New Zealand beats Sri Lanka by 7 wickets in 1st ODI

By foxsports

Published Dec 25, 2015 10:55 pm EST

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand (AP) New Zealand beat Sri Lanka by seven wickets with 29 overs to spare in the first one-day international at Hagley Oval to lead the five-match series 1-0:

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Sri Lanka 188 in 47 overs (Milinda Siriwardana 66, Nuwan Kulasekara 58; Matt Henry 4-49, Doug Bracewell 3-37, Mitchell McClenaghan 2-40).

New Zealand 191-3 in 21 overs (Martin Guptill 79, Brendon McCullum 55; Milinda Siriwardana 2-45).