Black Caps skipper Mitchell Santner has won the toss and has opted to bowl first against England in today's dead-rubber final one-day international in the capital

The weather's looking good ... but senior batter Kane Williamson's out with a groin concern ... so Devon Conway comes in and will open the batting.

Blair Tickner's overcome a wee injury scare after getting hit on the leg at training, so there's no debut for pace bowling all-rounder Kristian Clarke, who was called up yesterday as cover for injured bowler Matt Henry.

England are bidding to win their second-ever match at the Wellington stadium ... they actually won on their most recent visit in 20-18, but have lost the other four fixtures there.

That included a famous drubbing in the 20-15 World Cup, when the tourists' current coach, Brendan McCullum, was the New Zealand captain.

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