Notes
--> The match was scheduled for five days but completed in four.
--> KPJ Warnaweera made his debut in Test matches
--> Zulqarnain made his debut in Test matches
--> Mudassar Nazar (1) 50 in 169 balls, 224 minutes
--> Saleem Malik (1) 50 in 118 balls, 170 minutes
--> Tauseef Ahmed (1) passed his previous highest score of 18 in Test matches
--> Wasim Akram (1) passed his previous highest score of 12 in First-Class matches
--> Zulqarnain made his debut for Pakistan in First-Class matches
--> Imran Khan made his debut in Sri Lanka in Test matches
--> Javed Miandad made his debut in Sri Lanka in Test matches
--> Mudassar Nazar made his debut in Sri Lanka in Test matches
--> Abdul Qadir made his debut in Sri Lanka in First-Class matches
--> Abdul Qadir made his debut in Sri Lanka in Test matches
--> Mohsin Khan made his debut in Sri Lanka in Test matches
--> Tauseef Ahmed made his debut in Sri Lanka in First-Class matches
--> Tauseef Ahmed made his debut in Sri Lanka in Test matches
--> Saleem Malik made his debut in Sri Lanka in Test matches
--> Qasim Umar made his debut in Sri Lanka in Test matches
--> Rameez Raja made his debut in Sri Lanka in Test matches
--> Wasim Akram made his debut in Sri Lanka in Test matches
--> Imran Khan reached 250 wickets in Test matches when he dismissed S Wettimuny, his 1st wicket in the Sri Lanka first innings
--> ALF de Mel reached 50 wickets in Test matches when he dismissed Saleem Malik, his 2nd wicket in the Pakistan first innings
--> ALF de Mel reached 100 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed Zulqarnain, his 3rd wicket in the Pakistan first innings
--> Tauseef Ahmed achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches when he dismissed A Ranatunga in the Sri Lanka second innings (previous best was 5-54)