Cricket-Sri Lanka bid to sweep New Zealand and reach WTC final

FILE PHOTO: Cricket-England v Sri Lanka, Third Test - Colombo, Sri Lanka - November 24, 2018. Sri Lanka's Angelo Mathews gestures. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte

(Reuters) - Sri Lanka will look to strike an early blow against New Zealand in Christchurch this week and hope Australia can thwart India to keep the World Test Championship (WTC) race alive.

With Australia already confirmed in the WTC final, Sri Lanka can join them by sweeping New Zealand in their two-test series if India are denied victory in the fourth test in the subcontinent.