Mount Maunganui (New Zealand): In-form batsman Martin Guptill cracked 58 off 34 balls to set up New Zealand for a tense three-run win in the first T20 international against Sri Lanka here yesterday.


Trent Boult celebrates the wicket of SL's Shehan Jayasuriya at Bay Oval yesterday. Pic/Getty Images

Sri Lanka had three wickets in hand and required 13 off the last over by Grant Elliott but could only manage 10 runs as they lost two wickets. The leading bowlers for New Zealand were Trent Boult with three for 21 and Matt Henry with three for 44