Who will win NZ vs ENG 1st ODI?
Our experts strongly feel the odds are at towards England with Kiwis having equal opportunity to steal the game from them using the advantage of playing at home. Bookmakers have set their odds to which likely gives it either 50-50 shot or England being the favorite.
New Zealand Team News & Playing 11
Team News
New Zealand's squad has a tough job ahead of them with England holding the edge and odds at their end. Even though the last two face-off between New Zealand and England was a one game each, Skipper Kane Williamson and his squad cannot overlook the fact that England's last ODI series was a success against Australia.
The Black Caps despite the loss against England in their last game together was in finals which they failed to cash-in on.
Key Players
Captain Kane Williamson's 72 of 46 balls in the 4th T20 game lead the kiwis victorious against the English side, thus skipper will have to make sure he finds his form back. The main man for the skipper would be opener Martin Guptill whose batting has been a saving grace for the Black Caps in all their recent matches. Left handed Colin Munro would have to make sure he repeats his blastic partnership with Guptill to deliver enough runs or English chasers.
Bowlers like Trent Boult, Ish Sodhi and Tim Southee would have to work on their strategies to get the English batting lineup weak and slow. Ish Sodhi's return in T20 has only helped the morale of bowling lineup.
Team Form
Captain Kane Williamson failed to contribute beyond a disappointing 8 runs in his last game and will have to do more at his end. Team has won matches he contributed in and lost he ones he failed to score in, which means squad's morale could use captain's batting action. Opening squad for Kiwis has so far been the good in form and kept the team going on though the middle order gets rattled with dismissal of skipper. Ross Taylor is struggling and the level of his scoring has only gone in south side.
Like the top batting order, bowling too has been a going on a decent form. Though Trent has been delivering wickets, he has also proven to be a costly bowlers with the bowling economy at his end. Colin Munro has no been much successful in terms of wickets in bot the matches against England.
England Team News & Playing 11
Team News
England's team's performance has been more of off-riding on a gravel path experience with a lost Ashes trophy and smooth One Day victory leading to another loss in triangular Tri-Series with New Zealand Australia. With just one victory in the Tri-Series, England has now found itself on a struggle with players like Eion Morgan, Mark Wood and Adil Rashid.
Despite a win against New Zealand in the or last T20 Face-off, England failed to make it o final which the captain Morgon will have to keep in his mind.
Key Players
Injuries like Liam Plunkett has opened doors for all-rounder Craig Overton who could be blessing for the ODI matches. His last Test match did not yield runs but he did successful managed a decent bowling economy taking 2 wickets for Test Squad captain Joe Root. ODI skipper Eoin Morgon would be looking forward to a repeat performance from Overton against Kiwi batsmen.
Team Form
Skipper Eoin Morogon who took the squad to a victory with his 80 not out would have to play a key role in upcoming ODI against Kiwis, as his injury based absence in the first T20 against NZ lead to a loss. Clearly, Eoin Morgon's presence and form is an uplifting factor for his squad. While loss of Dawid Malan would be felt after his last contribution of 53 runs in 36 balls and a wicket, return of all-rounders Ben Stokes and Moeen Ali would be nothing but a relief for the England Captain.
English bowling side has been proving little costlier in terms of scores. Mark Wood and Adil Rashid who have a major role to play will be trying to curb down the runs they threw away in their last matches.
New Zealand vs England 1st ODI Prediction
Experts are divided on this but odds are slightly tilted towards England considering their squad has delivered great performance against New Zealand and the morale is still high for skipper Eoin Morogon and Co if they look at their last ODI success against Australia. But, New Zealand enjoys the benefit of homeground and fact that it beat English side to reach the finals of their last tri-series together. It could be a 50-50 but lets just say it is 60-40 or 65-35 with England on the heavy side.
Feb 25, 2018
06:30 IST / 1:00 GMT
Seddon Park - Hamilton, New Zealand
NZ vs ENG 
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