Chasing 275 for victory, Sri Lanka were bundled out for 76 in the 20th over with Shipley orchestrating their rout on a lively track at the Eden Park.

Only three Sri Lankan batters managed double digits in their sorry-looking scorecard.

Earlier put into bat, New Zealand were all out for 274 with three deliveries left in their innings.

Five home batters got past 25 but opener Finn Allen's 51 was the highest score by a New Zealander.

Daryl Mitchell made 47 and Glenn Phillips contributed 39, while Rachin Ravindra (49) fell agonisingly short of a half-century in his maiden one-day international.

Chamika Karunaratne was pick of the Sri Lankan bowlers claiming a career-best 4-43 on a lively pitch at the Eden Park.

Playing his first ODI in two years, former captain Angelo Mathews found himself tasked with reviving Sri Lanka who lost both their openers inside four overs.

The wobble became a full-blown crisis with Shipley reducing Sri Lanka to 5-31 inside 10 overs.

The 26-year-old removed Charith Asalanka and Sri Lanka skipper Dasun Shanaka with successive deliveries but Karunaratne denied him a hat-trick.

"It was pretty cool, not what I was expecting to do when I came to the ground," Shipley said.

"The batters said there was enough there and the score we had on the board was going to be tricky so that gave us confidence to go out there and do that."

Blair Tickner trapped Mathews lbw for 18, which turned out to be the highest score by a Sri Lankan.

Shanaka said his team went out to bat confident that New Zealand's total was "chaseable" at Eden Park, a ground noted for its short boundaries.

"The way we started, I thought it was going to be a very good game," he said.

"The way Shipley bowled, the movement he got and the bounce was responsible for the things that happened tonight so credit should be given to him."

Australian Associated Press