Luke Ronchi and Grant Elliott put on a world record 267-run partnership for the 6th wicket as New Zealand recovered from 93-5 to thump Sri Lanka by 108 runs in the fifth one-day international in Dunedin on Friday.
Ronchi notched 170 not out for his maiden one-day international century, while Elliott was unbeaten on 104 in the sixth wicket stand of 267, which surpassed the 218 that Mahela Jaywardene and Mahendra Singh Dhoni scored for the Asian XI against an African XI in 2007.
The duo were named Men-of-the-Match for their brilliant partnership which helped the hosts, who were put into bat, to an unlikely 360-5.
Former captain Tillakaratne Dilshan’s 20th ODI hundred kept Sri Lanka in the chase for a while but the visitors lost their last eight wickets for 41 runs to be all out for 252 in the 44th over. New Zealand took a 3-1 lead in the seven-match series.