New Zealand gained the toss and selected to bowl first vs England
Chris Woakes returned rather than David Willey, with Gus Atkinson and Reece Topley each taking part in their third video games of the collection. Adil Rashid and Mark Wooden stay on the bench as England take a cautious strategy with their health.
New Zealand made a fourth change to their XI by restoring Will Younger to the highest of the order after positioning him at No. 3 final day trip. That meant Finn Allen was squeezed out, with Henry Nicholls – who was not noted of their provisional World Cup squad this week – returning to the facet at first drop.
England: 1 Dawid Malan, 2 Jonny Bairstow, 3 Joe Root, 4 Ben Stokes, 5 Jos Buttler (capt/wk), 6 Moeen Ali, 7 Liam Livingstone, 8 Sam Curran, 9 Chris Woakes, 10 Gus Atkinson, 11 Reece Topley
New Zealand: 1 Will Younger, 2 Devon Conway, 3 Henry Nicholls, 4 Daryl Mitchell, 5 Tom Latham (capt/wk), 6 Glenn Phillips, 7 Rachin Ravindra, 8 Kyle Jamieson, 9 Lockie Ferguson, 10 Trent Boult, 11 Ben Lister
