[Lord Snooty]

England v New Zealand
The 5th One Day International
Saturday June 20th

at The Emirates Durham International Cricket Ground

starting at 14:00

England have a doubt about Jos Buttler, who split the webbing of his hand in a morning fielding drill and Jonny Bairstow has been called up as cover. Buttler put a protective bandage on the wound which was to be assessed on Saturday morning. The loss of Buttler would potentially mean a wicketkeeping opportunity for Bairstow, although Sam Billings who has fulfilled the role regularly for Kent, would be another option.


England (probable) 1 Jason Roy, 2 Alex Hales, 3 Joe Root, 4 Eoin Morgan ©, 5 Ben Stokes, 6 Jos Buttler (w), 7 Sam Billings, 8 Adil Rashid, 9 David Willey, 10 Mark Wood, 11 Steven Finn.


New Zealand are also fairly settled, although they might recall Nathan McCullum's offspin, with even Chester-le-Street's propensity to help the seamers not enough to make Mitchell McClenaghan's selection inevitable. McClenaghan may vie for the final spot with Ben Wheeler.


New Zealand (probable) 1 Martin Guptill, 2 Brendon McCullum ©, 3 Kane Williamson, 4 Ross Taylor, 5 Grant Elliott, 6 Luke Ronchi (w), 7 Mitchell Santner, 8 Nathan McCullum, 9 Tim Southee, 10 Ben Wheeler/Mitchell McClenaghan, 11 Matt Henry.