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| Venue | Lancaster Park, Christchurch on 19th, 20th, 21st February 1983 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Canterbury won the toss and decided to field |
| Result | Canterbury won by 8 wickets |
| Umpires | BL Aldridge, RL McHarg |
| Close of play day 1 | Canterbury (1) 90/4 (Rattray 43*, Stead 8*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Sri Lankans (2) 73/4 (Madugalle 12*) |
| Sri Lankans first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| S Wettimuny | c Hart b Thiele | 8 | 26 | 26 | - | - | |
| MD Wettimuny | c Stead b Hadlee | 16 | 38 | 46 | 1 | - | |
| RL Dias | c Hart b Hadlee | 40 | 77 | 84 | 5 | - | |
| *LRD Mendis | retired hurt | 0 | 7 | 10 | - | - | |
| RS Madugalle | lbw b Thiele | 30 | 78 | 90 | 3 | - | |
| DS de Silva | b Thiele | 26 | 57 | 55 | 5 | - | |
| JR Ratnayeke | b Bateman | 9 | 18 | 32 | - | - | |
| +RG de Alwis | c Stead b Thiele | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - | |
| S Jeganathan | c Hart b Thiele | 12 | 33 | 41 | 1 | - | |
| RJ Ratnayake | c Hart b Thiele | 0 | 13 | 12 | - | - | |
| VB John | not out | 6 | 18 | 22 | 1 | - | |
| Extras | (9 b, 5 lb, 5 nb, 1 w) | 20 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 59.1 overs) | 167 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-18, 2-48, 3-93, 4-128, 5-139, 6-139, 7-149, 8-156, 9-167 (59.1 ov) | |||||||
| Canterbury bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Thiele | 17.5 | 5 | 45 | 6 | - | - | |
| Bateman | 24 | 5 | 71 | 1 | - | - | |
| Hadlee | 12 | 6 | 17 | 2 | - | - | |
| Dempsey | 5.2 | 5 | 14 | 0 | - | - | |
| Canterbury first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| J Gully | c de Alwis b Ratnayake | 22 | 32 | 24 | 1 | - | |
| DA Dempsey | lbw b John | 0 | 4 | 7 | - | - | |
| PJ Rattray | c de Alwis b de Silva | 62 | 98 | 137 | 9 | - | |
| PE McEwan | c de Alwis b John | 6 | 13 | 14 | - | - | |
| DJ Boyle | lbw b Ratnayake | 0 | 7 | 7 | - | - | |
| DW Stead | run out | 14 | 44 | 54 | 1 | - | |
| *RI Leggat | b Ratnayake | 83 | 196 | 208 | 11 | - | |
| DR Hadlee | not out | 109 | 168 | 204 | 8 | - | |
| +AW Hart | b Ratnayake | 12 | 19 | 23 | 2 | - | |
| GC Bateman | did not bat | ||||||
| CH Thiele | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (2 b, 12 lb, 17 nb, 5 w) | 36 | |||||
| Total | (8 wickets, declared, 94 overs) | 344 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-4, 2-31, 3-50, 4-53, 5-102, 6-128, 7-314, 8-344 (94 ov) | |||||||
| Sri Lankans bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| John | 14 | 3 | 55 | 2 | - | - | |
| Ratnayake | 29 | 2 | 101 | 4 | - | - | |
| Ratnayeke | 7 | 1 | 27 | 0 | - | - | |
| de Silva | 25 | 9 | 80 | 1 | - | - | |
| Jeganathan | 19 | 6 | 45 | 0 | - | - | |
| Sri Lankans second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| S Wettimuny | lbw b Thiele | 22 | 32 | 40 | 4 | - | |
| MD Wettimuny | c Hart b Bateman | 18 | 30 | 38 | 2 | - | |
| +RG de Alwis | c Gully b Bateman | 8 | 7 | 10 | - | - | |
| RL Dias | b Thiele | 5 | 25 | 36 | - | - | |
| RS Madugalle | c Leggat b Bateman | 81 | 138 | 167 | 10 | - | |
| DS de Silva | c Hart b Hadlee | 17 | 37 | 50 | - | - | |
| JR Ratnayeke | c Gully b Bateman | 26 | 95 | 101 | 2 | 1 | |
| S Jeganathan | not out | 14 | 26 | 39 | 1 | 1 | |
| RJ Ratnayake | b Bateman | 0 | 6 | 8 | - | - | |
| VB John | c and b Bateman | 3 | 6 | 8 | - | - | |
| *LRD Mendis | absent hurt | ||||||
| Extras | (8 b, 4 lb, 8 nb) | 20 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 65.2 overs) | 214 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-45, 2-45, 3-56, 4-73, 5-130, 6-188, 7-204, 8-210, 9-214 (65.2 ov) | |||||||
| Canterbury bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Thiele | 14 | 1 | 56 | 2 | - | - | |
| Bateman | 19.2 | 2 | 66 | 6 | - | - | |
| Hadlee | 11 | 4 | 19 | 1 | - | - | |
| Dempsey | 12 | 6 | 27 | 0 | - | - | |
| Stead | 9 | 3 | 26 | 0 | - | - | |
| Canterbury second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| DA Dempsey | not out | 22 | 16 | 36 | 3 | - | |
| J Gully | c Madugalle b Ratnayake | 0 | 1 | 2 | - | - | |
| PJ Rattray | c de Alwis b Ratnayake | 12 | 16 | 18 | 2 | - | |
| PE McEwan | not out | 2 | 11 | 10 | - | - | |
| DJ Boyle | did not bat | ||||||
| DW Stead | did not bat | ||||||
| *RI Leggat | did not bat | ||||||
| DR Hadlee | did not bat | ||||||
| +AW Hart | did not bat | ||||||
| GC Bateman | did not bat | ||||||
| CH Thiele | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (1 lb, 1 nb) | 2 | |||||
| Total | (2 wickets, 7.1 overs) | 38 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-3, 2-27 | |||||||
| Sri Lankans bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| John | 3.1 | 0 | 20 | 0 | - | - | |
| Ratnayake | 4 | 0 | 16 | 2 | - | - | |