Sports Reporter :After knocking out England by 15 runs on March 9, motivated Tigers will take on favourites Kiwis today in their last Pool A match of the ICC World Cup Cricket at the Seddon Park in Hamilton, New Zealand. The match starts at 7.00 am (Bangladesh Time). State-owned television channel Bangladesh Television will telecast the match live.New Zealand and Bangladesh already confirmed their quarter-finals berth.New Zealand, the Pool A leaders led the points table securing maximum 10 points from five matches while Bangladesh bagged seven points from as many outings.Before today’s encounter, Bangladesh faced New Zealand in 25 ODI matches. Of them, New Zealand composed 16 victories while Bangladesh won in eight occasions and rest of the one match was abandoned. It is noteworthy that the Tigers whitewashed the Kiwis 4-0 at home recently.Bangladesh skipper and pacer Mashrafe Bin Mortaza has been suffering from knee injury. He is doubtful whether he can perform in today’s match.Mitchell McClenagan may be replacement of Adam Milne. Adam Milne has been suffering from shoulder injury. Coach of Bangladesh team Chandika Hathurusingha said, “Confidence is high because we have qualified for the quarter-final, that’s one of the goals we had. The guys had been confident throughout but that win against England has given us a little more freedom to do things.” Captain of New Zealand team Brendon McCullum said, “We watched some fast bowlers of Bangladesh against England. They bowled extremely well. It will be tough task to win the tomorrow’s match. We are also prepared to face the pacers.”Teams:Bangladesh (probable): Tamim Iqbal, Imrul Kayes, Soumya Sarkar, Mahmudullah Riyad, Shakib Al Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim (Wicketkeeper), Sabbir Rahman, Mashrafe Bin Mortaza (Captain), Arafat Sunny, Rubel Hossain and Taskin Ahmed.New Zealand (probable): Martin Guptill, Brendon McCullum (Captain), Kane Williamson, Ross Taylor, Grant Elliott, Corey Anderson, Luke Ronchi (Wicketkeeper), Daniel Vettori, Adam Milne/Mitchell McClenaghan, Tim Southee, Trent Boult.
