Pakistani cricket team in Sri Lanka in 1985–86
	Sri Lanka	Pakistan
Dates	23 February – 27 March
Captains	Duleep Mendis	Imran Khan
Test series
Result	3-match series drawn 1–1
Most runs	Arjuna Ranatunga (316)	Ramiz Raja (178)
Most wickets	Ravi Ratnayeke (11)	Imran Khan (15)
One Day International series
Results	Pakistan won the 5-match series 2–0
Most runs	Keerthi Ranasinghe (55)	Mohsin Khan (105)
Most wickets	Champaka Ramanayake (3)	Abdul Qadir (5)

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.^[1]

The tour was remembered for the acrimony between the two sides and poor umpiring throughout the Test series.^[2] The latter became the catalyst for Imran Khan to become an advocate for neutral umpires.^[3]

Tests		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

23 February 1986 (1986-02-23) Scorecard

Sri Lanka	v	Pakistan
109 (42.4 overs) Ashantha de Mel 23 (?) Imran Khan 3/20 (9 overs)		230 (90.2 overs) Mudassar Nazar 81 (239) Rumesh Ratnayake 3/57 (23 overs)
101 (43 overs) Arjuna Ranatunga 33 (?) Tauseef Ahmed 6/45 (15 overs)

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.

14 March 1986 (1986-03-14) Scorecard

Pakistan	v	Sri Lanka
132 (51.3 overs) Saleem Malik 42 (?) Kosala Kuruppuarachchi 5/44 (14.5 overs)		273 (95.3 overs) Arjuna Ranatunga 77 (175) Wasim Akram 4/55 (27.3 overs)
172 (45.3 overs) Qasim Umar 52 (50) Ravi Ratnayeke 5/37 (17 overs)		32/2 (13 overs) Asanka Gurusinha 9* (?) Imran Khan 2/18 (6 overs)

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).^[4]

22 March 1986 (1986-03-22) Scorecard

Sri Lanka	v	Pakistan
281 (108.5 overs) Duleep Mendis 58 (?) Imran Khan 4/69 (32 overs)		318 (101.2 overs) Ramiz Raja 122 (242) Ravi Ratnayeke 4/116 (30 overs)
323/3 (108 overs) Arjuna Ranatunga 135* (208) Imran Khan 2/56 (25 overs)

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

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

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

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

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

• Pakistan tour of Sri Lanka 1985/86