New Zealand have gained the toss and opted to bowl towards England at The Oval within the third match of their one-day worldwide collection at present tied at 1-1.
Jason Roy missed out once more for England after having one other again spasm hours earlier than the match. The opener missed the primary two video games with the identical drawback and will now be a doubt for the Cricket World Cup beginning in three weeks.
Harry Brook, who’s pushing to exchange Roy or one other batter within the World Cup squad, dropped out of the crew to accommodate the return of Dawid Malan, who missed the second ODI after his spouse gave delivery to their son on Saturday. Chris Woakes got here in for fellow seamer David Willey.
New Zealand ignored spinner Mitchell Santner after he jarred his knee fielding within the second ODI, which England gained by 79 runs to sq. the four-match collection that ends at Lord’s on Friday.
Pacers Tim Southee and Matt Henry have been rested, so Kyle Jamieson, Lockie Ferguson and Ben Lister got here right into a much-changed bowling assault. T20 specialist Finn Allen was dropped for Henry Nicholls, permitting Will Young to open the batting.
England: Dawid Malan, Jonny Bairstow, Joe Root, Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler (capt), Moeen Ali, Liam Livingstone, Sam Curran, Chris Woakes, Gus Atkinson, Reece Topley.
New Zealand: Will Young, Devon Conway, Henry Nicholls, Daryl Mitchell, Tom Latham (capt), Glenn Phillips, Rachin Ravindra, Kyle Jamieson, Lockie Ferguson, Trent Boult, Ben Lister.
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
