The Black Caps face Sri Lanka tonight in the first of 3 T20 internationals, then 3 one-day internationals.

Will home conditions favour New Zealand when they meet Sri Lanka again in Mt Maunganui? 

Home conditions are not always the advantage they used to be, Michael Bracewell said, making for a "tightly contested" series.  

What is Bracewell's T20 bowling strategy? 

All this and more ahead of tonight's test at the Bay Oval in Mount Maunganui.

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