Stephen Fleming's New Zealand go into Monday's World Cup match against Canada knowing even a huge win in their last league outing may not secure them a place in the Super Sixes.

Even as the Kiwis take on the minnows, their attention will be focussed on another key game the same day between Sri Lanka and South Africa under the Kingsmead lights at Durban.

And the Black Caps received a big boost when it was confirmed

that Nathan Astle will play in the match, but two key players will sit out due to injuries.

Batsman Lou Vincent and seamer Kyle Mills, who were injured during training last week, are certain to miss the early part of the Super Sixes if New Zealand qualify.

Vincent dislocated his left thumb and Mills suffered a torn hamstring, but Astle is back in place of Matthew Sinclair after missing the last game due to a side strain.

New Zealand chairman of selec-

tors Richard Hadlee said choosing the playing eleven was made easier because of the injuries to Mills and Vincent.

"We had only thirteen players to choose from so selecting the side was pretty straight forward," Hadlee said.

"Astle, who is one of our most experienced and well performed one day batsmen, has come in to the team in place of Mathew Sinclair.

"This is tough on Mathew because during the game against Bangladesh the need to bolster our run rate meant some players were elevated above him in the batting order and he was denied his opportunity.

"However, this is a must win game for us and one where we must continue to improve our run rate.

"Therefore we have picked what we consider is the most effective combination to achieve this objective."

Fleming warned his team against taking it easy against Canada, who have improved after being shot out for one-day cricket's lowest total of 36 against Sri Lanka.

New Zealand are almost certain to field first if they win the toss to secure a big win over Canada and improve the run rate.

"It's important to be patient despite the need to win quickly because it's easy to fall into the trap of trying to make something happen with every ball," Fleming said.

"That can play into the hands of the opposition."

Canadian captain Joe Harris said his team's ambition was to give New Zealand a good run.

"We know they're going to come after us and it's going to be hard," Harris said. "But we have to hang out there and do our best."

Canada's John Davison hit the quickest century in World Cup history against West Indies, while Ishwar Maraj batting through the full 50 overs against South Africa.

LINE-UPS CANADA (from): Joseph Harris (captain), Ashish Bagai, Ian Billcliff, Desmond Chumney, Austin Codrington, John Davison, Nicholas de Groot, Nicholas Ifil, Davis Joseph, Ishwar Maraj, Ashish Patel, Abdool Samad, Fazil Sattaur, Barry Seebaran, Sanjayan Thuraisingam.

NEW ZEALAND (from): Stephen Fleming (captain), Andre Adams, Nathan Astle, Shane Bond, Chris Cairns, Chris Harris, Brendon McCullum, Craig McMillan, Kyle Mills, Jacob Oram, Matthew Sinclair, Scott Styris, Daryl Tuffey, Daniel Vettori, Lou Vincent.

Umpires: Brian Jerling (Rsa) and Avi Jayaprakash (Ind)

TV umpire: Tyronne Wijewardene (Sri)

Match referee: Denis Lindsay (Rsa)