New Zealand are currently in the seventh position of the International Cricket Council (ICC) rankings for One Day Internationals (ODI). The form of players like Ross Taylor and Brendon McCullum may worry the team but they can't be written off.
The International Cricket Council (ICC) Champions Trophy 2013 is set to kick off on 6 June with India and South Africa taking on each other in the opening match at Cardiff, Wales.
New Zealand, the winners of Champions Trophy 2000, will take on Sri Lanka at Sophia Gardens, Cardiff on 9 June in their first match of the tournament.
Champions Trophy, which is considered second in importance only to Cricket World Cup, was introduced in 1998 with South African winning the first title. It features the top eight nations in the ICC ODI rankings. The countries that will participate this year are Australia, England, India, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa, Sri Lanka and West Indies.
A total number of 15 matches will be played in the tournament which will conclude on 23 June.
Here is Complete List of New Zealand Squad for ICC Champions Trophy 2013 and Their Career Statistics in ODI:
Brendon McCullum (31): He is the captain of the team. The wicketkeeper cum right-hand batsman has scored 4920 runs from 185 innings at an average of 31.13. He has scored four centuries and 25 half centuries.
Trent Boult (23): He is a left-arm medium-fast bowler. He has taken six wickets from eight innings at an economy of 4.88.
Grant Elliot (34): He is an allrounder - right-arm medium-fast bowler and right-hand batsman. He has scored 915 runs from 35 innings at an average of 31.55, and has one century and five half centuries to his credit. He has also taken 20 wickets from 28 innings at an economy of 4.92.
Andrew Ellis (31): He is an allrounder - right-arm fast-medium bowler. He has scored 154 runs from 12 innings at an average of 14.00 and has taken 11 wickets from 11 innings at an economy of 5.01.
James Franklin (32): He is an allrounder - left-hand batsman and left-arm medium fast bowler. He has scored 1251 runs from 77 innings at an average of 25.02. He has also taken 81 wickets from 95 innings at an economy of 5.20.
Martin Guptill (26): He is a right-hand batsman. He has scored 2475 runs from 69 innings at an average of 41.25. He has four centuries and 17 half centuries to his credit.
Mitchell McClenaghan (26): He is a left-arm medium-fast bowler. He has taken 15 wickets from six innings at an economy of 4.85.
Nathan McCullum (32): He is a right-arm offbreak spinner. He has taken 33 wickets from 47 innings at an economy of 4.84. He has also scored 696 from 40 innings at an average of 19.33.
Kyle Mills (34): He is right-arm fast-medium bowler. He has taken 216 wickets from 148 innings at an economy of 4.69.
Colin Munro (26): He is a left-hand batsman. He has scored 66 from two innings at average of 33.00.
Luke Ronchi (32): He is a wicketkeeper cum right-hand batsman. He has scored 78 from four innings at an average of 19.50.
Tim Southee (24): He is a right-arm medium-fast bowler. He has taken 94 wickets from 66 innings at an economy of 5.17.
Ross Taylor (29): He is right-hand batsman. he has scored 3672 runs from 109 innings at an average of 38.65. He has seven centuries and 23 half centuries to his credit.
Daniel Vettori (34): He is an allrounder - slow left-arm orthodox spinner and left-hand batsman. He has scored 2105 runs from 172 innings at an average of 17.39 and has taken 282 wickets from 255 innings at an economy of 4.12.
Kane Williamson (22): He is is an allrounder - right-hand batsman and right-arm offbreak spinner. He has scored 1147 runs from 37 innings at an average of 35.84, and has three centuries and five half centuries to his credit. He has also taken 15 wickets from 24 innings.
