Kusal Perera scored Sri Lanka's fastest Twenty20 International century - from 44 balls - on Thursday to spur his team to a consolation win over New Zealand by seven runs in the final match of the three-match series.
Perera's career-best score in a century partnership with captain Charith Asalanka lifted Sri Lanka to 218-5 - its second-highest T20 score, as it batted first for the first time in the series.
New Zealand held a winning 2-0 lead in the series after winning the first match by eight runs and the second by 45 runs.
New Zealand needed to achieve its highest run chase in T20s to complete a clean sweep of the series and was given a good start by Rachin Ravindra who made 69 from 39 balls. But it fell just short, held to 211-7.
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