Resumption of one-day cricket's Ford Trophy produces high-scoring matches on Waitangi Day.

The Black Caps have scored an eight run victory over Sri Lanka at Bay Oval in Mt Maunganui in the first of three T20's.

A second-string Black Caps have lost the first T20 International in Sri Lanka by four wickets on a spinning pitch in Dambulla.

The Black Caps have named Wellington allrounder Nathan Smith and Canterbury wicketkeeper Mitch Hay as the two uncapped players to Sri Lanka

The Black Caps have lost two key players to injury ahead of the side's five-match T20 tour of Pakistan.