| 5 Mar 1982 | PAK 396 & 301/4 v SL 344 & 1491st Test · Test | SL | 24 & 0 | 1/49 & 0/20 | 0 | 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 | DNB | 1/40 | 0 | Pakistan won by 8 wickets (with 22 balls remaining) | Karachi | Sri Lanka tour of Pakistan 1981/82 |
| 22 Mar 1982 | PAK 500/7 v SL 240 & 1583rd Test · Test | SL | 1* & 0 | 3/121 | 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 | DNB | 1/42 | 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 | 0* | 0/34 | 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 | 6* | 0/37 | 1 | 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 | 2 | 1/48 | 0 | 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 | 23 & 6 | 1/75 & 0/36 | 0 | Match drawn | Chennai | Sri Lanka tour of India 1982/83 |
| 26 Sept 1982 | IND 234/4 v SL 233/83rd ODI · ODI | SL | 1 | 0/25 | 1 | India won by 6 wickets (with 64 balls remaining) | Bengaluru | Sri Lanka tour of India 1982/83 |
| 2 Mar 1983 | NZ 183/8 v SL 118/91st ODI · ODI | SL | 14 | 1/45 | 0 | New Zealand won by 65 runs | Dunedin | Sri Lanka tour of Australia and New Zealand 1982/83 |
| 4 Mar 1983 | NZ 344 v SL 144 & 1751st Test · Test | SL | 0 & 7 | 3/93 | 0 | New Zealand won by an innings and 25 runs | Christchurch | Sri Lanka tour of Australia and New Zealand 1982/83 |
| 11 Mar 1983 | NZ 201 & 134/4 v SL 240 & 932nd Test · Test | SL | 29* & 12 | 0/36 & 1/20 | 0 | New Zealand won by 6 wickets | Wellington | Sri Lanka tour of Australia and New Zealand 1982/83 |
| 19 Mar 1983 | NZ 168/3 v SL 167/82nd ODI · ODI | SL | 27 | 1/39 | 0 | New Zealand won by 7 wickets (with 80 balls remaining) | Napier | Sri Lanka tour of Australia and New Zealand 1982/83 |
| 20 Mar 1983 | NZ 304/5 v SL 188/63rd ODI · ODI | SL | 13* | 0/41 | 2 | New Zealand won by 116 runs | Auckland | Sri Lanka tour of Australia and New Zealand 1982/83 |
| 30 Apr 1983 | SL v AUS 124/34th ODI · ODI | SL | - | 1/16 | 0 | No result | Colombo | Australia tour of Sri Lanka 1982/83 |
| 3 Mar 1984 | SL 130 v NZ 234/61st ODI · ODI | SL | 1 | 2/37 | 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 | 22 & 12 | 5/42 & 0/17 | 0 | Match drawn | Colombo | New Zealand tour of Sri Lanka 1983/84 |
| 24 Mar 1984 | SL 256 & 142/9 v NZ 4593rd Test · Test | SL | 0 & 2 | 3/128 | 0 | New Zealand won by an innings and 61 runs | Colombo | New Zealand tour of Sri Lanka 1983/84 |
| 31 Mar 1984 | SL 157/8 v NZ 1162nd ODI · ODI | SL | 12 | 0/14 | 0 | Sri Lanka won by 41 runs | Moratuwa | New Zealand tour of Sri Lanka 1983/84 |
| 1 Apr 1984 | SL 115 v NZ 201/83rd ODI · ODI | SL | 7 | 1/32 | 0 | New Zealand won by 86 runs | Colombo | New Zealand tour of Sri Lanka 1983/84 |
| 6 Apr 1984 | PAK 187/9 v SL 190/51st Match · ODI | SL | DNB | 1/33 | 1 | Sri Lanka won by 5 wickets (with 15 balls remaining) | Sharjah | 1984 Asia Cup |
| 8 Apr 1984 | IND 97/0 v SL 962nd Match · ODI | SL | 2 | 0/27 | 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 | 5* & 7* | 0/50 | 1 | Match drawn | London | Sri Lanka tour of England 1984 |
| 3 Nov 1984 | SL 174/6 v NZ 171/61st ODI · ODI | SL | DNB | 1/40 | 1 | 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 118/32nd ODI · ODI | SL | 7* | 0/10 | 0 | 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 239/72nd Match · ODI | SL | 8* | 1/69 | 0 | Australia won by 6 wickets (with 16 balls remaining) | Sydney | 1984–85 Australian Tri-Series |
| 10 Jan 1985 | SL 197/7 v WI 198/23rd Match · ODI | SL | 8 | 0/41 | 0 | West Indies won by 8 wickets (with 56 balls remaining) | Hobart | 1984–85 Australian Tri-Series |
| 17 Jan 1985 | SL 202/5 v WI 267/37th Match · ODI | SL | 17 | 0/19 | 0 | West Indies won by 65 runs | Sydney | 1984–85 Australian Tri-Series |
| 2 Feb 1985 | SL 227/6 v WI 309/614th Match · ODI | SL | 24 | 0/48 | 0 | West Indies won by 82 runs | Perth | 1984–85 Australian Tri-Series |
| 3 Feb 1985 | AUS 172/1 v SL 17115th Match · ODI | SL | 1 | 0/36 | 0 | Australia won by 9 wickets (with 157 balls remaining) | Perth | 1984–85 Australian Tri-Series |
| 23 Feb 1985 | NZ 223 v SL 1724th Match · ODI | SL | 8 | - | 0 | New Zealand won by 51 runs | Melbourne | World Championship of Cricket 1984/85 |
| 27 Feb 1985 | SL 135/7 v WI 136/27th Match · ODI | SL | 50 | - | 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 | 13 | 1/32 | 2 | India won by 2 wickets (with 3 balls remaining) | Colombo | India tour of Sri Lanka 1985 |
| 21 Sept 1985 | SL 171/5 v IND 157/42nd ODI · ODI | SL | 26* | 0/34 | 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 | DNB | 1/38 | 0 | No result | Colombo | India tour of Sri Lanka 1985 |
| 13 Oct 1985 | PAK 147/2 v SL 1451st ODI · ODI | SL | 0 | 0/33 | 0 | Pakistan won by 8 wickets (with 43 balls remaining) | Peshawar | Sri Lanka tour of Pakistan 1985/86 |
| 16 Oct 1985 | PAK 555/3 v SL 4791st Test · Test | SL | 34 | 1/117 | 0 | Match drawn | Faisalabad | Sri Lanka tour of Pakistan 1985/86 |
| 23 Oct 1985 | PAK 224/5 v SL 209/72nd ODI · ODI | SL | 0* | 0/44 | 0 | Pakistan won by 15 runs | Gujranwala | Sri Lanka tour of Pakistan 1985/86 |
| 27 Oct 1985 | PAK 259 & 100/2 v SL 157 & 2002nd Test · Test | SL | 0 & 17* | 8/83 & 0/25 | 0 | Pakistan won by 8 wickets | Sialkot | Sri Lanka tour of Pakistan 1985/86 |
| 3 Nov 1985 | PAK 216/7 v SL 1274th ODI · ODI | SL | 8 | 3/34 | 0 | Pakistan won by 89 runs | Hyderabad (Sindh) | Sri Lanka tour of Pakistan 1985/86 |
| 7 Nov 1985 | SL 162 & 230 v PAK 295 & 98/03rd Test · Test | SL | 36 & 3 | 1/48 & 0/24 | 0 | Pakistan won by 10 wickets | Karachi | Sri Lanka tour of Pakistan 1985/86 |
| 23 Feb 1986 | SL 109 & 101/9 v PAK 2301st Test · Test | SL | 4 & 7 | 0/26 | 0 | Pakistan won by an innings and 20 runs | Kandy | Pakistan tour of Sri Lanka 1985/86 |
| 14 Mar 1986 | SL 273 & 32/2 v PAK 132 & 1722nd Test · Test | SL | 38 & DNB | 2/29 & 5/37 | 0 | Sri Lanka won by 8 wickets | Colombo | Pakistan tour of Sri Lanka 1985/86 |
| 22 Mar 1986 | SL 281 & 323/3 v PAK 3183rd Test · Test | SL | 7 & DNB | 4/116 | 0 | Match drawn | Colombo | Pakistan tour of Sri Lanka 1985/86 |
| 30 Mar 1986 | SL 116 v PAK 1971st Match · ODI | SL | 22* | 3/32 | 0 | Pakistan won by 81 runs | Colombo | 1986 Asia Cup |
| 2 Apr 1986 | SL 132/3 v BAN 131/83rd Match · ODI | SL | DNB | 2/41 | 0 | Sri Lanka won by 7 wickets (with 81 balls remaining) | Kandy | 1986 Asia Cup |
| 5 Apr 1986 | SL 137/9 v NZ 140/41st Match · ODI | SL | 22* | 1/24 | 0 | New Zealand won by 6 wickets (with 40 balls remaining) | Colombo | 1986 John Player Triangular Tournament |
| 6 Apr 1986 | SL 195/5 v PAK 191/9Final · ODI | SL | DNB | 2/50 | 1 | Sri Lanka won by 5 wickets (with 16 balls remaining) | Colombo | 1986 Asia Cup |
| 13 Apr 1986 | IND 206/7 v SL 205/91st Semi-Final · ODI | SL | 3 | 0/39 | 0 | India won by 3 wickets (with 5 balls remaining) | Sharjah | 1986 Austral-Asia Cup |
| 2 Dec 1986 | PAK 165/6 v SL 164/74th Match · ODI | SL | 17* | 0/25 | 0 | Pakistan won by 4 wickets (with 6 balls remaining) | Sharjah | 1986–87 Champions Trophy |
