Imports Muttiah Muralitharan and Brendan Taylor will be rushed straight into the Wellington cricket side for their HRV Cup opener on Sunday.
Muralitharan and Taylor have yet to arrive in New Zealand but have been named in the Firebirds 12 to face Auckland at Colin Maiden Park.
Black Caps batsman Jesse Ryder has also been included in the Wellington line-up, which will be captained by Grant Elliott.
