the captain and best player in the team, Daniel Vettori is comfortably the most important man in New Zealand's World Cup campaign. Opposition batsmen are often content to see him off and attack the fast bowlers, but New Zealand are at their best when Vettori is also outsmarting batsmen and taking wickets. On the subcontinent pitches, he must use his own bowling as an attacking option. He is the only man in the squad to have been to three previous World Cups, although he did not play a game in 1999.
One of the most powerful strikers in the tournament, Brendon McCullum will carry a significant top-order burden for New Zealand. He can clear boundaries all around the ground, and is one of the more innovative batsmen in limited-overs cricket. Few men have been brave enough to scoop Shaun Tait over the wicketkeeper's head, but McCullum did it with great success during a Twenty20 international in Christchurch.
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