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Black Caps Test captain Tom Latham has been ruled out of the opening one-dayer against Sri Lanka in Wellington, after pulling up sore from his Super Smash outing with Canterbury on Friday.
New Zealand have won the toss and opted to bowl first at the Basin Reserve, where the capital has turned on a windy day.
"I guess it's been undercover for a couple of days," said skipper Mitch Santner of the pitch. "A little bit of grass on it, but I think it'll play pretty good."
The fixture provides a final build-up for both sides towards the ICC Champions Trophy tournament, which New Zealand won in 2000 and Sri Lanka shared with India two years later, when two attempts to play a final were rained out.
"We obviously have that in the back of our mind, anything about that, but we have a pretty important series here against a very good Sri Lankan side and it starts today," said Santner.
Sri Lanka: Pathum Nissanka, Avishka Fernando, Kusal Mendis (wicketkeeper), Kamindu Mendis, Charith Asalanka (captain), Janith Liyanage, Chamindu Wickramasinghe, Wanindu Hasaranga, Lahiru Kumara, Eshan Malinga, Asitha Fernando
New Zealand: Will Young, Rachin Ravindra, Mark Chapman, Daryl Mitchell, Glenn Phillips, Mitchel Hay (wicketkeeper), Mitchell Santner (captain), Nathan Smith, Matt Henry, Jacob Duffy, Will O'Rourke
