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In 4th ODI New Zealand has won the toss and elected to bat against Pakistan on Tuesday in Napier.Captain Daniel Vettori returned to the lineup for Tuesdays match at McLean Park along with Kane Williamson as New Zealand continued to use a rotational selection policy ahead of this months World Cup. Jesse Ryder was a late withdrawal from the New Zealand team with a finger injury and was replaced by all-rounder James Franklin. Its a beautiful pitch and you come to Napier expecting to score a lot of runs, Vettori said.The changes to the team are something we have to come to grips with. Theres still a lot jostling going on for World Cup positions and the players understand thats the carrot at the end of this. Pakistan named an unchanged side from the one which won the third match of the series at Christchurch by 43 runs. Conditions for perfect. Its heaven for batsmen, Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi said. I dont think that will change in the second innings. New Zealand: Daniel Vettori (captain), James Franklin, Martin Guptill, Ross Taylor, Jamie How, Scott Styris, Kane Williamson, Brendon McCullum, Nathan McCullum, Tim Southee, Hamish Bennett. Jacob Oram, 12th man.Pakistan: Shahid Afridi (captain), Mohammad Hafeez, Ahmed Shehzad, Younis Khan, Misbah-ul-Haq, Kamran Akmal, Umar Akmal, Abdul Razzaq, Sohail Tanvir, Umar Gul, Wahab Riaz. Asad Shafiq, 12th man.
