New Zealand paceman Lockie Ferguson has been ruled out of the one-day international series against Sri Lanka after suffering a calf strain in the second Twenty20 match against the South Asians. Ferguson was struck down with the injury soon after becoming his nation's sixth bowler to take a T20 hat-trick as New Zealand won by five runs in Dambulla on Sunday to split the series 1-1.

In-form pacer Lockie Ferguson ruled out of ODI series against Sri Lanka, New Zealand name another speedster as replacement.

New Zealand has beaten Sri Lanka by five runs in a sensational finale to their Twenty20 and drawn the series 1-1 in Dambulla.

Lockie Ferguson unleashed a blistering spell of fast bowling, claiming a hat-trick to power New Zealand to a nail-biting five-run victory over Sri Lanka in the second T20 at Dambulla on Sunday.

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New Zealand 108 all out (Robinson 30, Hasaranga 4-17) beat Sri Lanka 103 all out (Nissanka 52, Ferguson 3-7) by five runs Roughly 20 days after the women's team won the T20 World Cup, and about a week after the men's Test team completed a whitewash of India at home,