Pallekele: New Zealand captain Ross Taylor won the toss and chose to bat against England in their World Twenty20 match at Pallekele International Cricket Stadium in Pallekele on Saturday.
Defending champions England were edged out by 15 runs in an exciting finish to their match against the West Indies, while New Zealand fought back to tie the regular match before going down in Super Over to hosts Sri Lanka.
Sri Lanka clinched the Super Over by scoring 13 to New Zealand's eight.
Doug Bracewell is in for Jacob Oram who's ill. England have made changes, with Tim Bresnan in and a first World T20 appearance for Danny Briggs. Jade Dernbach and Samit Patel drop out.
Teams
England Craig Kieswetter (wk), Alex Hales, Luke Wright, Eoin Morgan, Jonny Bairstow, Jos Buttler, Tim Bresnan, Stuart Broad (capt), Graeme Swann, Steven Finn, Danny Briggs.
New Zealand Martin Guptill, Rob Nicol, Brendon McCullum (wk), Ross Taylor (capt), James Franklin, Kane Williamson, Doug Bracewell, Daniel Vettori, Nathan McCullum, Tim Southee, Kyle Mills.