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New Zealand won the toss and decided to bowl against England
England kept faith with the team that lost in their final warm-up match against a New Zealand XI in Whangerei as they were put into bat in the first of three Twenty20 internationals at the start of their New Zealand tour.
"We need to get used to the angles - it's short straight boundaries here but we get the chance to bat first," said England's captain, Stuart Broad, assessing a hit down the ground that is only 57m, about 10m shorter than the squarer boundaries.
Hamish Rutherford, the son of Ken, was given a debut to open the batting, but that inclusion was overshadowed by the reintegration of Ross Taylor after his leave of absence following his loss of the Test captaincy.
Five months ago, both teams had a disappointing World T20 in Sri Lanka, exiting in the Super Eights, and have enjoyed mixed results since. England shared their series in India while New Zealand lost against South Africa, although they did gain one victory through a stunning innings by Martin Guptill.
New Zealand 1 Hamish Rutherford, 2 Martin Guptill, 3 Brendon McCullum (capt & wk), 4 Ross Taylor, 5 Colin Munro, 6 James Franklin, 7 Nathan McCullum, 8 Andrew Ellis, 9 Jimmy Neesham, 10 Trent Boult, 11 Mitchell McClenaghan
England 1 Alex Hales, 2 Michael Lumb, 3 Luke Wright, 4 Eoin Morgan, 5 Jos Buttler (wk), 6 Jonny Bairstow, 7 Samit Patel, 8 Stuart Broad (capt), 9 James Tredwell, 10 Steven Finn, 11 Jade Dernbach
England kept faith with the team that lost in their final warm-up match against a New Zealand XI in Whangerei as they were put into bat in the first of three Twenty20 internationals at the start of their New Zealand tour.
"We need to get used to the angles - it's short straight boundaries here but we get the chance to bat first," said England's captain, Stuart Broad, assessing a hit down the ground that is only 57m, about 10m shorter than the squarer boundaries.
Hamish Rutherford, the son of Ken, was given a debut to open the batting, but that inclusion was overshadowed by the reintegration of Ross Taylor after his leave of absence following his loss of the Test captaincy.
Five months ago, both teams had a disappointing World T20 in Sri Lanka, exiting in the Super Eights, and have enjoyed mixed results since. England shared their series in India while New Zealand lost against South Africa, although they did gain one victory through a stunning innings by Martin Guptill.
New Zealand 1 Hamish Rutherford, 2 Martin Guptill, 3 Brendon McCullum (capt & wk), 4 Ross Taylor, 5 Colin Munro, 6 James Franklin, 7 Nathan McCullum, 8 Andrew Ellis, 9 Jimmy Neesham, 10 Trent Boult, 11 Mitchell McClenaghan
England 1 Alex Hales, 2 Michael Lumb, 3 Luke Wright, 4 Eoin Morgan, 5 Jos Buttler (wk), 6 Jonny Bairstow, 7 Samit Patel, 8 Stuart Broad (capt), 9 James Tredwell, 10 Steven Finn, 11 Jade Dernbach