Bruce Martin, Hamish Rutherford and Tom Latham are all in line to make their test debuts for New Zealand after today being selected in the Blackcaps squad for the opening ANZ Test against England starting on March 6.

A 12-man squad has been namedfor the ANZ Test match.

Bruce, the 32-year-old left-arm spinner, was in the test squad for the recent South African series but did not make the playing XI, while young batsmen Hamish and Tom have only featured in the national strip in the shorter forms of the game.

Hamish, 23, has been selected for the match at his home ground of Dunedin's University Oval after his Twenty20 and ODI call-ups earlier this month, while Tom, 20, last played for New Zealand in the Twenty20 and ODI matches in Sri Lanka last year.

Opening batsman Peter Fulton, who suffered a knee injury before he could take the field in the South African Test series, has been recalled after last playing for the Blackcaps in a test in 2009.

A 12-man squad has been announced today and another fast bowler will be added to the squad following the New Zealand XI four-day warm-up match against England starting on Wednesday in Queenstown.

Blackcaps head coach Mike Hesson says he is keen to show consistency with his selections by retaining Brownlie, our best test player in South Africa, and incumbent wicketkeeper BJ Watling.

Mike says that Peter retains his spot in the side after some great form for Canterbury – averaging more than 50 in the Plunket Shield.

'We picked Peter to tour South Africa and he would have played there if he hadn't been injured.”

'That leaves young Hamish and Tom to battle for the other opening spot. They've been in good form and are both products of our successful New Zealand A programme.”

Mike also welcomes the return of the experienced pair of Ross Taylor and Tim Southee after both missed the South African series.

Bowlers Mitchell McClenaghan, Daniel Vettori and batsman Martin Guptill were unavailable for the ANZ Test series due to injury. Bowler Chris Martin was unavailable for the first test match due to a hamstring injury.

For the full ANZ International Series schedule go to http://www.blackcaps.co.nz/schedule/the-anz-series-v-england/130/series.aspx

Blackcaps squad for first ANZ Test is:

Brendon McCullum (c) - Otago Volts

Trent Boult - Northern Knights

Doug Bracewell - Central Stags

Dean Brownlie - Canterbury Wizards

Peter Fulton - Canterbury Wizards

Tom Latham - Canterbury Wizards

Bruce Martin - Auckland Aces

Hamish Rutherford - Otago Volts

Tim Southee - Northern Knights

Ross Taylor - Central Stags

BJ Watling - Northern Knights

Kane Williamson - Northern Knights