Sri Lanka v New Zealand 1st Test
New Zealand tour of Sri Lanka - 1984 (1983/84) · Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy · 9 March 1984 · New Zealand won the toss and chose to bat
New Zealand won by 165 runs
New Zealand won by 165 runs. Geoff Howarth top-scored with 62 for New Zealand.
New Zealand, 269 (10 wkts)
| Geoff Howarth | caught (Guy de Alwis) | 62 | 131 |
| John Wright | lbw | 45 | 143 |
| John Reid | caught (Sanath Kaluperuma) | 26 | 102 |
| Martin Crowe | caught (Rumesh Ratnayake) | 26 | 59 |
| Jeff Crowe | caught | 20 | 48 |
| Jeremy Coney | lbw | 25 | 44 |
| Richard Hadlee | caught (Arjuna Ranatunga) | 29 | 41 |
| Ian Smith | bowled | 30 | 17 |
| Lance Cairns | caught (Guy de Alwis) | 0 | 2 |
| John Bracewell | caught (Somachandra De Silva) | 2 | 11 |
| Stephen Boock | not out | 4 | 6 |
Vinothen John 29.10-7-86-5Rumesh Ratnayake 15.00-4-45-1Arjuna Ranatunga 9.00-3-17-2Somachandra De Silva 29.00-6-69-1Jayantha Amerasinghe 12.00-3-45-1Sanath Kaluperuma 6.00-3-7-0
Sri Lanka, 209 (10 wkts)
| Sidath Wettimuny | caught (Jeremy Coney) | 0 | 4 |
| Susil Fernando | caught (Richard Hadlee) | 29 | 99 |
| Sanath Kaluperuma | caught (Geoff Howarth) | 18 | 62 |
| Rumesh Ratnayake | caught (Ian Smith) | 6 | 27 |
| Duleep Mendis | caught (John Bracewell) | 5 | 10 |
| Ranjan Madugalle | caught (Martin Crowe) | 33 | 91 |
| Arjuna Ranatunga | caught (John Bracewell) | 20 | 32 |
| Somachandra De Silva | bowled | 11 | 32 |
| Guy de Alwis | lbw | 26 | 24 |
| Vinothen John | not out | 27 | 46 |
| Jayantha Amerasinghe | run out | 34 | 43 |
Richard Hadlee 20.50-7-35-4Lance Cairns 18.00-3-71-1Martin Crowe 3.00-1-4-0Stephen Boock 23.00-7-63-2John Bracewell 15.00-4-36-2
New Zealand, 195 (8 wkts)
| Geoff Howarth | lbw | 60 | 94 |
| John Wright | caught (Guy de Alwis) | 4 | 16 |
| John Reid | caught (Arjuna Ranatunga) | 30 | 62 |
| John Bracewell | caught (Jayantha Amerasinghe) | 21 | 47 |
| Martin Crowe | stumping (Guy de Alwis) | 8 | 18 |
| Richard Hadlee | caught | 27 | 37 |
| Lance Cairns | caught (Sidath Wettimuny) | 2 | 5 |
| Jeff Crowe | caught (Jayantha Amerasinghe) | 9 | 10 |
| Ian Smith | not out | 31 | 26 |
| Jeremy Coney | not out | 3 | 10 |
| Stephen Boock | did not bat | 0 | 0 |
Vinothen John 17.50-1-73-3Arjuna Ranatunga 4.00-0-14-0Somachandra De Silva 21.00-2-59-3Jayantha Amerasinghe 8.00-2-32-0Sanath Kaluperuma 4.00-0-17-2
Sri Lanka, 96 (10 wkts)
| Sidath Wettimuny | caught (Ian Smith) | 5 | 16 |
| Susil Fernando | lbw | 2 | 12 |
| Sanath Kaluperuma | caught (Jeff Crowe) | 5 | 21 |
| Duleep Mendis | bowled | 0 | 3 |
| Ranjan Madugalle | caught (John Bracewell) | 2 | 15 |
| Arjuna Ranatunga | caught (John Bracewell) | 51 | 47 |
| Somachandra De Silva | caught (Jeremy Coney) | 0 | 4 |
| Guy de Alwis | caught (Geoff Howarth) | 19 | 17 |
| Rumesh Ratnayake | lbw | 12 | 25 |
| Vinothen John | caught (John Wright) | 0 | 5 |
| Jayantha Amerasinghe | not out | 0 | 1 |
Richard Hadlee 7.00-4-8-4Lance Cairns 4.00-1-6-0Stephen Boock 9.30-4-28-5John Bracewell 7.00-1-54-1
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