The sun was out at Hambantota for a timely start and a relieved Ross
Taylor won the toss for a change and opted to bowl first. The pitch was
the same used for the previous one-dayer and the fast bowlers were
expected to enjoy some early seam movement. Taylor expected it to rain
later in the evening and hence wanted to protect his bowlers from the
wet ball.
New Zealand named an unchanged side, while Sri Lanka announced two
changes. The seamer Nuwan Kulasekara and the left-arm spinner Rangana
Herath were rested, with the series already won by the hosts. Akila
Dananjaya, the spinner who debuted in the World Twenty20, was given his
maiden ODI cap, while Shaminda Eranga was the other replacement.
Sri Lanka 1 Upul Tharanga, 2 5 Dinesh Chandimal, 3 Kumar
Sangakkara (wk), 4 Mahela Jayawardene (capt), 5 Lahiru Thirimanne, 6
Angelo Mathews, 7 Jeevan Mendis, 8 Thisara Perera, 9 Akila Dananjaya, 10
Shaminda Eranga, 11 Lasith Malinga
New Zealand 1 Rob Nicol, 2 BJ Watling (wk), 3 Brendon McCullum, 4
Ross Taylor (capt), 5 Kane Williamson, 6 James Franklin, 7 Andrew
Ellis, 8 Nathan McCullum, 9 Adam Milne, 10 Tim Southee, 11 Trent Boult
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