The fitness of a couple of New Zealand cricketers is improving ahead of their next World Cup match against Zimbabwe on Friday.
The Black Caps were hoping the week off since their 7-wicket loss to Australia would at least give a couple of players time to get over a few niggles.
Captain Daniel Vettori is continuing to improve from a hamstring problem while Scott Styris has almost completely recovered from a knock to a finger who took while batting.
The New Zealand bowling coach Allan Donald says 35-year-old Styris' bowling is important to their chances in the sub-continent conditions....
New Zealand will need to beat Zimbabwe in Ahmedabad on Friday if they're to make sure of a place in the quarter-finals
