England win toss, bat first v New Zealand

SYDNEY, Feb 6 (Reuters) England won the toss and chose to bat first in their tri-series one-day international against New Zealand in Brisbane today.

New Zealand retained the same side that lost to Australia in Melbourne on Sunday while England made two changes to the team that beat Australia in Sydney on Friday.

England captain Michael Vaughan returned to the team in place of opener Mal Loye and all-rounder Paul Collingwood replaced Ravi Bopara.

The winners will join Australia in next week's best-of-three finals.

Teams: England - Michael Vaughan (captain), Ed Joyce, Ian Bell, Andrew Strauss, Paul Collingwood, Andrew Flintoff, Jamie Dalrymple, Paul Nixon, Liam Plunkett, Sajid Mahmood, Monty Panesar.

New Zealand - Stephen Fleming (captain), Lou Vincent, Peter Fulton, Ross Taylor, Scott Styris, Jacob Oram, Brendon McCullum, Daniel Vettori, James Franklin, Shane Bond, Mark Gillespie.

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