Lanka tour match: Rain washes out final day

WELLINGTON, Wednesday (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's preparations for the test series against New Zealand were wrecked on Wednesday when rain washed out the final day without a ball being bowled against a Major Associations XI.

The second day at the Village Green in Christchurch was also wiped out. The home team made 321 on Monday, with discarded New Zealand test player Craig McMillan making 121.

The three-day match was Sri Lanka's only warm-up before the first test, starting on April 4 at Napier. The second and final test begins in Wellington a week later. The series had been scheduled for January but was postponed after the Asian tsunami.