<p>New Zealand all-rounder Corey Anderson admits his players are braced up for a verbal onslaught from Australia in their blockbuster World Cup clash in Auckland on Saturday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The Eden Park duel is likely to decide who tops Pool A and plays a relatively weaker team from Pool B in the quarterfinals.<br /><br />As a result, Anderson feels the Black Caps will face a charged-up Australia, but insists if the sledging starts, it will be one-way traffic.<br /><br />“Their sledging tactics are well known now and something we haven’t involved ourselves in,” Anderson told reporters.<br /><br />“We’re fairly neutral on the field. We stick to what we do. We’ll be expecting a bit of heat from them and I guess that’s part of their game-plan and we’ll just deal with it as it comes.”<br /><br />Anderson, 24, said that despite the two sides not having competed in a match against each other since the 2011 World Cup when Australia won by seven wickets, there will be few surprises come game day.<br /><br />“You can play these guys without being in the international arena and see what they’re like. They’re not going to be foreign,” said Anderson. <br /><br />New Zealand are in a better position as they have won all their three games at this World Cup while Australia have not been in action since their convincing 111-run win against England in the opening game on February 14.<br /><br />Their second game against Bangladesh was abandoned due to heavy rain in Brisbane on Saturday.<br />That prompted Australian opener Aaron Finch to declare the pressure of expectation will be on New Zealand as they will also be playing before a packed Eden Park. <br /><br />But Anderson played down the pressure hype.“That might be mind games. It’s the World Cup and every game is a pressure situation.<br /><br />“It’s exciting for us and we look at it as a positive to come out in front of a packed crowd at Eden Park, which hopefully will get stuck into the Aussies.”<br /><br />New Zealand hammered England by eight wickets in their last game, which Anderson believed put the Black Caps in a winning groove.<br /><br />“We are on a bit of a roll and it would be nice to continue that. But the break will have done everybody good so we can come back fresh.”<br /><br /></p>
<p>New Zealand all-rounder Corey Anderson admits his players are braced up for a verbal onslaught from Australia in their blockbuster World Cup clash in Auckland on Saturday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The Eden Park duel is likely to decide who tops Pool A and plays a relatively weaker team from Pool B in the quarterfinals.<br /><br />As a result, Anderson feels the Black Caps will face a charged-up Australia, but insists if the sledging starts, it will be one-way traffic.<br /><br />“Their sledging tactics are well known now and something we haven’t involved ourselves in,” Anderson told reporters.<br /><br />“We’re fairly neutral on the field. We stick to what we do. We’ll be expecting a bit of heat from them and I guess that’s part of their game-plan and we’ll just deal with it as it comes.”<br /><br />Anderson, 24, said that despite the two sides not having competed in a match against each other since the 2011 World Cup when Australia won by seven wickets, there will be few surprises come game day.<br /><br />“You can play these guys without being in the international arena and see what they’re like. They’re not going to be foreign,” said Anderson. <br /><br />New Zealand are in a better position as they have won all their three games at this World Cup while Australia have not been in action since their convincing 111-run win against England in the opening game on February 14.<br /><br />Their second game against Bangladesh was abandoned due to heavy rain in Brisbane on Saturday.<br />That prompted Australian opener Aaron Finch to declare the pressure of expectation will be on New Zealand as they will also be playing before a packed Eden Park. <br /><br />But Anderson played down the pressure hype.“That might be mind games. It’s the World Cup and every game is a pressure situation.<br /><br />“It’s exciting for us and we look at it as a positive to come out in front of a packed crowd at Eden Park, which hopefully will get stuck into the Aussies.”<br /><br />New Zealand hammered England by eight wickets in their last game, which Anderson believed put the Black Caps in a winning groove.<br /><br />“We are on a bit of a roll and it would be nice to continue that. But the break will have done everybody good so we can come back fresh.”<br /><br /></p>