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Toss Sri Lanka chose to bowl v New Zealand
Brendon McCullum came back after missing the second ODI due to injury © Associated Press
Mahela Jayawardene won the toss in Pallekele and decided to put New Zealand in to bat on a fresh pitch, which looked similar to the one used for the second game. The conditions were hot and humid at the time of the toss, but Jayawardene reasoned that batting second would give his side a heads-up if Duckworth-Lewis comes into play again, with rain predicted for later in the evening.
Sri Lanka went in with an unchanged line-up. New Zealand made a couple of changes, beefing up their side with the experience of Brendon McCullum and Jacob Oram. Tom Latham made way for McCullum who missed the second ODI due to injury. Allrounder Andrew Ellis was down with a stomach bug and he was replaced by Oram.
New Zealand: 1 Rob Nicol, 2 Brendon McCullum, 3 Ross Taylor (capt), 4 Kane Williamson, 5 James Franklin, 6 BJ Watling (wk), 7 Jacob Oram, 8 Nathan McCullum, 9 Kyle Mills, 10 Tim Southee, 11 Trent Boult
Sri Lanka: 1 Tillakaratne Dilshan, 2 Upul Tharanga, 3 Kumar Sangakkara (wk), 4 Mahela Jayawardene (capt), 5 Angelo Mathews, 6 Lahiru Thirimanne, 7 Jeevan Mendis, 8 Thisara Perera, 9 Nuwan Kulasekara, 10 Rangana Herath, 11 Lasith Malinga
Brendon McCullum came back after missing the second ODI due to injury © Associated Press
Mahela Jayawardene won the toss in Pallekele and decided to put New Zealand in to bat on a fresh pitch, which looked similar to the one used for the second game. The conditions were hot and humid at the time of the toss, but Jayawardene reasoned that batting second would give his side a heads-up if Duckworth-Lewis comes into play again, with rain predicted for later in the evening.
Sri Lanka went in with an unchanged line-up. New Zealand made a couple of changes, beefing up their side with the experience of Brendon McCullum and Jacob Oram. Tom Latham made way for McCullum who missed the second ODI due to injury. Allrounder Andrew Ellis was down with a stomach bug and he was replaced by Oram.
New Zealand: 1 Rob Nicol, 2 Brendon McCullum, 3 Ross Taylor (capt), 4 Kane Williamson, 5 James Franklin, 6 BJ Watling (wk), 7 Jacob Oram, 8 Nathan McCullum, 9 Kyle Mills, 10 Tim Southee, 11 Trent Boult
Sri Lanka: 1 Tillakaratne Dilshan, 2 Upul Tharanga, 3 Kumar Sangakkara (wk), 4 Mahela Jayawardene (capt), 5 Angelo Mathews, 6 Lahiru Thirimanne, 7 Jeevan Mendis, 8 Thisara Perera, 9 Nuwan Kulasekara, 10 Rangana Herath, 11 Lasith Malinga