Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake is looking to consolidate his party’s power in Thursday’s parliamentary election to help him implement his election pledges to solve the country’s economic woes and foster good governance.

Sri Lanka's new leftist leader has drawn strong support from an unlikely source as he seeks to expand his three parliamentary seats to a house majority in elections on Thursday.

Strong support that Dissanayake secured in the presidential election will likely stay with his party in Thursday’s election, analysts say

New Zealand fast bowler Lockie Ferguson is out of the one-day international series against Sri Lanka with a leg injury, days after taking a hat-trick against the same opposition. Ferguson went off for treatment straight after becoming the sixth New Zealander to take a Twenty20 international hat-trick during his second over in Sunday's series-levelling win in Dambulla.

New Zealand has beaten Sri Lanka by five runs in a sensational finale to their Twenty20 and drawn the series 1-1 in Dambulla.

New Zealand paceman Lockie Ferguson has been ruled out of the one-day international series against Sri Lanka after suffering a calf strain in the second Twenty20 match against the South Asians.