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Nagpur: Australian captain Ricky Ponting won the toss and decided to bowl first against New Zealand in their second World Cup match in Nagpur on Friday.
Captain Ricky Ponting chose to try take advantage of early morning cloud cover following overnight rain in Nagpur and will lead a side unchanged from its comfortable opening win over Zimbabwe.
New Zealand made one change to face the defending champions, bringing in Jamie How to replace Jacob Oram.
If Ponting's men will like to put up a better all-round show, the Daniel Vettori-led Blacks Caps will be keen to focus hard on the match despite the devastating earthquake in Christchurch that has led to a loss of several lives.
Such has been the telling effect on the squad that New Zealand team are left without a physio and trainer. Physiotherapist Dayle Shackel and trainer Bryan Stronach have left home to take care of their affected families.
It is there to be seen how well the Kiwis can focus on the on-field activities after a tragedy of this magnitude.
After the England vs Holland game, which saw nearly 600 runs being scored, one can expect another run feast on the Jamtha featherbed where the bowlers will find it difficult to contain the batsmen.
However, since it is supposed to be a day game, one can expect seamers to get a bit of help for the first few overs with the white kookaburra but that's all one can expect from this track which is as flat as it gets.
For New Zealand, it will be skipper Vettori and offie Nathan McCullum who will be calling the shots.
While Australia's Shane Watson will be expected to provide the initial impetus during the fielding restrictions, skipper Ricky Ponting will like to shrug off the disappointment and controversy surrounding him and get on with the game.
Ponting had been reprimanded by ICC match referee Roshan Mahanama for damaging a television set after being run-out in the last match.
Australia pacers however gave a good account of themselves. Comeback man Brett Lee bowled at a brisk pace and showed good control, so did Mitchell Johnson.
It will be an interesting battle between the Australian pacers and Kiwi batsmen like Brendon McCullum, Jesse Ryder, Ross Taylor who have the capability of damaging the reputation of any attack on a given day.
