| 2 Mar 1986 | SL 124/6 v PAK 125/21st ODI · ODI | SL | 15* | - | 0 | Pakistan won by 8 wickets (with 9 balls remaining) | Kandy | Pakistan tour of Sri Lanka 1985/86 |
| 11 Mar 1986 | SL 160/8 v PAK 103/23rd ODI · ODI | SL | 22 | - | 0 | Pakistan won by 8 wickets (with 6 balls remaining) (revised target) | Colombo | Pakistan tour of Sri Lanka 1985/86 |
| 14 Mar 1986 | SL 273 & 32/2 v PAK 132 & 1722nd Test · Test | SL | 10 & 8 | - | 1 | 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 | 41 & 4 | - | 0 | Match drawn | Colombo | Pakistan tour of Sri Lanka 1985/86 |
| 2 Apr 1986 | SL 132/3 v BAN 131/8Match 3 · ODI | SL | 25 | - | 1 | Sri Lanka won by 7 wickets (with 81 balls remaining) | Kandy | 1986 Asia Cup |
| 5 Apr 1986 | SL 137/9 v NZ 140/4Match 1 · ODI | SL | 12 | - | 2 | 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 | 21 | - | 1 | Sri Lanka won by 5 wickets (with 16 balls remaining) | Colombo | 1986 Asia Cup |
| 13 Apr 1986 | IND 206/7 v SL 205/9Semi-final · ODI | SL | 9 | - | 0 | India won by 3 wickets (with 5 balls remaining) | Sharjah | 1986 Austral-Asia Cup |
| 27 Nov 1986 | IND 215/3 v SL 214/9Match 1 · ODI | SL | 26 | - | 0 | India won by 7 wickets (with 21 balls remaining) | Sharjah | 1986–87 Champions Trophy |
| 2 Dec 1986 | PAK 165/6 v SL 164/7Match 4 · ODI | SL | 0 | - | 0 | Pakistan won by 4 wickets (with 6 balls remaining) | Sharjah | 1986–87 Champions Trophy |
| 3 Dec 1986 | SL 55 v WI 248/5Match 5 · ODI | SL | 13 | - | 0 | West Indies won by 193 runs | Sharjah | 1986–87 Champions Trophy |
| 24 Dec 1986 | SL 195/8 v IND 781st ODI · ODI | SL | 13 | - | 1 | Sri Lanka won by 117 runs | Kanpur | Sri Lanka tour of India 1986/87 |
| 15 Jan 1987 | IND 235/8 v SL 141/93rd ODI · ODI | SL | 25 | - | 1 | India won by 94 runs | Vadodara | Sri Lanka tour of India 1986/87 |
| 17 Jan 1987 | IND 299/4 v SL 289/74th ODI · ODI | SL | 98 | - | 1 | India won by 10 runs | Mumbai | Sri Lanka tour of India 1986/87 |
| 16 Apr 1987 | SL 397/9 v NZ 406/5Only Test · Test | SL | 16 | - | 0 | Match drawn | Colombo | New Zealand tour of Sri Lanka 1986/87 |
| 8 Oct 1987 | PAK 267/6 v SL 252Match 1 · ODI | SL | 89 | - | 0 | Pakistan won by 15 runs | Hyderabad | 1987 Cricket World Cup |
| 13 Oct 1987 | SL 169/4 v WI 360/4Match 7 · ODI | SL | 12 | - | 1 | West Indies won by 191 runs | Karachi | 1987 Cricket World Cup |
| 17 Oct 1987 | ENG 296/4 v SL 158/8Match 10 · ODI | SL | 11 | - | 0 | England won by 108 runs (revised target) | Peshawar | 1987 Cricket World Cup |
| 21 Oct 1987 | SL 211/8 v WI 236/8Match 14 · ODI | SL | 0 | - | 1 | West Indies won by 25 runs | Kanpur | 1987 Cricket World Cup |
| 25 Oct 1987 | PAK 297/7 v SL 184/8Match 17 · ODI | SL | 8 | - | 0 | Pakistan won by 113 runs | Faisalabad | 1987 Cricket World Cup |
| 30 Oct 1987 | ENG 219/2 v SL 218/7Match 22 · ODI | SL | 14 | - | 0 | England won by 8 wickets (with 52 balls remaining) | Pune | 1987 Cricket World Cup |
| 2 Jan 1988 | AUS 249/7 v SL 168Match 1 · ODI | SL | 19 | - | 2 | Australia won by 81 runs | Perth | 1987–88 Australian Tri-Series |
| 5 Jan 1988 | NZ 178/4 v SL 174Match 3 · ODI | SL | 0 | - | 1 | New Zealand won by 6 wickets (with 8 balls remaining) | Sydney | 1987–88 Australian Tri-Series |
| 9 Jan 1988 | NZ 242/6 v SL 241Match 5 · ODI | SL | 51 | - | 0 | New Zealand won by 4 wickets (with 1 ball remaining) | Adelaide | 1987–88 Australian Tri-Series |
| 10 Jan 1988 | AUS 289/6 v SL 208/8Match 6 · ODI | SL | 50 | - | 0 | Australia won by 81 runs | Adelaide | 1987–88 Australian Tri-Series |
| 12 Jan 1988 | NZ 199/7 v SL 200/6Match 7 · ODI | SL | 58 | - | 1 | Sri Lanka won by 4 wickets (with 21 balls remaining) | Hobart | 1987–88 Australian Tri-Series |
| 14 Jan 1988 | AUS 243/8 v SL 205Match 8 · ODI | SL | 7 | - | 1 | Australia won by 38 runs | Melbourne | 1987–88 Australian Tri-Series |
| 16 Jan 1988 | NZ 167/6 v SL 164/8Match 9 · ODI | SL | 12 | - | 0 | New Zealand won by 4 wickets (with 11 balls remaining) | Brisbane | 1987–88 Australian Tri-Series |
| 19 Jan 1988 | AUS 189/7 v SL 188/9Match 11 · ODI | SL | 12 | - | 2 | Australia won by 3 wickets (with 3 balls remaining) | Sydney | 1987–88 Australian Tri-Series |
| 12 Feb 1988 | AUS 455 v SL 194 & 153Only Test · Test | SL | 41 & 28 | - | 0 | Australia won by an innings and 108 runs | Perth | Sri Lanka tour of Australia 1987/88 |
| 25 Mar 1988 | IND 219/8 v SL 201Match 1 · ODI | SL | 51 | - | 2 | India won by 18 runs | Sharjah | 1987–88 Sharjah Cup |
| 31 Mar 1988 | NZ 249/7 v SL 206/9Semi-final · ODI | SL | 43 | - | 0 | New Zealand won by 43 runs | Sharjah | 1987–88 Sharjah Cup |
| 27 Oct 1988 | PAK 194/7 v SL 195/5Match 1 · ODI | SL | 55 | - | 3 | Sri Lanka won by 5 wickets (with 31 balls remaining) | Dhaka | 1988 Asia Cup |
| 29 Oct 1988 | IND 254 v SL 271/6Match 3 · ODI | SL | 21 | - | 1 | Sri Lanka won by 17 runs | Dhaka | 1988 Asia Cup |
| 4 Nov 1988 | IND 180/4 v SL 176Final · ODI | SL | 23 | 0/4 | 0 | India won by 6 wickets (with 47 balls remaining) | Dhaka | 1988 Asia Cup |
| 23 Mar 1989 | PAK 237/8 v SL 2071st ODI · ODI | SL | 14 | - | 0 | Pakistan won by 30 runs | Sharjah | 1988-89 Sharjah Cup |
| 24 Mar 1989 | PAK 248/3 v SL 244/82nd ODI · ODI | SL | 35 | - | 0 | Pakistan won by 7 wickets (with 13 balls remaining) | Sharjah | 1988-89 Sharjah Cup |
| 15 Oct 1989 | ENG 196/5 v SL 193Match 1 · ODI | SL | 1 | - | 0 | England won by 5 wickets (with 8 balls remaining) | Delhi | 1989 MRF World Series |
| 19 Oct 1989 | SL 180/6 v WI 176/9Match 3 · ODI | SL | 12 | - | 0 | Sri Lanka won by 4 wickets (with 17 balls remaining) | Rajkot | 1989 MRF World Series |
| 22 Oct 1989 | IND 227/8 v SL 221Match 6 · ODI | SL | 12 | - | 0 | India won by 6 runs | Ahmedabad | 1989 MRF World Series |
| 25 Oct 1989 | AUS 222/7 v SL 194Match 11 · ODI | SL | 5 | - | 0 | Australia won by 28 runs | Margao | 1989 MRF World Series |
| 27 Oct 1989 | PAK 219/6 v SL 213Match 14 · ODI | SL | 11 | - | 0 | Pakistan won by 6 runs | Lucknow | 1989 MRF World Series |
| 8 Dec 1989 | AUS 367 & 375/6 v SL 4181st Test · Test | SL | 5 | 0/3 | 0 | Match drawn | Brisbane | Sri Lanka tour of Australia 1989/90 |
| 16 Dec 1989 | AUS 224 & 513/5 v SL 216 & 3482nd Test · Test | SL | 85 & 5 | - | 2 | Australia won by 173 runs | Hobart | Sri Lanka tour of Australia 1989/90 |
| 26 Dec 1989 | AUS 228/5 v SL 198Match 1 · ODI | SL | 36 | - | 0 | Australia won by 30 runs | Melbourne | 1989–90 Australian Tri-Series |
| 30 Dec 1989 | AUS 204/1 v SL 203/9Match 2 · ODI | SL | 27 | - | 0 | Australia won by 9 wickets (with 55 balls remaining) | Perth | 1989–90 Australian Tri-Series |
| 31 Dec 1989 | PAK 222/7 v SL 223/7Match 3 · ODI | SL | 19* | - | 0 | Sri Lanka won by 3 wickets (with 9 balls remaining) | Perth | 1989–90 Australian Tri-Series |
| 4 Jan 1990 | AUS 202/7 v SL 129Match 2 · ODI | SL | 27 | - | 0 | Australia won by 73 runs | Melbourne | 1989–90 Australian Tri-Series |
| 10 Feb 1990 | PAK 254/5 v SL 253/5Match 3 · ODI | SL | 4* | - | 1 | Pakistan won by 5 wickets (with 18 balls remaining) | Brisbane | 1989–90 Australian Tri-Series |
| 15 Feb 1990 | PAK 198/4 v SL 195Match 6 · ODI | SL | 24 | - | 0 | Pakistan won by 6 wickets (with 9 balls remaining) | Hobart | 1989–90 Australian Tri-Series |
