BLACKCAPS bat first in Hobart

BLACKCAPS Stephen Fleming has won the toss and elected to bat first in game three of the Tri-Series against England at Hobart.

Fleming leads an unchanged team at the Bellerive Oval from that defeated 48 hours earlier by host nation Australia, the New Zealanders' opening match.

Hamish Marshall is 12th man, while Ed Joyce replaces the injured Kevin Pietersen for England.

BLACKCAPS: Stephen Fleming (c), Nathan Astle, Shane Bond, James Franklin, Peter Fulton, Mark Gillespie, Brendon McCullum, Craig McMillan, Jeetan Patel, Ross Taylor, Daniel Vettori.

England: M Vaughan (c), A Strauss, I Bell, A Flintoff, P Collingwood, J Dalrymple, P Nixon, J Anderson, J Lewis, M Panesar, E Joyce.