England send New Zealand into bat in 2nd ODI

AFP News – Wed, Feb 20, 2013

England won the toss and elected to bowl in the second one-day international against New Zealand at McLean Park on Wednesday.

New Zealand, who won the first match by three wickets, handed Hamish Rutherford his one-day debut to replace injured opener Martin Guptill and also brought Trent Boult and Tim Southee into the attack.

England, who beat New Zealand 2-1 in the Twenty20 series, were unchanged from the side that lost in Hamilton on Sunday.

The third and final ODI will be played in Auckland on Saturday.

Teams

New Zealand: Hamish Rutherford, BJ Watling, Kane Williamson, Ross Taylor, Brendon McCullum (captain), Grant Elliott, James Franklin, Tim Southee, Nathan McCullum, Kyle Mills, Trent Boult

England: Alastair Cook (captain), Ian Bell, Jonathan Trott, Joe Root, Eoin Morgan, Jos Buttler, Chris Woakes, Stuart Broad, Graeme Swann, James Anderson, Steven Finn

Umpires: Chris Gaffaney (NZL), Rod Tucker (AUS)

TV umpire: S Ravi (IND)

Match Referees: Gary Baxter (NZL) Roshan Mahanama (SRI)

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