Sri Lanka are better travellers than before: Brendon McCullum

Christchurch: New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum has said Sri Lanka have improved their away form by several notches and are a formidable side anywhere in the world now.

Hosts New Zealand take on Sri Lanka today in the first of a two-match Test series, followed by seven One-Day Internationals.

"There are challenges in front of us - Sri Lanka are a very good team and they travel a lot better than they used to," he was quoted as saying by the New Zealand Herald yesterday.