(REOPENS SPD 9)

New Zealand vice captain, Amy Satterthwaite said the England are tough to beat and her team will have to perform well to win the game. "England have been world class for a long time, they have proved it. They have been on the top for a long time and they have won consistently in series as well as World Cup tournaments. I think they are a team, which is going to be extremely hard to beat," said Satterthwaite. "We had a close run over them in a warm-up game but it was a warm-up game and people were trying different things. I am sure they have reflected on a lot of things and tweaked a few things in their game and I am sure they will come out pretty strong tomorrow. It is going to be a hard game and we know we have to perform extremely well to win," she added. The 26-year-old said that the teams will have a slight advantage playing later in the day, as they would know what need to do to make the final, if West Indies lose their match against Australia. "I suppose you can say that it's a slight advantage that we can see the result before we are half way through our game but at the same time, regardless of that, we have got to go out and got to win to give ourselves a chance of making the final and I think that is main thing we will be focused on. "You can't control other outcomes and things like that so we are focusing on our performance and reflecting on yesterday's game and areas we can improve on, and looking forward to tomorrow's game against England," she said. The left-handed batter hinted that her side might opt to bowl first if they win the toss. "Conditions obviously change here but these pitches have been used for a while. Probably starting to tire a little bit at times, (and) that probably pushes to bowl first but I think we will turn up tomorrow and see what the conditions are like and go on from there," she said.