Taylor wary of 'underdogs' tag

The underdogs tag suits New Zealand just fine and it works to their advantage even more in crunch matches, says big-hitting batsman Ross Taylor.

"Most of the times when New Zealand play we are the underdogs. It's something that we almost enjoy," Taylor said here today.

New Zealand play Sri Lanka, one of the title favourites, in the first semi-final of the World Cup here on Tuesday.

"A lot of teams expect to beat us and we enjoy the underdogs tag and we expect to beat them as well."

While Sri Lanka were expected to make the last-four stage, the Kiwis made a statement of sorts by knocking South Africa out of the tournament in their quarter-final match.

"We've got lot of momentum in our camp.