The two teams which made life miserable for the Australians over the last month - England and New Zealand - will take on each other in their first match of the World Cup. Cricinfo checks out their recent form and the players to watch out for.
Going by their past stats, both captains might prefer to lose the toss: of the 54 games which have produced a decisive result, 33 have gone in favour of the team which has lost the toss. England only have a 36% win percentage when the toss goes in their favour (8 wins, 14 losses), while the corresponding percentage for New Zealand is 41 (13 wins, 19 defeats). New Zealand's key player at the top of the order will be Stephen Fleming, and Michael Vaughan will do well to press Andrew Flintoff into the attack when he's at the crease: in 80 deliveries from Flintoff, Fleming has only scored 39 runs and has been dismissed twice - that's an average of 19.50 and a scoring rate of 2.92 runs per over.
