Wellington – England won the toss and put New Zealand into bat in the third and final Twenty20 international in Wellington on Friday.
The New Zealand line-up was unchanged from the second T20 in Hamilton last Tuesday, when the Black Caps notched a 55-run win to level the series at 1-1.
England called up Joe Root to strengthen their batting for the series decider, dropping Samit Patel.
TEAMS
New Zealand: Hamish Rutherford, Martin Guptill, Brendon McCullum (capt), Ross Taylor, Colin Munro, James Franklin, Nathan McCullum, Grant Elliott, Ian Butler, Trent Boult, Mitchell McClenaghan
England: Alex Hales, Michael Lumb, Luke Wright, Jonny Bairstow, Eoin Morgan, Jos Buttler, Joe Root, James Tredwell, Stuart Broad (capt), Steven Finn, Jade Dernbach
Umpires: Gary Baxter (NZL), Chris Gaffaney (NZL)
TV umpire: Derek Walker (NZL)
Match referee: Roshan Mahanama (SRI) – Sapa-AFP