New Zealand captain Stephen Fleming won the toss and chose to bowl first in the second cricket test against South Africa at Eden Park today.
New Zealand made one change from the drawn first test in Hamilton, recalling paceman Chris Martin for his 12th test in place of offspinner Paul Wiseman.
It
was Martin's first test in nearly two years since the match against Pakistan in Lahore in May 2002.
South Africa made two changes, bringing in paceman David Terbrugge and spinner Nicky Boje for Andre Nel and Paul Adams.
Terbrugge was playing his first test since October 2002 and his seventh overall while Boje was playing his first since January 2003 and 22nd overall.
The weather was fine with a start due on time at 10.30am.
Teams:
New Zealand: Stephen Fleming (captain), Mark Richardson, Michael Papps, Scott Styris, Craig McMillan, Chris Cairns, Jacob Oram, Brendon McCullum, Daniel Vettori, Daryl Tuffey, Chris Martin.
South Africa: Graeme Smith (captain), Herschelle Gibbs, Jacques Rudolph, Jacques Kallis, Gary Kirsten, Neil McKenzie, Mark Boucher, Shaun Pollock, Nicky Boje, Makhaya Ntini, David Terbrugge.
Umpires: Asoka de Silva (Sri Lanka), Aleem Dar (Pakistan).
- NZPA
