The Black Caps beat Sri Lanka by seven wickets in their one-day international in Queenstown today.
Sri Lanka collapsed to be all out for just 164 in the 48th over of their innings with Tillakaratne Dilshan top-scoring with 42 while Shane Bond, Jacob Oram and Kyle Mills captured three wicketseach.
New Zealand cruised to victory in the 38th over with Peter Fulton unbeaten on 70 and Hamish Marshall not out 16. Opener Jamie How also made 58 on debut.
Today's match was the second in a five-game series which began a year ago but was postponed after just one match, won by New Zealand, when southern Asia was hit by the Boxing Day tsunami.
SCORECARD
Sri Lanka W Tharanga c McCullum b Oram 17 S Jayasuriya c Vincent b Mills 12 K Sangakkara c Fulton b Bond 0 D Jayawardene c McCullum b Oram 1 M Atapattu c How b Mills 35 T Dilshan c Vincent b Bond 42 R Arnold b Mills 25 W Vaas c Vettori b Oram 1 M Maharoof b Cairns 18 S Malinga not out 1 M Muralitharan c Vettori b Bond 0 Extras (lb 6, w 4, nb 1) 11 Total (all out, 47.2 overs) 163
New Zealand L Vincent c Sangakkara b Vaas 15 J How b Jayasuriya 58 N Astle lbw Muralitharan 2 P Fulton not out 70 H Marshall not out 16 Extras (1lb, 4w) 5 Total (for 3 wkts, 37.2 overs) 166
Fall: 32 (Vincent), 41 (Astle), 136 (How)
Bowling: C Vaas 9-2-38-1 (1w), L Malinga 6-0-44-0 (3w), M Muralitharan 10-0-29-1, S Jayasuriya 8.2-2-36-1, M Maharoof 4-0-18-0.
