MOUNT MAUNGANUI, New Zealand, Dec 28, 2024 (BSS/AFP) - Brief scores from the 
first of three Twenty20 matches between New Zealand and Sri Lanka in Mount 
Maunganui on Saturday:

New Zealand 172-8 off 20 overs: (Daryl Mitchell 62, Michael Bracewell 59; 
Binura Fernando 2-22, Maheesh Theekshana 2-29, Wanindu Hasaranga 2-33).

Sri Lanka 164-8 (Pathum Nissanka 90, Kusal Mendis 46; Jacob Duffy 3-21, Matt 
Henry 2-28, Zak Foulkes 2-41)

Result: New Zealand won by eight runs

Toss: Sri Lanka