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West Indies have claimed the No. 1 spot in the ICC T20 rankings after Sri Lanka were caned by New Zealand in Auckland on Sunday

Kane Williamson lauded the "world-class" hitting of Martin Guptill and Colin Munro, as the New Zealand record for fastest T20 fifty fell twice in the same innings, at Eden Park

Colin Munro's 14-ball 50 and Martin Guptill's 25-ball 63 helped New Zealand gun down Sri Lanka's 142 for 8 in just 10 overs to win the T20 series 2-0

Sri Lanka have lost more than they have won on this tour. To save the T20 series, and their No. 1 ranking in T20Is, they need to win in Auckland

Ross Taylor has made a significant move in the top order, as New Zealand attempt to fill the firepower void left by Brendon McCullum

Trent Boult's bowling is once again "pretty special", with the bowler having recovered from back complaints, New Zealand bowling coach Dimitri Mascarenhas has said

With overs from their frontline bowlers exhausted, New Zealand were forced to turn to Grant Elliott's gentle seamers to defend 13 runs from the last over in the first T20I against Sri Lanka in Mount Maunganui

The five upcoming T20s at home are New Zealand's chance to build depth into their squad ahead of the World T20 in March, coach Mike Hesson has said

The World T20 is on the horizon, but these will be vastly different conditions. So the biggest significance this series holds with relation to that would be how the fringe players fare ahead of the squads being finalised

New Zealand fast bowler Tim Southee has been ruled out of the upcoming two-match T20I series against Sri Lanka after scans showed a bruise on the bone of his left foot

Martin Guptill's measured hundred helped drive New Zealand to 294 for 5, but it was Matt Henry, in his third outstanding turn in the series, who clinched the match and the series for New Zealand

Sri Lanka have a chance of squaring the series in Mount Maunganui after a horror start to the ODI series against an injury-laden New Zealand outfit

A 24-over match had begun after an initial three-hour-and-forty-minute rain delay, but the teams could only get through nine overs before bad weather returned to wash out play

Sri Lanka found their groove four weeks into the New Zealand tour, and their reward may be a used Saxton Oval pitch that will offer a lot more turn for the fourth ODI

New Zealand pacer Tim Southee has sustained an injury to his left foot during the third ODI against Sri Lanka in Nelson on Thursday, a release from New Zealand Cricket said

Only the ever-consistent Kane Williamson crossed fifty for New Zealand, and despite a promising turn from Sri Lanka's rookie strike bowlers, the hosts mustered a competitive 276 for 8 in Nelson

Having drubbed Sri Lanka in the first two ODIs, New Zealand are primed to wrap up the ODI series against Sri Lanka, despite Brendon McCullum's injury

Corey Anderson has recovered sufficiently from a back injury to make New Zealand's squad as a specialist batsman for the two Twenty20 internationals against Sri Lanka

Dinesh Chandimal will stand-in as captain for the injured Lasith Malinga for the two T20s in New Zealand in January

Sri Lanka interim coach Jerome Jayaratne has called Sri Lanka's abject defeat in the second ODI "humiliating"