After a 1-1 draw in the two-match T20 series against New Zealand in Dambulla, Sri Lanka will be aiming to finish strong in the three-match ODI series, which begins today at the same venue. ..

New Zealand paceman Lockie Ferguson has been ruled out of the one-day international series against Sri Lanka after suffering a calf strain in the second Twenty20 match against the South Asians. Ferguson was struck down with the injury soon after becoming his nation's sixth bowler to take a T20 hat-trick as New Zealand won by five runs in Dambulla on Sunday to split the series 1-1.

Ferguson picked up the injury during the T20I against Sri Lanka on Sunday in Dambulla, where he claimed a hat-trick

Lockie Ferguson returned from a hamstring injury for the limited-overs series but injured his calf in the second T20I where he took a hat-trick.

New Zealand suffer a huge blow ahead of their ODI series against hosts Sri Lanka, as Lockie Ferguson has been ruled out of the entire series due to injury. The hat-trick hero of the Kiwi's in the last T20I failed to bowl his full quota of overs,