New Zealand plays Sri Lanka on Saturday in Match 1 of the 2015 Cricket World Cup. The contest starts at 22:00 GMT. Watch the live stream via the links provided below.
The 2015 World Cup begins on Saturday with New Zealand and Sri Lanka squaring off in the first match of the tournament. New Zealand has greatly improved over the past year, right in time for the World Cup, but skipper Brendon McCullum still relishes the idea of being the underdog.
"When you go into a tournament as underdogs, dark horses or favourites, it is all irrelevant once the games start," McCullum said, via CricBuzz.com. "It's great because it drums up energy and anticipation and expectation, but once the game actually starts it is back to the contest in its purest form - which is bat and ball and someone wins and someone loses. So that is the mentality we've got and we know what works for us. That is all we can focus, not on how some people have an expectation from us and how some people are writing us off. It is irrelevant from our point of view. We know what we need to do to succeed and if someone else is good enough to beat us, then so be it."
Sri Lanka, meanwhile, is looking to make a strong run in the tournament thanks partly to the fact they feel more comfortable playing in New Zealand, given the number of matches they played on the pitch leading up to the World Cup.
Watch the live stream HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE and HERE.
Projected Squads:
New Zealand: Brendon McCullum(c), Martin Guptill, Kane Williamson, Ross Taylor, Grant Elliott, Corey Anderson, Luke Ronchi(w), Daniel Vettori, Tim Southee, Adam Milne, Trent Boult, Mitchell McClenaghan, Kyle Mills, Nathan McCullum, Tom Latham.
Sri Lanka: Tillakaratne Dilshan, Lahiru Thirimanne, Kumar Sangakkara(w), Mahela Jayawardene, Angelo Mathews(c), Dinesh Chandimal, Thisara Perera, Jeevan Mendis, Nuwan Kulasekara, Rangana Herath, Lasith Malinga, Sachithra Senanayake, Suranga Lakmal, Dimuth Karunaratne, Dushmantha Chameera.
*Stats and squads via CricBuzz.
