Match details
Series: England tour of New Zealand, 2019
Venue: Hagley Oval, Christchurch
Date: November 01, 2019
Time: 06:30 a.m. IST
Preview:
After nearly one and a half years, England and New Zealand are set to face against each other for the first in the T20I match at Hagley Oval in Christchurch. England has a strong record against New Zealand in the T20 format with 10 wins in 15 matches. But, those numbers are expected to change as England decided to rest their experienced players like Joe Root, Jos Buttler and Ben Stokes for this series and have included many young and new faces in the squad. While on the other hand, despite Kane Williamson's absence, the New Zealand side looks well settled and they have plenty of veteran players to take on this series.
Weather report: The weather is expected to be a bit cloudy; however, there are fewer chances of rain. The temperature is due to be around 14 degrees Celsius and a full forty-over game is on the card.
Pitch Report: The Hagley Oval has not hosted a T20I match before; however, it has hosted 14 ODIs which has witnessed some high scoring matches, so the pitch is expected to be good for batting.
Probable Playing XI:
England:
England has rested several frontline players and included many new faces like Tom Banton, Patrick Brown and Matthew Parkinson. Eoin Morgan is expected to bat at the top-order while gloves will be taken by Sam
Match details
Series: England tour of New Zealand, 2019
Venue: Hagley Oval, Christchurch
Date: November 01, 2019
Time: 06:30 a.m. IST
Preview:
After nearly one and a half years, England and New Zealand are set to face against each other for the first in the T20I match at Hagley Oval in Christchurch. England has a strong record against New Zealand in the T20 format with 10 wins in 15 matches. But, those numbers are expected to change as England decided to rest their experienced players like Joe Root, Jos Buttler and Ben Stokes for this series and have included many young and new faces in the squad. While on the other hand, despite Kane Williamson's absence, the New Zealand side looks well settled and they have plenty of veteran players to take on this series.
Weather report: The weather is expected to be a bit cloudy; however, there are fewer chances of rain. The temperature is due to be around 14 degrees Celsius and a full forty-over game is on the card.
Pitch Report: The Hagley Oval has not hosted a T20I match before; however, it has hosted 14 ODIs which has witnessed some high scoring matches, so the pitch is expected to be good for batting.
Probable Playing XI:
England:
England has rested several frontline players and included many new faces like Tom Banton, Patrick Brown and Matthew Parkinson. Eoin Morgan is expected to bat at the top-order while gloves will be taken by Sam Billings. Sam Curran and Chris Jordan should lead the pace attack.
Predicted XI: James Vince, Jonny Bairstow, Joe Denly, Eoin Morgan (C), Dawid Malan, Sam Billings (WK), Sam Curran, Adil Rashid, Chris Jordan, Saqib Mahmood, Patrick Brown
New Zealand:
Tim Southee will be leading his side in the absence of regular skipper Kane Williamson while Lockie Ferguson has returned from his thumb injury should lead the attack. Meanwhile, Martin Guptill, Colin Munro, and Ross Taylor will have the responsibility of scoring runs.
Predicted XI: Martin Guptill, Colin Munro, Tim Seifert (WK), Ross Taylor, Colin de Grandhomme, Jimmy Neesham, Mitchell Santner, Lockie Ferguson, Tim Southee (C), Ish Sodhi, Blair Tickner
Top Picks:
Wicket-keeper: Sam Billings (8.5 credits)
Billings scored 28 and 27 in recently concluded two practice matches against New Zealand XI, with both innings looking fluent, before getting out as he couldn't convert into big innings. There could be yet more runs for him today.
Batsman: Colin Munro (9.5 credits)
Hard to look past Munro. The explosive left-handed batsman is coming into this match after smashing an unbeaten 107 off 57 balls in Tuesday's practice match win over England. He's in red-hot form at the moment and must be an easy pick for the game.
All-rounder: Mitchell Santner (8 credits)
Currently, the best bowler for New Zealand in the T20Is, having picked 38 wickets in 34 matches with an economy of 7.10. Moreover, he has five wickets against England in 13.1 overs in T20Is, and he's also a handy lower-order batsman too.
Bowler: Lockie Ferguson (9 credits)
He has done pretty well job in T20I matches so far for New Zealand having picked ten wickets in just five matches at an economy of 7.10. Moreover, his consistency with line and length could be useful on the Hagley Oval pitch. After all, he is coming into this match after picking a three-wicket haul in the first practice match on Sunday.
Captaincy options: Colin Munro, Jonny Bairstow, Ross Taylor, Martin Guptill
Dream11 team:
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