The Black Caps were missing four players due to injury and illness in their nine-run loss to South Africa last night, including Daniel Vettori and Tim Southee, who were struck down with food poisoning on the eve of the match.
However, Taylor, who led the way for the Black Caps with 75 from 42 balls, including seven sixes, insists he will have a full squad for Friday.
"We had a few illnesses leading into the match, only having 11 there, but the whole squad's had a game so far in the last couple of weeks so we're looking forward to the start of the World Cup," he said.
"Millsy [Kyle Mills] and Jake [Jacob Oram] weren't going to play in the first place. Dan and Timmy falling ill, both eating at the same place, I'm not sure what it was. It's part and parcel of this part of the world. Sometimes you do get sick and hopefully we've got it out of the way now and there will be 15 people to choose from come the first game."
The depleted squad gave young bowlers Doug Bracewell and Adam Milne another chance to impress ahead of possible World Cup debuts.
Milne was the pick of the New Zealand bowlers after taking the wickets of the two South African openers and finishing with 2-26 from four overs. Bracewell dismissed South Africa's top scorer AB de Villiers for 54 while giving up 36 runs in three overs.
"They probably wouldn't have gotten an opportunity had they not gone down," Taylor said.
"They are both very young in their international careers and even though it was a warm-up game they would have learned a lot from the way they bowled, not only that but playing against and watching some of the world's best quick bowlers in action."
The Black Caps tried a few different tactics, opening with two spinners in Nathan McCullum and Ronnie Hira after using just three overs of spin in their loss to Australia. It worked briefly, with just 18 runs coming from the first three overs before Hira went for 19 in the fourth over as South Africa went on to post an impressive 186 for six.
The other change in tactics saw James Franklin moved to the top of the batting order but he managed only 12 from 11 balls, while regular opener Rob Nicol benefited from a move down the order to five in scoring 37 as New Zealand reached 177 for eight.
Taylor said Franklin's move up the order could be replicated during their World Cup pool D matches against Bangladesh and also Pakistan on Sunday.
"We've seen South Africa open the bowling with a left-arm spinner [Robin Peterson] and we thought sending Franklin up there just to break it up a little bit.
"As it worked out [Martin] Guptill was the one who took him on. Franky I thought batted really well and I wouldn't rule that out for other games during the tournament."
- Cameron McMillan of NZ Herald Online
