England and New Zealand will go head to head in the opening match of the much-awaited cricket tournament - Cricket World Cup 2023. The 1st match of the World Cup will take place on 5th October, 2023 at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.
Both the sides played well in the warm-up matches and now they are set to bring serious action on the field. Kane Williamson is unavailable for the 1st match and Tom Latham will lead the team in his absence while England will be led by Jos Buttler. The rivalry has become fierce between these two sides since the thrilling finale of the last World Cup in 2019 when England defeated the Kiwis in the Super Over and clinched their first ever Cricket World Cup trophy.
Let’s take a look at the Head to Head record for this match.
England and New Zealand almost have a neck to neck fight in the ODI head to head record. Out of a total of 95 face-offs, England won 45 matches against New Zealand while the latter won 44 times. 2 matches have tied and 4 ended in no-result.
Matches | ENG Won | NZ Won | Tie | No Result | |
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Overall | 95 | 45 | 44 | 2 | 4 |
In England | 36 | 21 | 13 | 0 | 2 |
In New Zealand | 43 | 18 | 21 | 2 | 2 |
Neutral Venue | 16 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
If you look at the head to head stats table, you can see that New Zealand has won more matches at home and at neutral venues.
The upcoming Cricket World Cup clash will take place in India and despite England coming into this clash as the favourites, New Zealand’s head to head record can give a tough fight to the defending champions of the Cricket World Cup.
Coming to the interesting part of the head to head record, England and New Zealand have won 5 matches each in the 10 World Cup clashes between them so far. The winner of this match will lead the World Cup head to head record between ENG and NZ.
Matches | ENG Won | NZ Won | Tie | No Result | |
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Cricket World Cup (ODI) | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |