England Ask Blackcaps to Bat in 3rd T20

Wellington: England have won the toss and elected to bowl first against New Zealand in third and final T20 at Wellington on Friday.

England made one change with Joe Root coming in for Samit Patel, while New Zeland are playing an unchanged side.

McCullum said: "We would have also liked to bowl first. The ground over here is slightly bigger then the previous matches. We need to do all the basics right."

Broad says: "New Zealand batted very well in the last match, chasing is the way to go on this ground despite admitting a mistake in the previous match"

Teams:

New Zealand: Martin Guptill, Hamish Rutherford, Brendon McCullum (capt & wk), Ross Taylor, Grant Elliott, Colin Munro, James Franklin, Nathan McCullum, Ian Butler, Trent Boult, Mitchell McClenaghan

England: Alex Hales, Michael Lumb, Luke Wright, Jonathan Bairstow, Eoin Morgan, Joe Root, Jos Buttler (wk), Stuart Broad (captain), James Tredwell, Jade Dernbach, Steven Finn

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