Ahmedabad, March 04: Zimbabwe skipper Elton Chigumbara won the toss and elected to bat in their Group A World Cup match against New Zealand at the Sardar Patel Stadium in Motera, here today. Zimbabwe made two changes from the eleven that played in their last match against Canada which they won, bringing in Regis Chakabava and Tinashe Panyangara for Sean Williams and Charles Mpofu.
New Zealand replaced an out-of-form Jamie How with fit-again pacer Kyle Mills. Teams New Zealand: Daniel Vettori (capt), Brendon McCullum (wk), Martin Guptill, Jesse Ryder, Ross Taylor, James Franklin, Nathan McCullum, Hamish Bennett, Tim Southee, Kyle Mills and Scott Styris. Zimbabwe: Elton Chigumbara (capt), Brendan Taylor, Charles Coventry, Tatenda Taibu, Craig Ervine, Regis Chakabava, Prosper Utseya, Graeme Cremer, Raymond Price, Greg Lamb and Tinashe Panyangara.
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