England captain Eoin Morgan won the toss and decided to bat in the World Cup Pool A match against New Zealand at Westpac stadium in Wellington on Friday.
England resisted the temptation to make changes from the side which lost to Australia in Melbourne by 111 runs in their only game.
New Zealand, who beat Sri Lanka and Scotland in their first two matches, kept the same side for the third match in a row.
The top four from each of the two seven-team pools will qualify for the quarter-finals.
Teams:
England: Eoin Morgan (capt), Moeen Ali, James Anderson, Gary Ballance, Ian Bell, Stuart Broad, Jos Buttler (wkt), Steven Finn, Joe Root, James Taylor, Chris Woakes
New Zealand: Brendon McCullum (capt), Trent Boult, Grant Elliott, Ross Taylor, Martin Guptill, Adam Milne, Daniel Vettori, Kane Williamson, Corey Anderson, Luke Ronchi (wkt), Tim Southee
Umpires: Rod Tucker (AUS) and Paul Reiffel (AUS)
TV umpire: Bruce Oxenford (AUS)
Match referee: Roshan Mahanama (SRI)
Weather: Maximum temperature 22 Celsius
Source: AFP
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