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Captain Brendon McCullum says New Zealand will not take Scotland lightly at Dunedin, on the eve of the co-hosts' opening ICC World Cup Pool A clash on Tuesday (17th February).

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Soundbite (english) Brendon McCullum, Captain, New Zealand, (on why he would change his team)

" Well, it's something we're going to.. we'll obviously reveal tomorrow, but look, the guys I thought performed incredibly well the other day. We've seen in the Sri Lankan and Pakistan series leading into this, leading into the World Cup, that everyone has stood up at some stage. We're in a really good position. We've got a fully fit and strong team to pick from, so we'll just work out the strategy that we want to go in with tomorrow".

Soundbite (English) Brendon McCullum, Captain, New Zealand, (on avoiding a slip-up against Scotland)

"They gave us a good run for our money at Lincoln a few months ago. Yeah, we've got to make sure we're on our game and treat it as if we're playing one of the bigger teams, as well, because in this World Cup I think we've seen at the moment with West Indies under a little bit of pressure, as well, that the associate teams certainly have players capable of standing up and making things pretty uncomfortable for you".

Soundbite (English) Brendon McCullum, Captain, New Zealand, (on whether Daniel Vettori and few other players would be following IPL auction)

"Yeah, obviously Dan is coach of Bangalore, as well, so he'll be pretty active today and hopefully some of the other guys who are in it, well, they deserve to be picked up and deserve to have the opportunity to play in the IPL. It is a fantastic competition, which obviously it benefits financially, but it's also a great opportunity to play with guys from around the world who you would never normally get the opportunity to play with. As I stressed, it's not our focus, but it's something which hopefully guys get some benefit out of today".