New Zealand cricket team in Sri Lanka in 1992–93

New Zealand tour of Sri Lanka in 1992/93 was historical as this was the 2nd test series after revival of international cricket in Sri Lanka after 1987.

Unfortunately again, on 16 November 1992 another bomb blast happened near players' residing hotel. However, series went ahead as planned.

Sri Lanka won the Test series 1–0 with 1 match drawn.

The test win at SSC was their 3rd test win out of 42 tests at that time.

Roshan Mahanama was the highest run getter in the series with 291 runs at 97.00.

Ken Rutherford scored the most runs for Kiwis with 196 runs at 49.00

Top wicket taker, Jayananda Warnaweera took 9 wickets during the series and he was picked ahead of young Muttiah Muralitharan in the first match. However, during the second game duo scalped 13 wickets between them to seal the game.

During the 2nd test, Hashan Tillakaratne took 7 catches and scored 93 in the first innings was also a highlight of the series.

Test series summary

1st Test

27 November–1 December 1992 (5-day match) Scorecard

New Zealand	v	Sri Lanka
288 (133.5 overs) KR Rutherford 105 (227) DK Liyanage 4/82 (26.5 overs)		327/6d (92 overs) RS Mahanama 153 (297) ML Su'a 2/62 (25 overs)
195/5 (103 overs) KR Rutherford 53 (62) CPH Ramanayake 2/27 (17 overs)

Match drawn Tyronne Fernando Stadium, Moratuwa Umpires: KT Francis and TM Samarasinghe Player of the match: RS Mahanama (SL)

• Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.
• CZ Harris, MB Owens and JTC Vaughan (all NZ) made their Test debuts.

2nd Test

6–9 December 1992 (5-day match) Scorecard

Sri Lanka	v	New Zealand
394 (128.3 overs) RS Mahanama 109 (154) MB Owens 4/101 (30 overs)		102 (52.1 overs) JG Wright 30 (70) KPJ Warnaweera 4/25 (14 overs)
73/1 (14.4 overs) RS Mahanama 29 (27) MB Owens 1/36 (6 overs)		361 (f/o) (119 overs) MD Crowe 107 (121) M Muralitharan 4/134 (40 overs)

Sri Lanka won by 9 wickets Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo Umpires: I Anandappa and TM Samarasinghe Player of the match: HP Tillakaratne(SL)

• Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.
• The match was scheduled for five days but completed in four.

One Day Internationals (ODIs)

Sri Lanka won the series 2-0 with one no-result.

1st ODI

4 December 1992 (D/N) Scorecard

New Zealand  166/5 (50 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 41/2 (10.2 overs)
KR Rutherford 36 (69) RS Kalpage 3/29 (10 overs)		PA de Silva 13* (12) C Pringle 2/15 (5.2 overs)

No result Khettarama Stadium, Colombo Umpires: KT Francis and PT Manuel Player of the match: No award

• Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.
• Sri Lanka's target was reduced to 67 runs in 20 overs.
• JTC Vaughan (NZ) and DK Liyanage and AGD Wickremasinghe (both SL) made their ODI debuts.

2nd ODI

12 December 1992 Scorecard

New Zealand  190/7 (50 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 192/2 (37.4 overs)
BR Hartland 54 (108) ST Jayasuriya 3/33 (8 overs)		RS Mahanama 84* (109) ML Su'a 1/28 (5 overs)

Sri Lanka won by 8 wickets Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium, Colombo Umpires: I Anandappa and SG Ponnadurai Player of the match: RS Mahanama (SL)

• Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.

3rd ODI

13 December 1992 (D/N) Scorecard

Sri Lanka  262/6 (49 overs)	v	New Zealand 231 (48.5 overs)
RS Mahanama 107 (132) C Pringle 3/59 (8 overs)		CZ Harris 68* (68) RS Kalpage 3/46 (10 overs)

Sri Lanka won by 31 runs Khettarama Stadium, Colombo Umpires: KT Francis and PT Manuel Player of the match: RS Mahanama (SL)

• New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.
• The match was reduced from 50 overs to 49 overs per side.
• MJ Haslam and MB Owens (both NZ) made their ODI debuts.