The Pakistan team had a stopover in Colombo en route to Australia and played a first-class match there between 9 and 11 November against the Sri Lankan national cricket team, which at that time did not have Test status.
On its journey to Australia, the Pakistan team made a brief stopover in Colombo and participated in a first-class cricket match against Sri Lanka's national team from November 9-11, when Sri Lanka was still without Test status.