Kiwis to Bowl in Must-win Tie

Pallekele: New Zealand skipper Ross Taylor won the toss and have decided to chase against West Indies in Super Eight match on Monday at  Pallekele International Cricket Stadium.

New Zealand brought in Ronnie Hira and Jacob Oram in place of Daniel Vettori and Kane Williamson. West Indies left out Dwayne Bravo and Fidel Edwards while including Darren Bravo and Samuel Badree.

Semi-final scenario

West Indies
The ideal result for West Indies will be for them to beat New Zealand, and for Sri Lanka to beat England, which will ensure West Indies qualify without run rates coming into play. A defeat will definitely knock West Indies out because of their poor NRR, but even a win may not be enough if England beat Sri Lanka. For instance, if West Indies score 160 and win by 25 runs, England will need to win their match by only eight runs to keep their NRR above West Indies'.

New Zealand
New Zealand are currently at the bottom of the group, but their NRR is a decent -0.268, thanks to their Super Over defeat against Sri Lanka. As mentioned earlier, if they beat West Indies by as little as five runs, and if Sri Lanka beat England by the same margin (with the winning teams in each game scoring 160), then New Zealand's NRR will be better than those of England and West Indies. Thus, even though New Zealand haven't won a match yet in the Super Eights, they have plenty to play for in their last game.

Teams

New Zealand MJ Guptill, RJ Nicol, BB McCullum (wk), LRPL Taylor (captain), JEC Franklin, JDP Oram, DAJ Bracewell, RM Hira, NL McCullum, TG Southee, KD Mills

West Indies J Charles, CH Gayle, DM Bravo, MN Samuels, KA Pollard, AD Russell, D Ramdin (wk), DJG Sammy (captain), SP Narine, R Rampaul, S Badree