New Zealand and Sri Lanka will meet in Nelson on Thursday (December 31) for the third ODI in the final international fixture of 2015. The two teams couldn't have had more contrasting years. While New Zealand made giant strides across formats to establish themselves as a genuine powerhouse of the sport, Sri Lanka grappled with the loss of batting stalwarts and have been in a perpetual state of transition.
SRI LANKA TOUR OF NEW ZEALAND, 2015-16
Sri Lanka seek to end winless run; NZ look to wrap up series
New Zealand can win the series with a win the third ODI. © Cricbuzz
This particular tour of New Zealand has already seen everything from failed drug tests to a beeline of players heading to the treatment table, with lead pacer Lasith Malinga becoming the latest to be ruled out of the tour.
Angelo Mathews began the year with a Test and ODI series defeat in New Zealand and runs the risk of ending the year with an encore at the Saxton Oval unless he can inspire his beleaguered side to turn the series around. The manner of their 'humiliating 'defeat in Christchurch -
