West Indies v New Zealand

7.58am Well, New Zealand are opening with Daniel Vettori, their bespectacled left-arm spinner, who joins Fleming at the crease. He's only opened once before - and made a duck. Craig McMillan has been dropped, and in comes Brendon McCullum to keep wicket instead of Lou Vincent, who plays as a specialist batsman. West Indies bring in Nixon McLean for Pedro Collins.

7.56am Stephen Fleming, the Kiwi captain, reckons he would probably have batted first anyway, because he feels the pitch will get slower as the day goes on. However, he does concede that batting early on will be tough.

7.55am Those teams...

New Zealand 1 Stephen Fleming (capt), 2 Daniel Vettori, 3 Nathan Astle, 4 Scott Styris, 5 Chris Cairns, 6 Lou Vincent, 7 Chris Harris, 8 Brendon McCullum (wk), 9 Jacob Oram, 10 Andre Adams, 11 Shane Bond.

West Indies 1 Chris Gayle, 2 Wavell Hinds, 3 Brian Lara, 4 Shivnarine Chanderpaul, 5 Carl Hooper, 6 Ramnaresh Sarwan, 7 Ricardo Powell, 8 Ridley Jacobs (wk), 9 Vasbert Drakes, 10 Nixon McLean, 11 Mervyn Dillon.

7.50am Carl Hooper has won the toss and asked New Zealand to bat first, which seems like a sensible decision after a quick glance at the pitch. It's a little damp and there's some moisture in the atmosphere, apparently, which means the ball should do a bit early on. Teams to follow.

7.45am Morning. Lawrence here. Well, we had been hoping to bring you England's first game of the competition this morning, but we all know what happened so I won't bore you with the reasons for their no-show in Harare. But fear not, because we've got a little cracker for you anyway: it's West Indies v New Zealand in Port Elizabeth, and there's a lot riding on it.

New Zealand desperately need to win after they took a hammering against Sri Lanka on Monday, especially if they decide not to travel to Kenya. Defeat here could spell an early exit. West Indies, though, are a on a roll. They beat South Africa in the opening game of the tournament, and a win here would virtually guarantee a Super Six place. I'm quite excited.