Having lost the 7-match series already, Sri Lanka were content in taking the last game from the hosts at the Westpac Stadium in Wellington on January 29. To a solid foundation laid by Lahiru Thirimanne and Tilakaratne Dilshan, Kumara Sangakkara added his mercurial touch with a scintillating hundred. Sri Lanka reached 175 before the 35th over with 9 wickets left. They could easily have crossed 300 but a middle order wobble prevented that. In any case the victory target of 288 was a bit too much for the New Zealand side as they were bowled out in the 46th over to hand over a 34 run victory to the visitors