New Zealand tour of Sri Lanka 2010 News

Inexperienced New Zealand learn from defeat
New Zealand's Dambulla adventure had started so promisingly, with their biggest win over India, but it ended on a disheartening note for their inexperienced side
Mills punished for breaching warm-up rule
Kyle Mills was bizarrely banned from bowling for half an hour in Friday's rained-out game after breaching a little-known rule which states that a warm-up delivery can't bounce on the pitches in the middle
Reserve day washed out too
In two days, heavy rains forced the abandonment of the fourth ODI of the tri-series and the subsequent reserve day
Plenty at stake in rain replay
The reserve day for all matches in this tournament means nothing much has changed due to Thursday's washout; whoever loses the replay on Friday will still be left staring at a must-win situation in their final league match
Heavy rains wash match out, reserve day to be used
The fourth match of the tri-series, between New Zealand and Sri Lanka, became the first-ever ODI in Dambulla to be abandoned because of rain

SLC-BP-XI BOWLING	O	M	R	W	Econ
WRS de Silva	4.0	0	17	0	4.25	(2w)
ANPR Fernando	7.0	1	29	1	4.14	(2w)
MF Maharoof	9.0	0	47	1	5.22	(1w)
CKB Kulasekara	3.0	0	24	2	8
S Prasanna	6.0	0	42	1	7
TAM Siriwardana	3.0	0	20	0	6.66	(2w)
NLTC Perera	2.0	0	15	0	7.5
SHT Kandamby	4.0	0	20	2	5

N Zealanders 2nd innings Partnerships