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Updated 25 Feb, 2011 07:44am

Australia opt to field against New Zealand

New Zealand have included Jamie How, who replaced Jacob Oram, while Australia retained the same 11 that won against Zimbabwe.

Teams:

Australia: Ricky Ponting (captain), Michael Clarke, Brad Haddin, Shane Watson, David Hussey, Cameron White, Steven Smith, Mitchell Johnson, Jason Krejza, Brett Lee, Shaun Tait.

New Zealand: Martin Guptill, Brendan McCullum (wicketkeeper), Jesse Ryder, Ross Taylor, James Franklin, Scott Styris, Jamie How, Daniel Vettori (captain), Nathan McCullum, Tim Southee, Hamish Bennett.

Umpires: Kumar Dharmasena (Sri Lanka) and Billy Doctrove (West Indies).

TV umpire: Asad Rauf (Pakistan)

Match referee: Ranjan Madugalle (Sri Lanka)

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