New Zealand Cricket monitoring security situation in Sri Lanka

New Zealand Cricket General Manager, Tim Murdoch, said New Zealand Cricket is monitoring the situation in Sri Lanka and will be communicating with team management later today for a reassurance about player safety.

"Manager, Jeff Crowe, has not communicated any concerns to New Zealand Cricket and the team is no doubt focusing on its match against India tonight (NZ time).

"As soon as practical we will communicate with Jeff Crowe for an update of the security situation but we were encouraged by Stephen Fleming's comments on radio this morning that the team felt 'perfectly safe.'

"We also understand from media reports that the team may move out of Colombo after tonight's match as they have a scheduled four day break before their next game against Sri Lanka on Wednesday (25 July). We hope to confirm this with team management later today," Murdoch said.