Kenya win toss, elect to bat against New Zealand

Chennai, Feb 20 (PTI) Kenya captain Jimmy Kamande won thetoss and elected to bat first in their opening Group A matchagainst New Zealand in the cricket World Cup here today.

New Zealand have not included pacer Kyle Mills in theplaying XI and Hamish Bennett and Tim Southee would be the twofrontline pacers for them.

Teams:

New Zealand: Daniel Vettori (c), H Bennett, J Franklin, MGuptill, B McCullum, N McCullum, J Oram, J Ryder, T Southee, SStyris, R Taylor.

Kenya: J Kamande, S Ngoche, A Obanda, C Obuya, NOdhiambo, T Odoyo, E Otieno, M Ouma, R Patel, S Tikolo, SWaters.