PISS OFF PUNTER!
Although I think Clarke's a dreadful choice, I've been pretty well resigned to it for a while. Who else do you folk think is a viable alternative? Hilditch & Co. are so fucking dumb that if Clarke refused, they'd probably give the captaincy to the useless twit that is Shane Watson.
As for New Zealand, if the bowlers and fielders bring the same skills and intensity to this game as they did to the quarter-final, they could defend an in-between score of 220. The key is going to be dismissing the top order; the middle order and tail haven't had much cricket and may crack under pressure. Of course, the other key is some of the Kiwi batsmen coming through on their potential - e.g. about time for Ryder to finally play the innings we all know he's capable of.