Rain ruins tri-series match today

Rain has forced the one-day tri-series match between hosts Sri Lanka and New Zealand to be called off without a ball being bowled today.



New Zealand captain Ross Taylor won the toss and elected to bat first, but rain at Rangiri Dambulla Stadium prevented the scheduled start.



The rain stopped about 90 minutes later and staff dried the ground for a match with a reduced number of overs.



However, the poor weather soon returned and persisted for hours, forcing Australian match referee Alan Hurst to call off the match.



The match will be replayed on the reserve day tomorrow.