Dilshan inspires Sri Lanka to away win

Black Caps skipper Brendon McCullum says a flurry of run-outs cost his side dearly as Sri Lanka cruised to a six-wicket win in the second one-day cricket international at Seddon Park in Hamilton.

Chasing 249 after New Zealand's innings was cut short by four middle-order run-outs, man-of-the-match Tillakaratne Dilshan recorded his 19th one-day century, out for 116 as Sri Lanka compiled 252-4 with 14 balls remaining.

The win levels the seven-match series at 1-1, with the third game at Eden Park in Auckland on Saturday.

McCullum says the result is disappointing after New Zealand's three-wicket win in Christchurch four days ago.

"Four run-outs is just not good enough, and I think probably a little bit of panic set in, which we've prided ourselves on not doing recently," he said.

"We'll have to learn a lesson from that, because we were in a pretty good position, probably threatening a 300-plus score."

Sri Lanka always looked composed in their run chase, Dimuth Karunaratne and Dilshan putting on 64 for the first wicket.