# Pakistani cricket team in Sri Lanka in 1985–86

The Pakistani cricket team toured Sri Lanka from 23 February to 27 March 1986. The tour consisted of three Test matches and four One Day Internationals (ODIs). This was Pakistan's first Test series tour in Sri Lanka. The series ended 1–1 with 1 match drawn.
The tour was remembered for the acrimony between the two sides and poor umpiring throughout the Test series. The latter became the catalyst for Imran Khan to become an advocate for neutral umpires.

## Squads

| Tests | Tests | ODIs | ODIs |
| Sri Lanka | Pakistan | Sri Lanka | Pakistan |
| Sidath Wettimuny Amal Silva (wk) Aravinda de Silva Roy Dias Duleep Mendis (c) Arjuna Ranatunga Ravi Ratnayeke Ashantha de Mel Rumesh Ratnayake Asoka de Silva Jayananda Warnaweera Roshan Mahanama Asanka Gurusinha Guy de Alwis (wk) Don Anurasiri Kosala Kuruppuarachchi Kaushik Amalean | Mudassar Nazar Mohsin Khan Qasim Umar Javed Miandad Ramiz Raja Saleem Malik Imran Khan (c) Abdul Qadir Zulqarnain (wk) Tauseef Ahmed Wasim Akram Mohsin Kamal Zakir Khan | Ashley de Silva (wk) Keerthi Ranasinghe Aravinda de Silva Arjuna Ranatunga Duleep Mendis (c) Roy Dias Roshan Mahanama Ashantha de Mel Rumesh Ratnayake Don Anurasiri Gamini Perera Brendon Kuruppu (wk) Champaka Ramanayake | Mudassar Nazar Mohsin Khan Javed Miandad (wk) Ramiz Raja Saleem Malik Imran Khan (c) Abdul Qadir Tauseef Ahmed Wasim Akram Zakir Khan Zulqarnain |

## Test series
### 1st Test

* 23 February 1986 (1986-02-23) Scorecard
* Pakistan won by an innings and 20 runs Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy Umpires: Alane Felsinger (SL) & Selliah Ponnadurai (SL) Player of the match: Tauseef Ahmed (Pak)
* Sri Lanka, who chose to bat
* 26 Feb was a rest day
* Zulqarnain (Pak) & Jayananda Warnaweera (SL) made their Test debuts
* With his first wicket of the match, Imran Khan reached 250 Test wickets.

### 2nd Test

* 14 March 1986 (1986-03-14) Scorecard
* Sri Lanka won by 8 wickets Colombo Cricket Club Ground, Colombo Umpires: K. T. Francis (SL) & Camillus Perera (SL) Player of the match: Arjuna Ranatunga (SL)
* Sri Lanka, who chose to field
* 17 Mar was a rest day
* Don Anurasiri, Kosala Kuruppuarachchi and Roshan Mahanama (SL) made their Test debuts
* At 74 runs, Ranatunga reached 1000 runs
* Mudassar took his 50th wicket in 57 Tests
The Sri Lankan second innings is the lowest Test match total to include all four types of extras (no-ball, leg bye, bye and wide).

### 3rd Test

* 22 March 1986 (1986-03-22) Scorecard
* Match drawn Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium, Colombo Umpires: Dooland Buultjens (SL) & Herbi Felsinger (SL) Player of the match: Asanka Gurusinha (SL)
* Sri Lanka, who chose to bat
* 25 Mar was a rest day
* Zakir Khan (Pak); Kaushik Amalean (SL) made their Test debuts
* Gurusinha/Ranatunga: Highest Sri Lankan partnership for any wicket (240*)
* Substitute Sanath Kaluperuma

## ODI series
### 1st ODI

* 2 March 1986 Scorecard
| Sri Lanka 124/6 (23 overs) | v | Pakistan 125/2 (21.3 overs) |
| Keerthi Ranasinghe 41 (49) Abdul Qadir 3/23 (5 overs) | | Mohsin Khan 59 (56) Rumesh Ratnayake 1/17 (4 overs) |
* Pakistan won by 8 wickets Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy Umpires: K. T. Francis (SL) & Selliah Ponnadurai (SL) Player of the match: Mohsin Khan (Pak)
* Pakistan, who chose to field
* Don Anurasiri, Ashley de Silva, Roshan Mahanama, Gamini Perera and Keerthi Ranasinghe all (SL) made their ODI debuts
* 45-over match reduced to 23 overs

### 2nd ODI

* 8 March 1986 Scorecard
| Pakistan 125/8 (38 overs) | v | Sri Lanka |
| Javed Miandad 30 (45) Champaka Ramanayake 3/25 (6 overs) | | |
* No result Tyronne Fernando Stadium, Moratuwa Umpires: Herbi Felsinger (SL) & K. T. Ponnambalam (SL)
* Sri Lanka, who chose to field
* Kaushik Amalean (SL) and Champaka Ramanayake (SL) made their ODI debuts
* 45-over match

### 3rd ODI

* 9 March 1986 Scorecard
| Sri Lanka | v | Pakistan |
* Match abandoned without a ball bowled Khettarama Stadium, Colombo Umpires: Unknown
* No toss
* Match abandoned due to rain
* 45-over match

### 4th ODI

* 11 March 1986 Scorecard
| Sri Lanka 160/8 (38 overs) | v | Pakistan 103/4 (23 overs) |
| Arjuna Ranatunga 74 (89) Wasim Akram 4/28 (9 overs) | | Mudassar Nazar 35 (64) Kaushik Amalean 1/31 (7 overs) |
* Pakistan won by 8 wickets Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo Umpires: Herbi Felsinger (SL) & PW Vidanagamage (SL) Player of the match: Arjuna Ranatunga (SL)
* Pakistan, who chose to field
* 45-over match made their ODI debuts