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 Australia and

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in February and March 1983 and played a two-match Test series against the New Zealand national cricket team. New Zealand won the series 2–0. New Zealand were captained by

Geoff Howarth Geoffrey Philip Howarth (born 29 March 1951) is a former New Zealand cricketer and former captain, who remains the only New Zealand captain to have positive win–loss records in both Test cricket and ODI cricket. He was the third most success ...

and Sri Lanka by

Somachandra de Silva Dandeniyage Somachandra de Silva also known as D. S. de Silva (born 11 June 1942) is a former Sri Lankan cricketer, who played Test and One Day International cricket in the 1970s and 1980s. He is the first ODI cap for Sri Lanka, second test cap ...

. In addition, the teams played a three-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) which New Zealand won 3–0. The Australian leg of the tour consisted of 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 ...

but no Tests.

One Day Internationals (ODIs)

New Zealand won the Rothmans Cup 3-0.

1st ODI

2nd ODI

3rd ODI

Test series summary

First Test

Second Test

References

External links

* 1982–83 Australian cricket season 1983 in Australian cricket 1983 in New Zealand cricket 1983 in Sri Lankan cricket International cricket competitions from 1980–81 to 1985 New Zealand cricket seasons from 1970–71 to 1999–2000

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