| 13 Feb 1982 | SL 206/8 v ENG 2111st ODI · ODI | SL | 13* | 4/34 | 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 | 14 | 2/14 | 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 | 19 & 2 | 4/70 & 1/33 | 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 | 9 & 2 | 3/124 & 1/100 | 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 | 0/28 | 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 | 4 & 25* | 2/73 & 2/71 | 3 | Match drawn | Faisalabad | Sri Lanka tour of Pakistan 1981/82 |
| 22 Mar 1982 | PAK 500/7 v SL 240 & 1583rd Test · Test | SL | 34 & 0 | 3/120 | 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 | 0/31 | 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 | 5 | 0/35 | 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 | 1 | 1/58 | 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 | 28 | 0/23 | 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 | 18* & 12 | 2/133 & 5/68 | 2 | Match drawn | Chennai | Sri Lanka tour of India 1982/83 |
| 26 Sept 1982 | IND 234/4 v SL 233/83rd ODI · ODI | SL | 25 | 2/58 | 0 | 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 | 1 | 1/36 | 0 | New Zealand won by 65 runs | Dunedin | Sri Lanka tour of Australia and New Zealand 1982/83 |
| 19 Mar 1983 | NZ 168/3 v SL 167/82nd ODI · ODI | SL | 19 | 0/27 | 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 | 16 | 1/65 | 1 | New Zealand won by 116 runs | Auckland | Sri Lanka tour of Australia and New Zealand 1982/83 |
| 13 Apr 1983 | SL 169/8 v AUS 168/91st ODI · ODI | SL | 27 | 2/35 | 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 | 1 | 0/29 | 0 | 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 | 29 & 0 | 2/113 | 0 | Australia won by an innings and 38 runs | Kandy | Australia tour of Sri Lanka 1982/83 |
| 29 Apr 1983 | SL v AUS 194/53rd ODI · ODI | SL | - | 1/44 | 0 | No result | Colombo | Australia tour of Sri Lanka 1982/83 |
| 30 Apr 1983 | SL v AUS 124/34th ODI · ODI | SL | - | 2/9 | 0 | No result | Colombo | Australia tour of Sri Lanka 1982/83 |
| 9 Jun 1983 | PAK 338/5 v SL 288/92nd Match · ODI | SL | 11 | 2/69 | 0 | Pakistan won by 50 runs | Swansea | 1983 Cricket World Cup |
| 11 Jun 1983 | ENG 333/9 v SL 2865th Match · ODI | SL | 27 | 2/62 | 0 | England won by 47 runs | Taunton | 1983 Cricket World Cup |
| 13 Jun 1983 | SL 206 v NZ 209/510th Match · ODI | SL | 1 | 2/30 | 0 | New Zealand won by 5 wickets (with 124 balls remaining) | Bristol | 1983 Cricket World Cup |
| 16 Jun 1983 | PAK 235/7 v SL 22415th Match · ODI | SL | 17 | 5/39 | 0 | Pakistan won by 11 runs | Leeds | 1983 Cricket World Cup |
| 18 Jun 1983 | NZ 181 v SL 184/718th Match · ODI | SL | DNB | 5/32 | 0 | Sri Lanka won by 3 wickets (with 43 balls remaining) | Derby | 1983 Cricket World Cup |
| 20 Jun 1983 | ENG 137/1 v SL 13621st Match · ODI | SL | 10 | 1/33 | 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 | 2 | 1/40 | 2 | New Zealand won by 104 runs | Colombo | New Zealand tour of Sri Lanka 1983/84 |
| 23 Aug 1984 | ENG 370 v SL 491/7 & 294/7Only Test · Test | SL | 20* & 14 | 4/110 | 0 | Match drawn | London | Sri Lanka tour of England 1984 |
| 3 Nov 1984 | SL 174/6 v NZ 171/61st ODI · ODI | SL | 15* | 1/29 | 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 118/32nd ODI · ODI | SL | 15 | 2/26 | 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 | 0 | 2/59 | 0 | Australia won by 6 wickets (with 16 balls remaining) | Sydney | 1984–85 Australian Tri-Series |
| 17 Jan 1985 | SL 202/5 v WI 267/37th Match · ODI | SL | DNB | 1/50 | 0 | West Indies won by 65 runs | Sydney | 1984–85 Australian Tri-Series |
| 19 Jan 1985 | AUS 226/9 v SL 230/68th Match · ODI | SL | DNB | 0/45 | 1 | Sri Lanka won by 4 wickets (with 4 balls remaining) | Melbourne | 1984–85 Australian Tri-Series |
| 23 Jan 1985 | AUS 242/7 v SL 240/610th Match · ODI | SL | DNB | 2/53 | 0 | Australia won by 3 wickets (with 17 balls remaining) | Sydney | 1984–85 Australian Tri-Series |
| 26 Jan 1985 | SL 204/6 v WI 205/211th Match · ODI | SL | DNB | 0/34 | 0 | West Indies won by 8 wickets (with 76 balls remaining) | Adelaide | 1984–85 Australian Tri-Series |
| 2 Feb 1985 | SL 227/6 v WI 309/614th Match · ODI | SL | DNB | 2/67 | 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 | 11* | 0/45 | 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 | 27 | 0/48 | 2 | 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 | 15* | 1/47 | 1 | 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 | 2* | 0/54 | 1 | 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 | 16 & DNB | 5/64 & 0/84 | 1 | Match drawn | Colombo | India tour of Sri Lanka 1985 |
| 6 Sept 1985 | SL 385 & 206/3 v IND 244 & 1982nd Test · Test | SL | 0 & DNB | 2/63 & 3/64 | 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 | 1 & 9* | 2/97 & 0/66 | 1 | Match drawn | Kandy | India tour of Sri Lanka 1985 |
| 21 Sept 1985 | SL 171/5 v IND 157/42nd ODI · ODI | SL | DNB | 0/20 | 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 | 1/39 | 0 | No result | Colombo | India tour of Sri Lanka 1985 |
| 13 Oct 1985 | PAK 147/2 v SL 1451st ODI · ODI | SL | 36 | 1/27 | 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 | 17 | 0/106 | 0 | Match drawn | Faisalabad | Sri Lanka tour of Pakistan 1985/86 |
| 23 Oct 1985 | PAK 224/5 v SL 209/72nd ODI · ODI | SL | 7 | 1/41 | 0 | Pakistan won by 15 runs | Gujranwala | Sri Lanka tour of Pakistan 1985/86 |
| 25 Oct 1985 | PAK 231/5 v SL 228/73rd ODI · ODI | SL | 2 | 1/38 | 2 | Pakistan won by 5 wickets (with 9 balls remaining) | Lahore | Sri Lanka tour of Pakistan 1985/86 |
