New Zealand captain Daniel Vettori has won the toss and asked Bangladesh to bat in the opening game of their three-match one-day cricket series at Eden Park here today.
New Zealand have included both Chris Martin and Mark Gillespie on a pitch expected to offer some early assistance
for the pacemen, condemning second spinner Jeetan Patel to 12th man duties.
Bangladesh have restored vice-captain Mashrafe Mortaza and spinner Abdur Razzak to their starting lineup after they were rested from the Twenty20 victory over a New Zealand 11 in Hamilton on Sunday.
Teams:
New Zealand: Daniel Vettori (captain), Brendon McCullum, Jamie How, Peter Fulton, Scott Styris, Ross Taylor, Jacob Oram, Mathew Sinclair, Kyle Mills, Mark Gillespie, Chris Martin, Jeetan Patel (12th man).
Bangladesh: Mohammad Ashraful (captain), Tamim Iqbal, Zunaed Siddique, Aftab Ahmed, Shakib Al Hasan, Mehrab Hossain, Mushfiq Rahim, Farhad Reza, Mashrafe Mortaza, Abdur Razzak, Shahadat Hossain, Javed Omar (12th man).
- NZPA
