New Zealand's cricket team has kicked off their three-match ODI series against Sri Lanka with a bang at the Basin Reserve. The hosts comfortably chased down the target of 179 runs, winning the match by nine wickets with 23.

Today’s opening ODI between the Black Caps and Sri Lanka will offer a chance for those on the fringes to play their way into the Champions Trophy squad. But given the nature of contemporary cricket, what happens at the Basin Reserve will be equally influential as matches played in Australia,

Follow live coverage of New Zealand vs Sri Lanka from the Sri Lanka in New Zealand 2024/2025 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.

Matt Henry is six weeks away from his first chance to spearhead the Black Caps attack on the world stage. Based on the seamer’s first warm-up run, it should be a bountiful hunt for wickets. New Zealand opened the ODI series against Sri Lanka with a performance they would do well to replicate at the Champions Trophy,

Matt Henry claimed four wickets and Will Young scored an unbeaten 90 Sunday as New Zealand coasted to a nine-wicket win over Sri Lanka in the first one-day international.