New Zealand vs Australia, ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 - Live Cricket Score

Teams:

Australia: David Warner, Aaron Finch, Shane Watson, Michael Clarke(c), Steven Smith, Glenn Maxwell, Mitchell Marsh, Brad Haddin(w), Mitchell Johnson, Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins.

New Zealand: Brendon McCullum(c), Martin Guptill, Kane Williamson, Ross Taylor, Grant Elliott, Corey Anderson, Luke Ronchi(w), Daniel Vettori, Adam Milne, Tim Southee, Trent Boult.

McCullum: Obviously, two well respected families and the trophy means a lot to us. We haven't played it for a long time. So, it's nice for us to go on the line today. We would have bowled first as well. We have trained pretty hard over the last couple of days. No, we have got the same team. All going all, we bowl well first up and then chase the total down.

Clarke: Not a bad place to play here at the Eden Park. It's going to be a fantastic crowd, they will certainly turn the weather on, so hopefully, we can put on a good show. We will have a bat first. We got here early, got here last Sunday. Hopefully, we can put up a a good game for the people. Josh Hazlewood misses out on and Pat Cummins.

Australia captain Michael Clarke will play his first match since December last year - the Adelaide Test against India, following which he suffered a hamstring injury. There have been plenty of speculations about his return. There were a couple of practice games - one against Bangladesh and the other against the UAE, but the fact that he missed Australia's World Cup openers meant he was far from regaining complete fitness. The Bangladesh clash was washed out and his return was delayed, but it's never too late, is it?

In between there were talks about his rift with Cricket Australia to add to the endless debate of whether he should relinquish Australia's captaincy after the World Cup. However, the bottom line is that he is back, and back in a high-voltage Trans-Tasman clash. It promises to be a cracker of a contest.