Rain Washes Out Last ODI Between Series Winner Sri Lanka And New Zealand

Rain ruined New Zealand hopes of a consolation win against Sri Lanka after washing out third and final one-day international on Tuesday.

Sri Lanka won its fifth ODI series at home this year after beating Black Caps in first two rain-disrupted games.

New Zealand me its most promising start in series and reached 112-1 in 21 overs before rain denied furr play. Will Young completed his half-century and was unbeaten on 56 while Henry Nicholls was finally amongst runs by scoring 46 not out.

Both batters looked set to post a challenging total. y shared an 88-run stand off 106 balls.

Sri Lanka captain Charith Asalanka timed a leap to perfection at mid-off and took a spectacular catch over his he to dismiss Tim Robinson for 9 in fourth over.

Rain deprived Sri Lanka of testing its bench strength after host me five changes. Seam bowling allrounder Chamindu Wickramasinghe debuted but bowled only two overs for 14 runs.

New Zealand brought in fast bowlers Zakary Foulkes, who me his ODI debut, and am Milne in place of Nathan Smith and Jacob Duffy. Milne replaced Lockie Ferguson, who flew home after a calf injury during preceding drawn Twenty20 series at Dambulla.

series served as preparation for New Zealand for next year's Champions Trophy which Sri Lanka failed to qualify for by finishing ninth in last year's World Cup in India.