Australia vs New Zealand World Cup 2011 Preview

Australia vs new zealand world cup 2011 ODI match at vidarbha cricket association stadium, Nagpur on Fri 25 Feb 09:30 AM IST.

In Australia's previous victorious campaigns ponting has led from the front with the bat.new zealand have had a poor build up to the world cup but they started the tournament with a crushing win against kenya. their batting line up looks quite strong with the likes of brendon mccullum, martin guptill, jesse ryder, ross taylor and scott styris.it should be an interesting battle.

Team news
New Zealand have chosen their playing 12. Kyle Mills, Kane Williamson, and Luke Woodcock will miss out.

New Zealand (probable):
1 Martin Guptill
2 Brendon McCullum (wk)
3 Jesse Ryder
4 Ross Taylor
5 James Franklin
6 Scott Stryis
7 Jacob Oram
8 Daniel Vettori(capt)
9 Nathan McCullum
10 Hamish Bennett
11 Tim Southee

Coach:John Wright


Australia (probable):
1 Shane Watson
2 Brad Haddin (wk)
3 Ricky Ponting (capt)
4 Michael Clarke
5 David Hussey
6 Cameron White
7 Steve Smith
8 Mitchell Johnson
9 Jason Krezja
10 Brett Lee
11 Shaun Tait.

Coach:Tim Nielsen

Australia have faced New Zealand 123 times and have won 84 games. In India, these two teams have played against each other seven times, with Australia victorious in all seven.