Cricket: Big guns kept under wraps as NZ sticks to flight plan

New Zealand's heavy artillery will be rested from the first match of their Champions Trophy assault.

Shane Bond, Daniel Vettori and Jacob Oram will miss the warm-up match against a Mumbai selection on Wednesday, unless someone else is injured in the meantime.

Manager Lindsay Crocker said the three take longer to recover from long flights than their team-mates. They are expected to start the second practice match on Friday.

Champions Trophy Squads

Bangladesh: Habibul Bashar (c), Shahriar Nafees, Khaled Mashud, Mohammad Rafique, Mohammad Ashraful, Mashrafe Mortaza, Rajin Saleh, Abdur Razzak, Aftab Ahmed, Syed Rasel, Shahadat Hossain, Farhad Reja, Saqibul Hasan, Mehrab Hossain.

New Zealand: Stephen Fleming (c), Nathan Astle, Shane Bond, James Franklin, Peter Fulton, Mark Gillespie, Brendon McCullum, Hamish Marshall, Kyle Mills, Jacob Oram, Jeetan Patel, Scott Styris, Daniel Vettori, Lou Vincent.

Pakistan: Younis Khan (c), Imran Farhat, Mohammad Yousuf, Abdul Razzaq, Shoaib Akhtar, Shahid Afridi, Shoaib Malik, Kamran Akmal, Rana Naved, Mohammad Asif, Umar Gul, Mohammad Hafeez, Rao Iftikhar. (Faisal Iqbal called into replace suspended Inzamam-ul-Haq, but ICC to ratify.)

Australia: Ricky Ponting (c), Adam Gilchrist, Nathan Bracken, Michael Clarke, Brad Hogg, Michael Hussey, Mitchell Johnson, Simon Katich, Brett Lee, Damien Martyn, Glenn McGrath, Shane Watson, Andrew Symonds.

India: Rahul Dravid (c), Virender Sehwag, Sachin Tendulkar, Yuvraj Singh, Mohammad Kaif, Dinesh Mongia, Suresh Raina, Mahendra Dhoni, Ramesh Powar, Harbhajan Singh, Irfan Pathan, Ajit Agarkar, Rudra Pratap Singh, Munaf Patel.

Sri Lanka: Mahela Jayawardene (c), Kumar Sangakkara, Sanath Jayasuriya, Marvan Atapattu, Upul Tharanga, Tillkaratne Dilshan, Chamara Kapugedara, Farveez Maharoof, Chaminda Vaas, Ruchira Perera, Dilhara Fernando, Lasith Malinga, Malinga Bandara, Muttiah Muralitharan.

South Africa: Graeme Smith (c), Loots Bosman, Mark Boucher, AB de Villiers, Boeta Dippenaar, Herschelle Gibbs, Andrew Hall, Jacques Kallis, Justin Kemp, Charl Langeveldt, Andre Nel, Makhaya Ntini, Robin Peterson, Shaun Pollock.

West Indies: Brian Lara (c), Ramnaresh Sarwan, Chris Gayle, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Runako Morton, Dwayne Bravo, Dwayne Smith, Carlton Baugh, Corey Collymore, Fidel Edwards, Ian Bradshaw, Jerome Taylor, Marlon Samuels, Wavell Hinds.

Zimbabwe: Prosper Utseya (c), Stuart Matsikenyeri, Brendan Taylor, Vusi Sibanda, Elton Chigumbura, Hamilton Masakadza, Terry Duffin, Tawanda Mupariwa, Ed Rainsford, Piet Rinke, Anthony Ireland, Gregory Strydom, Chamu Chibhabha, Tafadzwa Kamungozi.

England: Andrew Flintoff (c), James Anderson, Ian Bell, Rikki Clarke, Paul Collingwood, Jamie Dalrymple, Stephen Harmison, Ed Joyce, Sajid Mahmood, Jon Lewis, Kevin Pietersen, Chris Read, Andrew Strauss, Michael Yardy.