8 overs)
Shoaib Mohammad 72* (149)
RGCE Wijesuriya 1/18 (6 overs)
Pakistan won by 8 wickets
Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar
Umpires: Javed Akhtar and Khizer Hayat
Player of the match: Mudassar Nazar (PAK)
  • Pakistan won the toss and elected to field.

2nd ODI
23 October 1985
Scorecard
Pakistan 
224/5 (40 overs)
v
 Sri Lanka
209/7 (40 overs)
Saleem Malik 72* (60)
RJ Ratnayake 3/51 (8 overs)
PA de Silva 86 (92)
Abdul Qadir 2/25 (8 overs)
Pakistan won by 15 runs
Municipal Stadium, Gujranwala
Umpires: Mian Mohammad Aslam and Shakoor Rana
Player of the match: PA de Silva (SRI)
  • Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.

3rd ODI
25 October 1985
Scorecard
Sri Lanka 
228/7 (38 overs)
v
 Pakistan
231/5 (36.3 overs)
RS Madugalle 73 (77)
Tahir Naqqash 3/59 (8 overs)
Javed Miandad 91* (75)
RJ Ratnayake 2/50 (6.3 overs)
Pakistan won by 5 wickets
Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
Umpires: Amanullah Khan and Shakoor Rana
Player of the match: Javed Miandad (PAK)
  • Pakistan won the toss and elected to field.
  • The match was reduced before play started from 40 to 38 overs per side.
  • FS Ahangama (SL) made his ODI debut.

4th ODI
3 November 1985
Scorecard
Pakistan 
216/7 (39 overs)
v
 Sri Lanka
127 (37.2 overs)
Javed Miandad 56 (49)
JR Ratnayeke 3/34 (6 overs)
LRD Mendis 46 (74)
Abdul Qadir 2/13 (7.2 overs)
Pakistan won by 89 runs
Niaz Stadium, Hyderabad
Umpires: Feroze Butt and Shakeel Khan
Player of the match: Javed Miandad (PAK)
  • Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.
  • The match was reduced to 39 overs per side.
  • AP Gurusinha (SL) made his ODI debut.

References
  1. "Sri Lanka in Pakistan 1985–86". CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 July 2014.


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