Kane Williamson, Ross Taylor fall short of tons, Sangakkara ties record for most keeping dismissals

Sri Lanka's Kumar Sangakkara tied the record for most one-day international dismissals by a wicketkeeper on Sunday but New Zealand posted a huge 315-8 in the sixth match of their series, as Ross Taylor and Kane Williamson fell just short of centuries.

Taylor and Williamson combined in an 117-run partnership before poor communication the latter run out for 97.

The 30-year-old Taylor sought to make amends by anchoring the hosts through to the final overs and was in sight of his 12th one-day century when he was trapped leg before by Tillakaratne Dilshan for 96.

Corey Anderson added a quickfire 40, while Grant Elliott was 21 not out with Kyle Mills run out for nought on the final ball of the innings.

It was the second successive score in excess of 300 by the hosts at University Oval in Dunedin after they ran up a massive 360 for five in the fifth game on Friday to take an unassailable 3-1 lead in the seven-match series.

The 37-year-old Sangakkara, who is expected to retire from international cricket after the World Cup, joined Adam Gilchrist on 472 dismissals as a wicketkeeper when he caught opening batsman Martin Guptill for 28 off Thisara Perera.

Sangakkara, who has also scored more than 25,000 runs in test and one-day cricket, has made 376 catches and 96 stumpings in 396 matches in the 50-over format.

Australia's Gilchrist achieved his mark in 287 one-dayers.

The World Cup, which is co-hosted by New Zealand and Australia, runs from Feb. 14 to March 29.