The match marks the return of senior batsman Ross Taylor to the New Zealand batting line-up after he opted out of the recent South Africa tour after being dropped as captain.

England have won five of their six T20s against New Zealand.

TEAMS

NEW ZEALAND: Hamish Rutherford, Martin Guptill, Brendon McCullum (captain), Ross Taylor, Colin Munro, James Franklin, Nathan McCullum, Andrew Ellis, Ronnie Hira, Trent Boult, Mitchell McClenaghan

ENGLAND: Alex Hales, Michael Lumb, Luke Wright, Jonny Bairstow, Eoin Morgan, Jos Buttler, Samit Patel, James Tredwell, Stuart Broad (captain), Steven Finn, Jade Dernbach

UMPIRES: Chris Gaffaney (NZL), Derek Walker (NZL)

TV UMPIRE: Gary Baxter (NZL)

MATCH REFEREE: Roshan Mahanama (Sri Lanka)