[2][3] In April 2022, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) confirmed that the series would be taking place.

[4][5] Originally, the tour was also going to include three One Day International (ODI) matches,[6] but these were cancelled in May 2022,[7] as they were not part of the 2020–2023 ICC Cricket World Cup Super League.

[11] Pakistan won the first Test by four wickets after they were set a target of 342 runs to win the match.

[13] Sri Lanka won the second Test by 246 runs to draw the series 1–1, with Dhananjaya de Silva scoring a century.

[14] Player of the series Prabath Jayasuriya took his fourth five-wicket haul in six innings.