Sri Lanka sink Black Caps

HAMILTON, New Zealand, Jan 15 (AFP): Sri Lanka cruised to a six-wicket win in the second one-day international against New Zealand Thursday, thanks to a masterful century from Tillakaratne Dilshan and a comedy of errors from the Black Caps.

Dilshan scored 116 as the visitors comfortably overhauled New Zealand's first innings total of 248 to level the seven-match series 1-1, with Angelo Mathews (39) and Kumar Sangakkara (38) also making valuable contributions.

Their efforts came after New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum won the toss and put the hosts in a strong position with a big-hitting 117.

Sri Lanka 252 for 4 (Dilshan 116, Henry 2-34) beat NZ 248 (McCullum 117, Herath 2-36) by six wickets.