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Black Caps opt to bowl against Bangladesh

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Kane Williamson (AP)
Kane Williamson (AP)

London - Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan was set to play his 200th one-day international on Wednesday after New Zealand captain Kane Williamson won the toss and opted to bowl in their World Cup match at the Oval.

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Both teams won their opening matches - Bangladesh beating South Africa and New Zealand routing Sri Lanka - and named unchanged teams.

Shakib is the third Bangladeshi player to feature in 200 or more matches, behind his skipper Mashrafe Mortaza and Mushfiqur Rahim.

Teams:

Bangladesh:

Mashrafe Mortaza (captain), Tamim Iqbal, Soumya Sarkar, Shakib Al Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim, Mohammad Mithun, Mahmudullah, Mosaddek Hossain, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Mohammad Saifuddin, Mustafizur Rahman

New Zealand:

Kane Williamson (captain), Martin Guptill, Colin Munro, Ross Taylor, Tom Latham, James Neesham, Colin de Grandhomme, Mitchell Santner, Matt Henry, Lockie Ferguson, Trent Boult

Umpires: Paul Reiffel (AUS) and Bruce Oxenford (AUS) 

TV umpire: Joel Wilson (WIS) 

Match referee: David Boon

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