Sri Lanka spinners have clipped the New Zealand batters to win a low-scoring first Twenty20 by four wickets in Dambulla.

FOUR! That is some timing from Kamindu Mendis. Sri Lanka vs New Zealand Live Score: OUT! BOWLED'EM! Zakary Foulkes steams in and bowls it a touch fuller on the off stump line. Pathum Nissanka comes down the pitch and looks to give himself room to open up the off side.

Follow live coverage of Sri Lanka vs New Zealand from the New Zealand in Sri Lanka November 2024 today. The ICC Test Championship sees nine teams compete across a two-year cycle of matches before a two-team final decides the winner. The inaugural competition was won by New Zealand after a thrilling victory over India in June 2021.

Sri Lanka clinched a thrilling four-wicket victory over New Zealand in the first T20I. Sri Lanka's win was built on a strong bowling performance, followed by a crucial rescue act from Charith Asalanka and Wanindu Hasaranga.

Former Sri Lanka white-ball captain Dasun Shanaka remains on the sidelines as the all-rounder continued to be overlooked as the ODI and T20I squads for the New Zealand was revealed on November 6, Wednesday.

Lockie Ferguson unleashed a blistering spell of fast bowling, claiming a hat-trick to power New Zealand to a nail-biting five-run victory over Sri Lanka in the second T20 at Dambulla on Sunday.

Tim Robinson, Will Young, Mark Chapman, Glenn Phillips, Michael Bracewell, Mitchell Hay(WK), Josh Clarkson, Mitchell Santner(C), Zakary Foulkes, Ish Sodhi, Lockie Ferguson. Sri Lanka vs New Zealand Live Score: Sri Lanka (Playing XI) - Pathum Nissanka,

Charith Asalanka’s men are riding high with victories in 11 of their 14 bilateral series this year, including nine out of the last 10 on home soil. They had whitewashed New Zealand in a two-match Test series and will look to repeat that feat in the T20Is as well.

Sri Lanka and New Zealand will face each other for a 3-match T20I series, starting November 9 in Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium. New Zealand are coming off a 3-0 win in Test series vs India

OUT! Taken! On middle. Sodhi looks to go big. He gets a top edge and it is taken at deep mid-wicket. Sri Lanka vs New Zealand Live Score: FOUR LEG BYES! Just what New Zealand needed! On the pads. Sodhi looks to flick but misses.