The

Sri Lankan national cricket team The Sri Lanka men's national cricket team, ( si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා ජාතික ක්‍රිකට් කණ්ඩායම, ta, இலங்கை தேசிய கிரிக்கெட் அணி) nicknamed The Lions ...

toured

Zimbabwe Zimbabwe (), officially the Republic of Zimbabwe, is a landlocked country located in Southeast Africa, between the Zambezi and Limpopo Rivers, bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the south-west, Zambia to the north, and Mozam ...

in October 1982 and played two

first-class matches First-class cricket, along with List A cricket and Twenty20 cricket, is one of the highest-standard forms of cricket. A first-class match is one of three or more days' scheduled duration between two sides of eleven players each and is officiall ...

against the

Zimbabwean national cricket team The Zimbabwe national cricket team, also known as the Chevrons, represents Zimbabwe in men's international cricket and is overseen by Zimbabwe Cricket (formerly known as the Zimbabwe Cricket Union). Zimbabwe has been a Full Member of the Intern ...

before Zimbabwe was elevated to

Test status Test cricket is a form of first-class cricket played at international level between teams representing full member countries of the International Cricket Council (ICC). A match consists of four innings (two per team) and is scheduled to last f ...

. In addition, the teams played a two-match series of

Limited Overs International A One Day International (ODI) is a form of limited overs cricket, played between two teams with international status, in which each team faces a fixed number of overs, currently 50, with the game lasting up to 9 hours. The Cricket World Cup ...

s (LOI). Sri Lanka were captained by Duleep Mendis and Zimbabwe by John Traicos.

Limited overs series

;1st Limited Overs Match ;2nd Limited Overs Match

4-day match series

1st match

2nd match

References

1982 in Sri Lankan cricket 1982 in Zimbabwean cricket October 1982 sports events in Africa Sri Lankan cricket tours of Zimbabwe International cricket competitions from 1980–81 to 1985 Zimbabwean cricket from 1980–81 to 1999–2000 {{Zimbabwe-cricket-tour-stub