New Zealand win toss and bowl; Harry Brook opens for England as Gus Atkinson debuts

New Zealand received the toss and selected to bowl versus England

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Both males can be straight into the motion at a sunny Sophia Gardens, after Tom Latham received the toss and selected to bowl first, in New Zealand's first ODI towards England since their agonising near-miss within the World Cup ultimate at Lord's in July 2019.

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New Zealand's assault can be bolstered by the re-introduction of Kyle Jamieson, who performed in two of the T20Is final week as he continued his return from a again stress fracture, however hasn't been examined within the 50-over format since April 2022. Trent Boult, nevertheless, won't characteristic in his first New Zealand match since final November, and nor will Adam Milne, who has reported a good hamstring.

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Unlike Brook, Atkinson - who impressed with 4 wickets on his T20I debut towards the identical opponents final week - has been named in England's provisional World Cup squad, and so in the present day's outing is a vital milestone as he continues his fast-tracking as a world cricketer, forward of England's opening fixture of the match - additionally towards New Zealand at Ahmedabad on October 5.

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England: 1 Dawid Malan, 2 Harry Brook, 3 Joe Root, 4 Ben Stokes, 5 Jos Buttler (capt & wk), 6 Liam Livingstone, 7 Chris Woakes, 8 David Willey, 9 Adil Rashid, 10 Gus Atkinson, 11 Reece Topley.

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New Zealand: 1 Will Young, 2 Devon Conway, 3 Henry Nicholls, 4 Daryl Mitchell, 5 Tom Latham (capt & wk), 6 Glenn Phillips, 7 Rachin Ravindra, 8 Kyle Jamieson, 9 Matt Henry, 10 Tim Southee, 11 Lockie Ferguson

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