The Sri Lankan national cricket team toured Zimbabwe in October 1982 and played two first-class matches against the Zimbabwean national cricket team before Zimbabwe was elevated to Test status. In addition, the teams played a two-match series of Limited Overs Internationals (LOI). Sri Lanka were captained by Duleep Mendis and Zimbabwe by John Traicos.
Limited overs series
- 1st Limited Overs Match
| 30 October 1982 (50-over match) Scorecard |
Zimbabwe  196/6 (50 overs) |
v |  Sri Lanka197/7 (45.5 overs) |
| Kevin Curran 59 Rumesh Ratnayake 2/38 (10 overs) |
Duleep Mendis 53 Vince Hogg 2/29 (10 overs) |
| Sri Lanka won by 3 wickets Harare Sports Club, Harare Player of the match: Kevin Curran (ZIM) |
- Zimbabwe elected to bat first
- 2nd Limited Overs Match
| 31 October 1982 (50-over match) Scorecard |
| Sri Lanka 161 (49 overs) |
v | Zimbabwe 162/4 (43 overs) |
| Sidath Wettimuny 42 Duncan Fletcher 3/24 (8 overs) |
Duncan Fletcher 60* Vinothen John 3/22 (10 overs) |
| Zimbabwe won by 6 wickets Harare Sports Club, Harare Player of the match: Duncan Fletcher (ZIM) |
- Zimbabwe elected to field first
4-day match series
1st match
| 5–8 November 1982 (4-day match) Scorecard |
| Zimbabwe
|
v | Sri Lanka
|
| 416 (131 overs) Andy Pycroft 128 (249) Rumesh Ratnayake 4/79 (29 overs) |
335 (100.4 overs) Roy Dias 85 (96) Peter Rawson 6/82 (27.4 overs) | |
| 221/6d (59.5 overs) Andy Pycroft 81 (100) Vinothen John 2/29 (8 overs) |
126/2 (44 overs) Roy Dias 61 (80) Peter Rawson 1/11 (9 overs) |
| Match drawn Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo Umpires: Patrick Latham Player of the match: Andy Pycroft (ZIM) |
- Zimbabwe elected to bat first
2nd match
| 12–14 November 1982 (4-day match) Scorecard |
| Zimbabwe
|
v | Sri Lanka
|
| 365 (105.3 overs) Andy Pycroft 96 (187) Somachandra De Silva 4/145 (35 overs) |
104 (29.1 overs) Ravi Ratnayeke 20 (20) Kevin Curran 4/24 (7.1 overs) | |
| 221 (77.2 overs) Duleep Mendis 67 (87) Vince Hogg 6/26 (15 overs) |
| Zimbabwe won by an innings and 40 runs Harare Sports Club, Harare |
- Zimbabwe elected to bat first
References
- "Sri Lanka in Zimbabwe 1982". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
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