Toss New Zealand chose to bowl vs Uganda

New Zealand won the toss and chose to bowl first against Uganda in Tarouba. With this match being played on a fresh pitch, New Zealand captain Kane Williamson said he was more comfortable chasing on a track he didn’t know what to expect on. New Zealand did lose chasing against West Indies at this venue several nights ago, however.

Uganda made two changes to their XI. These were aimed at strengthening up the batting order, after they were bowled out for 39 by West Indies in their most-recent outing. Ronak Patel comes in for Roger Mukasa at the top of the order, and lower down, wickekeeper-batter Fred Achelam plays his first World Cup game as well, though it’s likely that Simon Ssesazi will keep the gloves. Achelam replaces 43-year-old left-arm spinner Frank Nsubuga.

New Zealand are unchanged from the XI that lost to West Indies.

Both these teams are out of the reckoning for the Super Eight. They have both lost to West Indies and Afghanistan, but Uganda do have one win on the board in this campaign – against Papua New Guinea.

Uganda 1 Ronak Patel, 2 Simon Ssesazi (wk), 3 Robinson Obuya, 4 Alpesh Ramjani, 5 Riazat Ali Shah, 6 Kenneth Waiswa, 7 Dinesh Nakrani, 8 Brian Masaba (capt.), 9 Fred Achelam, 10 Juma Miyagi, 11 Cosmas Kyewuta

New Zealand: 1 Devon Conway (wk), 2 Finn Allen, 3 Rachin Ravindra, 4 Kane Williamson (capt.), 5 Daryl Mitchell, 6 Glenn Phillips, 7 James Neesham, 8 Mitchell Santner, 9 Tim Southee, 10 Trent Boult, 11 Lockie Ferguson