TelstraClear Black Caps play Australia in the first match of their defence of the ICC Champions Trophy

The TelstraClear Black Caps play Australia in Colombo today in their first match of the ICC Champions Trophy 2002.

As both teams are expected to beat Bangladesh, who are the other team in the pool, the TelstraClear Black Caps must beat Australia if they are to progress further in the competition.

The TelstraClear Black Caps are the tournament's defending champions.

The TelstraClear Black Caps team to play Australia is:

Stephen Fleming (captain)
Nathan Astle
Shane Bond
Chris Harris
Kyle Mills
Jacob Oram
Matthew Sinclair
Scott Styris
Daryl Tuffey
Daniel Vettori
Lou Vincent

Glen Sulzberger and Chris Nevin were not selected and Paul Hitchcock was unavailable for selection because of an elbow injury.

The match is being televised live on Sky Television from 4.25pm.