Sri Lanka lost the first ODI against New Zealand in a high-scoring encounter

Mount Mongoon: New Zealand beat Sri Lanka by 45 runs in the first one of the three one-day series to get the 1-1 lead in the series.

New Zealand scored 371 for 7 wickets in the 50 overs in spite of Martin Strauss's stunning victory in the All-round Ground.

In the pursuit of the target, Sri Lanka also had a stunning batsman, but in the fixed over, the guest team scored 326 runs and went to Pelin.

Kishal Parra played a stunning innings of 102 runs at 86 balls with a sixth and 13 squares, Nirvana Dikila 76, Gunsha Gautallaku 43 and Kishal Mands 18.

New Zealand by James Nisham 3, Trent Bolt, Ash Sudhi and Loki Ferguson scored 2,2 when Matt Henry got a wicket.