New Zealand v Sri Lanka, 1st ODI

New Zealand: (probable) 1 Martin Guptill, 2 Brendon McCullum (capt.), 3 Kane Williamson, 4 Grant Elliott, 5 Tom Latham, 6 Luke Ronchi (wk) , 7 Corey Anderson, 8 Nathan McCullum, 9 Mitchell McClenaghan/Adam Milne, 10 Kyle Mills, 11 Trent Boult

Sri Lanka will want to trial Dimuth Karunaratne as opener, which means Mahela Jayawardene will bat at No. 4. They may also reintroduce Nuwan Kulasekara into the XI, after solid performances in domestic cricket. They might also toy with the idea of playing an extra batsman or allrounder, and rely on Angelo Mathews and Tillakaratne Dilshan to make up the remaining overs.

Sri Lanka (probable): 1 Dimuth Karunaratne, 2 Tillakaratne Dilshan, 3 Kumar Sangakkara (wk), 4 Mahela Jayawardene, 5 Angelo Mathews (capt.), 6 Lahiru Thirimanne, 7 Thisara Perara, 8 Jeevan Mendis/ Dhammika Prasad, 9 Nuwan Kulasekara, 10 Sachithra Senanayake, 11 Suranga Lakmal