Australia opt to bat against New Zealand

Australia have won the toss and elected to bat first against New Zealand at Lords's in London today.

Australia go into the match today with an unchanged squad even though Aaron Finch's side have already made it through to the semifinal.   

"Hopefully later on slow up a little, and take a bit of spin. I think it's a difficult wicket from the previous one. No changes, everyone who contributed to the win has done really well. Everyone has played at some point, so it's going well." said Finch at the toss.

Meanwhile there are two changes in the New Zealand side, who will be the second team to make it to the semifinal if they get a win today.

"We would have batted too. Two changes - Ish Sodhi comes in for Matt Henry, and also Henry Nicholls comes in for Colin Munro." said New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson.

Palying XIs:

Australia: Finch (c), Warner, Khawaja, Smith, Maxwell, Stoinis, Carey (wk), Cummins, Starc, Lyon, Behrendorff

New Zealand: Guptill. Nicholls, Williamson (c), Taylor, Latham (wk), Neesham, de Grandhomme, Santner, Sodhi, Ferguson, Boult

Source: thedailystar