Australia elects to field against NZ

Nagpur: Australia captain Ricky Ponting won the toss and elected to field against New Zealand in a World Cup Group A match overshadowed by the devastating earthquake in Christchurch.

At least 113 people have been killed as a result of tremors in the New Zealand city and the teams wore black armbands and observed a minute's silence before the start of play.

Australia have fielded an unchanged side that beat Zimbabwe in their opening match while there is one change for New Zealand with Jamie How replacing Jacob Oram.

The clash has been named as Chappell-Hadlee Trophy and the two sides will play for the first time outside Australia and New Zealand for the trophy.

Teams:

Australia: Ricky Ponting (c), Shane Watson, Brad Haddin, Michael Clarke, Cameron White, David Hussey, Steven Smith, Mitchell Johnson, Shaun Tait, Jason Krejza and Brett Lee.

New Zealand: Daniel Vettori (C), Martin Guptill, Brendon McCullum, Jesse Ryder, Ross Taylor, James Franklin, Scott Styris, Jamie How, Nathan McCullum, Tim Southee and Hamish Bennett.