| 9 Jun 1979 | NZ 190/1 v SL 189Match 2 · ODI | SL | 25 | - | 0 | New Zealand won by 9 wickets (with 74 balls remaining) | Nottingham | 1979 Prudential World Cup |
| 16 Jun 1979 | IND 191 v SL 238/5Match 8 · ODI | SL | 50 | - | 2 | Sri Lanka won by 47 runs | Manchester | 1979 Prudential World Cup |
| 13 Feb 1982 | SL 206/8 v ENG 2111st ODI · ODI | SL | 4 | - | 0 | England won by 5 runs | Colombo | England tour of Sri Lanka 1981/82 |
| 14 Feb 1982 | SL 215/7 v ENG 2122nd ODI · ODI | SL | 26 | - | 0 | Sri Lanka won by 3 runs | Colombo | England tour of Sri Lanka 1981/82 |
| 17 Feb 1982 | SL 218 & 175 v ENG 223 & 171/3Only Test · Test | SL | 0 & 77 | - | 0 | England won by 7 wickets | Colombo | England tour of Sri Lanka 1981/82 |
| 5 Mar 1982 | PAK 396 & 301/4 v SL 344 & 1491st Test · Test | SL | 53 & 19 | - | 1 | Pakistan won by 204 runs | Karachi | Sri Lanka tour of Pakistan 1981/82 |
| 12 Mar 1982 | PAK 174/2 v SL 171/31st ODI · ODI | SL | 57 | - | 0 | Pakistan won by 8 wickets (with 22 balls remaining) | Karachi | Sri Lanka tour of Pakistan 1981/82 |
| 14 Mar 1982 | PAK 270 & 186/7 v SL 454 & 154/82nd Test · Test | SL | 98 & 7 | - | 0 | Match drawn | Faisalabad | Sri Lanka tour of Pakistan 1981/82 |
| 22 Mar 1982 | PAK 500/7 v SL 240 & 1583rd Test · Test | SL | 109 & 9 | - | 0 | Pakistan won by an innings and 102 runs | Lahore | Sri Lanka tour of Pakistan 1981/82 |
| 29 Mar 1982 | PAK 239/4 v SL 227/42nd ODI · ODI | SL | 81 | - | 0 | Sri Lanka won by 30 runs (revised target) | Lahore | Sri Lanka tour of Pakistan 1981/82 |
| 31 Mar 1982 | PAK 222/5 v SL 2183rd ODI · ODI | SL | 49 | - | 0 | Pakistan won by 5 wickets (with 11 balls remaining) | Karachi | Sri Lanka tour of Pakistan 1981/82 |
| 12 Sept 1982 | IND 269/7 v SL 191/81st ODI · ODI | SL | 39 | - | 0 | India won by 78 runs | Amritsar | Sri Lanka tour of India 1982/83 |
| 15 Sept 1982 | IND 281/4 v SL 277/82nd ODI · ODI | SL | 102 | - | 1 | India won by 6 wickets (with 55 balls remaining) | Delhi | Sri Lanka tour of India 1982/83 |
| 17 Sept 1982 | IND 566/6 & 135/7 v SL 346 & 394Only Test · Test | SL | 60 & 97 | - | 1 | Match drawn | Chennai | Sri Lanka tour of India 1982/83 |
| 26 Sept 1982 | IND 234/4 v SL 233/83rd ODI · ODI | SL | 121 | 0/1 | 1 | India won by 6 wickets (with 64 balls remaining) | Bengaluru | Sri Lanka tour of India 1982/83 |
| 13 Apr 1983 | SL 169/8 v AUS 168/91st ODI · ODI | SL | 5 | - | 0 | Sri Lanka won by 2 wickets (with 5 balls remaining) | Colombo | Australia tour of Sri Lanka 1982/83 |
| 16 Apr 1983 | SL 213/6 v AUS 207/52nd ODI · ODI | SL | 2 | - | 1 | Sri Lanka won by 4 wickets (with 10 balls remaining) | Colombo | Australia tour of Sri Lanka 1982/83 |
| 22 Apr 1983 | SL 271 & 205 v AUS 514/4Only Test · Test | SL | 4 & 10 | - | 1 | Australia won by an innings and 38 runs | Kandy | Australia tour of Sri Lanka 1982/83 |
| 9 Jun 1983 | PAK 338/5 v SL 288/9Match 2 · ODI | SL | 5 | - | 0 | Pakistan won by 50 runs | Swansea | 1983 Cricket World Cup |
| 11 Jun 1983 | ENG 333/9 v SL 286Match 5 · ODI | SL | 2 | - | 0 | England won by 47 runs | Taunton | 1983 Cricket World Cup |
| 13 Jun 1983 | SL 206 v NZ 209/5Match 10 · ODI | SL | 25 | - | 0 | New Zealand won by 5 wickets (with 124 balls remaining) | Bristol | 1983 Cricket World Cup |
| 16 Jun 1983 | PAK 235/7 v SL 224Match 15 · ODI | SL | 47 | - | 1 | Pakistan won by 11 runs | Leeds | 1983 Cricket World Cup |
| 18 Jun 1983 | NZ 181 v SL 184/7Match 18 · ODI | SL | 64* | - | 2 | Sri Lanka won by 3 wickets (with 43 balls remaining) | Derby | 1983 Cricket World Cup |
| 20 Jun 1983 | ENG 137/1 v SL 136Match 21 · ODI | SL | 7 | - | 0 | England won by 9 wickets (with 215 balls remaining) | Leeds | 1983 Cricket World Cup |
| 3 Mar 1984 | SL 130 v NZ 234/61st ODI · ODI | SL | 9 | - | 0 | New Zealand won by 104 runs | Colombo | New Zealand tour of Sri Lanka 1983/84 |
| 16 Mar 1984 | SL 174 & 289/9 v NZ 198 & 123/42nd Test · Test | SL | 16 & 108 | - | 1 | Match drawn | Colombo | New Zealand tour of Sri Lanka 1983/84 |
| 24 Mar 1984 | SL 256 & 142/9 v NZ 4593rd Test · Test | SL | 10 & DNB | - | 0 | New Zealand won by an innings and 61 runs | Colombo | New Zealand tour of Sri Lanka 1983/84 |
| 6 Apr 1984 | PAK 187/9 v SL 190/5Match 1 · ODI | SL | 57* | - | 1 | Sri Lanka won by 5 wickets (with 15 balls remaining) | Sharjah | 1984 Asia Cup |
| 8 Apr 1984 | IND 97/0 v SL 96Match 2 · ODI | SL | 5 | - | 0 | India won by 10 wickets (with 170 balls remaining) | Sharjah | 1984 Asia Cup |
| 23 Aug 1984 | ENG 370 v SL 491/7 & 294/7Only Test · Test | SL | 32 & 38 | - | 2 | Match drawn | London | Sri Lanka tour of England 1984 |
| 3 Nov 1984 | SL 174/6 v NZ 171/6Match 1 · ODI | SL | 34 | - | 0 | Sri Lanka won by 4 wickets (with 32 balls remaining) | Colombo | New Zealand tour of Pakistan and Sri Lanka 1984/85 |
| 4 Nov 1984 | SL 114/9 v NZ 118/3Match 2 · ODI | SL | 10 | - | 1 | New Zealand won by 7 wickets (with 56 balls remaining) | Moratuwa | New Zealand tour of Pakistan and Sri Lanka 1984/85 |
| 8 Jan 1985 | AUS 240/4 v SL 239/7Match 2 · ODI | SL | 60 | - | 0 | Australia won by 6 wickets (with 16 balls remaining) | Sydney | 1984–85 Australian Tri-Series |
| 10 Jan 1985 | SL 197/7 v WI 198/2Match 3 · ODI | SL | 27 | - | 0 | West Indies won by 8 wickets (with 56 balls remaining) | Hobart | 1984–85 Australian Tri-Series |
| 12 Jan 1985 | SL 180 v WI 270/6Match 4 · ODI | SL | 80 | 0/19 | 0 | West Indies won by 90 runs | Brisbane | 1984–85 Australian Tri-Series |
| 17 Jan 1985 | SL 202/5 v WI 267/3Match 7 · ODI | SL | 65* | - | 0 | West Indies won by 65 runs | Sydney | 1984–85 Australian Tri-Series |
| 19 Jan 1985 | AUS 226/9 v SL 230/6Match 8 · ODI | SL | 48 | 3/25 | 0 | Sri Lanka won by 4 wickets (with 4 balls remaining) | Melbourne | 1984–85 Australian Tri-Series |
| 23 Jan 1985 | AUS 242/7 v SL 240/6Match 10 · ODI | SL | 19 | 0/7 | 0 | Australia won by 3 wickets (with 17 balls remaining) | Sydney | 1984–85 Australian Tri-Series |
| 26 Jan 1985 | SL 204/6 v WI 205/2Match 11 · ODI | SL | 66 | - | 0 | West Indies won by 8 wickets (with 76 balls remaining) | Adelaide | 1984–85 Australian Tri-Series |
| 28 Jan 1985 | AUS 323/2 v SL 91Match 13 · ODI | SL | 3 | 0/10 | 0 | Australia won by 232 runs | Adelaide | 1984–85 Australian Tri-Series |
| 2 Feb 1985 | SL 227/6 v WI 309/6Match 14 · ODI | SL | 1 | 0/8 | 1 | West Indies won by 82 runs | Perth | 1984–85 Australian Tri-Series |
| 3 Feb 1985 | AUS 172/1 v SL 171Match 15 · ODI | SL | 4 | - | 0 | Australia won by 9 wickets (with 157 balls remaining) | Perth | 1984–85 Australian Tri-Series |
| 23 Feb 1985 | NZ 223 v SL 172Match 4 · ODI | SL | 9 | - | 1 | New Zealand won by 51 runs | Melbourne | World Championship of Cricket 1984/85 |
| 27 Feb 1985 | SL 135/7 v WI 136/2Match 7 · ODI | SL | 16 | - | 0 | West Indies won by 8 wickets (with 143 balls remaining) | Melbourne | World Championship of Cricket 1984/85 |
| 25 Aug 1985 | SL 241/6 v IND 242/81st ODI · ODI | SL | 80 | - | 0 | India won by 2 wickets (with 3 balls remaining) | Colombo | India tour of Sri Lanka 1985 |
| 30 Aug 1985 | SL 347 & 61/4 v IND 218 & 2511st Test · Test | SL | 4 & 0 | - | 0 | Match drawn | Colombo | India tour of Sri Lanka 1985 |
| 6 Sept 1985 | SL 385 & 206/3 v IND 244 & 1982nd Test · Test | SL | 95 & 60* | - | 0 | Sri Lanka won by 149 runs | Colombo | India tour of Sri Lanka 1985 |
| 14 Sept 1985 | SL 198 & 307/7 v IND 249 & 325/53rd Test · Test | SL | 8 & 106 | - | 0 | Match drawn | Kandy | India tour of Sri Lanka 1985 |
| 21 Sept 1985 | SL 171/5 v IND 157/42nd ODI · ODI | SL | 27 | - | 0 | Sri Lanka won by 14 runs | Colombo | India tour of Sri Lanka 1985 |
| 22 Sept 1985 | SL 32/4 v IND 194/63rd ODI · ODI | SL | 12 | - | 0 | No result | Colombo | India tour of Sri Lanka 1985 |
