Sri Lanka spinner Maheesh Theekshana stole the spotlight on Wednesday with a sensational hat-trick as New Zealand posted 255/9 in a rain-shortened second one-day international at Seddon Park, Hamilton.
The tourists, chasing 256 off 37 overs to keep the three-match series alive, will draw confidence from Theekshana's late heroics, which stalled a New Zealand innings that had threatened to surpass 300.
