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Toss New Zealand won the toss and chose to bat v England
New Zealand won the toss and chose to bat in a virtual must-win Group 1 Super Eight game in Pallekele. With both teams having suffered defeat in their opening Super Eight matches, the losers today will face an uphill struggle to qualify for the semi-finals.
England have brought in left-arm spinner Danny Briggs for Samit Patel and Tim Bresnan for Jade Dernbach, while for New Zealand Jacob Oram is absent with a stomach upset and has been replaced by Doug Bracewell.
New Zealand were defeated by Sri Lanka in their first Super Eight game, but only after the use of a Super Over, while England lost by 15 runs to West Indies. England's weak top-order batting has been a feature of the tournament so far. After the first over of each game their scored have been 0 for 1, 2 for 1 and 0 for 2.
New Zealand: 1 Martin Guptill, 2 Rob Nicol, 3 Brendon McCullum (wk), 4 Ross Taylor (capt), 5 James Franklin, 6 Kane Williamson, 7 Daniel Vettori, 8 Nathan McCullum, 9 Tim Southee, 10 Doug Bracewell, 11 Kyle Mills.
England: 1 Craig Kieswetter (wk), 2 Alex Hales, 3 Luke Wright, 4 Eoin Morgan, 5 Jonny Bairstow, 6 Jos Buttler, 7 Tim Bresnan, 8 Stuart Broad (capt), 9 Graeme Swann, 10 Steven Finn, 11 Danny Briggs.
New Zealand won the toss and chose to bat in a virtual must-win Group 1 Super Eight game in Pallekele. With both teams having suffered defeat in their opening Super Eight matches, the losers today will face an uphill struggle to qualify for the semi-finals.
England have brought in left-arm spinner Danny Briggs for Samit Patel and Tim Bresnan for Jade Dernbach, while for New Zealand Jacob Oram is absent with a stomach upset and has been replaced by Doug Bracewell.
New Zealand were defeated by Sri Lanka in their first Super Eight game, but only after the use of a Super Over, while England lost by 15 runs to West Indies. England's weak top-order batting has been a feature of the tournament so far. After the first over of each game their scored have been 0 for 1, 2 for 1 and 0 for 2.
New Zealand: 1 Martin Guptill, 2 Rob Nicol, 3 Brendon McCullum (wk), 4 Ross Taylor (capt), 5 James Franklin, 6 Kane Williamson, 7 Daniel Vettori, 8 Nathan McCullum, 9 Tim Southee, 10 Doug Bracewell, 11 Kyle Mills.
England: 1 Craig Kieswetter (wk), 2 Alex Hales, 3 Luke Wright, 4 Eoin Morgan, 5 Jonny Bairstow, 6 Jos Buttler, 7 Tim Bresnan, 8 Stuart Broad (capt), 9 Graeme Swann, 10 Steven Finn, 11 Danny Briggs.