England and New Zealand have gone into a 5 match T20I series, starting from today with England winning the first match of the series to take a 1-0 lead. It’s the first occasion after the World Cup 2019 final that the duo is locking horns.
The World Cup 2019 final between England and New Zealand had ended on a sour note as England were declared the winners of the tournament despite the original match and the super over both getting tied.
The base of declaring England the winners was the fact that they hit more boundaries than New Zealand in the game. Many people thought it was unfair on Kiwis.
That World Cup final has created a bit of a rivalry between the England and the New Zealand fans which is why this ongoing series will be interesting and intense.
Let’s take a look at the New Zealand vs England T20I Series Schedule Venues, Squads, Head to Head records.
Schedule
Nov 01: 1st T20 New Zealand vs England, Hagley Oval, Christchurch (2:00 PM Local time)
01:00 AM GMT / 02:00 PM LOCAL
Nov 03: 2nd T20 New Zealand vs England, Westpac Stadium, Wellington (2:00 local time)
Nov 05: 3rd T20 New Zealand vs England, Saxton Oval, Nelson (02:00 PM LOCAL time)
Nov 08: 4th T20 New Zealand vs England, McLean Park, Napier (6:00 PM local time)
Nov 10: 5th T20 New Zealand vs England, Eden Park, Auckland (2:00 PM Local)
Venues
Hagley Oval, Christchurch
Westpac Stadium, Wellington
Saxton Oval, Nelson
McLean Park, Napier
Eden Park, Auckland
Bay Oval, Mount Mounganui
Seddon Park, Hamilton
Bert Sutcliffe Oval, Lincoln
Cobham Oval (New), Whangerei
Head to head records
The two teams have played each other on 13 occasions in the T20 internationals. While England emerged triumphant on 7 occasions, New Zealand won 6 times.
Squads
New Zealand- Tim Southee (c),Trent Boult, Colin de Grandhomme, Lockie Ferguson, Martin Guptill, Scott Kuggeleijn, Daryl Mitchell, Colin Munro,James Neesham, Mitchell Santner, Tim Seifert (wk), Ish Sodhi, Ross Taylor, Blair Tickner
England- Eoin Morgan (c),Sam Billings (vc), Jonny Bairstow, Tom Banton, Pat Brown, Sam Curran,Tom Curran, Joe Denly, Lewis Gregory, Chris Jordan, Saqib Mahmood, Dawid Malan,Matthew Parkinson, Adil Rashid, James Vince