The BLACKCAPS will bat first in today’s One Day International after Zimbabwe captain Brendan Taylor won the toss and elected to bowl at University Oval.
Three uncapped players have been named in today’s starting XI with Dean Brownlie set to become BLACKCAP number 168, Andrew Ellis 169 and Tom Latham 170 while Jacob Oram will be 12th man.
Team to play Zimbabwe:
Brendon McCullum (c) – Shirt number 42
Doug Bracewell – 34
Dean Brownlie – 59
Andrew Ellis – 33
Martin Guptill – 31
Tom Latham – 23
Nathan McCullum – 15
Kyle Mills – 37
Rob Nicol – 28
Tim Southee – 38
Kane Williamson – 22
12th man: Jacob Oram – 24
BLACKCAPS v Zimbabwe
University Oval, Dunedin
3 January 2012
11.00am start
