England win toss and elect to bowl

Thursday May 15, 05:08 PM

LONDON (Reuters) - England captain Michael Vaughan won the toss and elected to bowl on the opening day of the first test against New Zealand at Lord's on Thursday.

England retained the side who defeated the Kiwis in Napier this year to win their last series 2-1.

Paceman Iain O'Brien was omitted from the New Zealand XI. Batsmen Aaron Redmond and Daniel Flynn will make their test debuts.

Rain delayed the start of play by 80 minutes.

Teams:

England - Alastair Cook, Andrew Strauss, Michael Vaughan (captain), Kevin Pietersen, Ian Bell, Paul Collingwood, Tim Ambrose, Stuart Broad, Ryan Sidebottom, Monty Panesar, James Anderson.

New Zealand - Jamie How, Aaron Redmond, James Marshall, Ross Taylor, Brendon McCullum, Daniel Flynn, Jacob Oram, Daniel Vettori (captain), Kyle Mills, Tim Southee, Chris Martin.

Umpires: Steve Bucknor (West Indies) and Simon Taufel (Australia).

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