rain affecting the first match of Natwest series........there is chance of more rains which may b waste half of da days cricket.... ECB has announced that the latest that play can start is at 7.47pm, exactly two minutes after the start of another, rather more high-profile England match down in Portugal....
Trescothick is fit for the game n anthony mcgrath is plain this match
England (possible): 1 Michael Vaughan (capt), 2 Marcus Trescothick, 3 Geraint Jones (wk), 4 Andrew Strauss, 5 Paul Collingwood, 6 Rikki Clarke, 7 Anthony McGrath, 8 Ashley Giles, 9 Steve Harmison, 10 James Anderson, 11 Darren Gough.
New Zealand (possible): 1 Nathan Astle, 2 Stephen Fleming (capt), 3 Hamish Marshall, 4 Craig McMillan, 5 Jacob Oram, 6 Chris Cairns, 7 Brendon McCullum (wk), 8 Chris Harris, 9 Daniel Vettori, 10 Daryl Tuffey, 11 James Franklin.