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NEW DELHI: New Zealand skipper Daniel Vettori won the toss and decided to bat against England in their do-or-die last Group E Super Eights stage match of the Twenty20 World Cup on Monday.

Scorecard

Certain of a last four spot with consecutive wins, a buoyant England will be gunning for a hat-trick of victory while New Zealand face a do-or-die situation in St Lucia.

With victories over Pakistan and South Africa in their second round matches, England are through to the semifinals and Paul Collingwood's men would be hoping to complete a hat-trick of victories.

Their fine form notwithstanding, it, however, would be far from a cakewalk for the English side as New Zealand have put behind their 13-run loss against South Africa and eked out a thrilling one run win over Pakistan to put their campaign back on track.

New Zealand would seek to carry on the momentum against England to put themselves in the semifinals and shed their choker's tag.

Incidentally, the Kiwis' cause could be helped by in-form Kevin Pietersen's absence in the English ranks.

England would badly miss Pietersen after the right-hander took a break from the tournament to be with his pregnant wife Jessica as the couple prepares for their first child.

New Zealand, on the other hand, do have problems to deal with as their batting line up is brittle and rely too much on a few power-hitters.

Squads

England: MJ Lumb, C Kieswetter (w), RS Bopara, PD Collingwood (c), EJG Morgan, LJ Wright, TT Bresnan, MH Yardy, GP Swann, SCJ Broad, RJ Sidebottom

New Zealand: BB McCullum, JD Ryder, AJ Redmond, LRPL Taylor, SB Styris, GJ Hopkins (w), DL Vettori (c), IG Butler, NL McCullum, SE Bond, KD Mills