BIRMINGHAM (England), June 18: New Zealand captain Daniel Vettori won the toss and elected to field against England in the second One-day International at Edgbaston here on Wednesday.

Rain had reduced this match from a 50 to a 29-overs-a-side contest after more than four hours were lost to bad weather.

Both sides made one change to the teams that played in England’s 114-run victory in the first game of this five-match series at the Riverside on Sunday.

All-rounder Dimitri Mascarenhas replaced Ryan Sidebottom after the England left-arm quick was ruled out with a stiff back.

New Zealand’s Grant Elliott, 29, who only joined the squad on Monday, was given his ODI debut after struggling batsman James Marshall was dropped.

South Africa-born Elliott, who had been playing club cricket in Surrey, south-east England, was called up as cover for fellow pace bowling all-rounder Jacob Oram, currently sidelined with a hamstring injury.

Marshall’s omission meant Ross Taylor was in line to take Marshall’s place at No 3 in the batting order.—AFP