Who Will Win New Zealand vs England 2nd Test?
New Zealand have gone 1-0 up in the two-match series as they beat England by an innings and 49 runs in the opening game at Auckland. The tourists will now eye a strong comeback as the two teams head over to the Hagley Oval in Christchurch for the second and final test to be played from March 30. Live action is scheduled to commence at 11 AM local time each day.
NZ vs Eng 2nd Test: Where to Watch/Live Streaming
TV channels: Star Sports, Sky Sports NZ, Sky Sports Cricket, Fox Sports
Live Streaming: Bet365, Hotstar, Sky Go, SuperSport
Toss Prediction
There seems to be a toss bias at this ground. Hagley Oval has hosted four test matches till date and all four of them have been won by the side that has bowled first. So the team that wins the toss here on Friday will probably elect to field first.
Read on for team analysis, betting odds, betting tips and match prediction for NZ vs Eng 2nd Test....
New Zealand Team News & Playing 11
Team News
New Zealand are coming into this match with a clean bill of health and we expect them to go in unchanged as they may not want to disturb a combination that brought success to them last time.
Key Players
Kane Williamson (102) and Henry Nicholls (145*) were the highlights of New Zealand's first innings batting. The former also has three fifties in four tests at the Hagley Oval which makes him the one to watch out for in this match. The Kiwis will once again look to the trio of Trent Boult, Tim Southee and Neil Wagner to do the early damage with the ball. Boult took a nine-wicket haul at Auckland (including a six-fer in the first innings) and has 22 wickets in four tests at this ground - the most by any bowler here.
Recent Form
New Zealand's emphatic triumph at Auckland was their third straight win in the longest format of the game. Prior to this victory, they lost a three-match home series to South Africa 1-0 before whitewashing the West Indies 2-0 in another home series.
New Zealand Predicted Playing 11
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Kane Williamson (c), Jeet Raval, Tom Latham, Ross Taylor, Henry Nicholls, BJ Watling (wk), Colin de Grandhomme, Todd Astle, Tim Southee, Neil Wagner, Trent Boult
England Team News & Playing 11
Team News
Despite suffering a heavy defeat in the last game, England are unlikely to make changes to their line-up for the second test. There were no reports of any injuries in the side at the time of writing.
Key Players
Mark Stoneman, Joe Root and Ben Stokes all hit half-centuries in the second innings of the opening test and the team will want them to continue from where they had left off. Root's last three scores (including the two warm-up games) read 51*, 115 and 51. The England skipper seems to have found his form back which makes him the key man for his side. James Anderson and Stuart Broad who took three wickets each continue to remain the major threats in this bowling attack along with Chris Woakes who failed to pick up a wicket last time.
Recent Form
England have not won a test in their previous six attempts. Their last win in this format came against the West Indies at home last year in September. Since then, they have been drubbed 0-4 in Australia in the Ashes and have now started this series off on a losing note.
England Predicted Playing 11
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Joe Root (c), Alastair Cook, Mark Stoneman, Dawid Malan, Ben Stokes, Jonny Bairstow (wk), Moeen Ali, Chris Woakes, Craig Overton, Stuart Broad, James Anderson
Team Form in Last Five Matches (most recent first)
New Zealand: W W W D L
England: L L D L L
New Zealand vs England Head-to-Head
New Zealand have not faced England before in a test match at the Hagley Oval. Overall, the two teams have played 102 tests against each other with the former winning just 10 of those and the latter 48. The remaining 44 matches have all produced a draw.
New Zealand vs England 2nd Test Betting Odds
New Zealand, after their crushing win in the first test, are the favorites amongst the bookmakers to win the second test at odds of 2.38 each on Betfair and Ladbrokes and 2.20 each on Bet365 and Betway. England are the underdogs here at slightly higher price of 2.46 on Betfair, 2.50 on Ladbrokes and 2.62 each on Bet365 and Betway. The odds for this game to end in a draw stand at 4.70 on Betfair, 4.50 on Bet365, 4 on Ladbrokes and 4.33 on Betway.
New Zealand vs England 2nd Test Prediction
England would still be recovering from the shock of having been dismissed by New Zealand for their sixth lowest test total. Though there were a few positives for them in the second innings in the form of Stokes, Stoneman and Root, the visitors would need to put up a much better show the next time they come out to bat. The Kiwis have won their last three tests on the bounce and will go into this game high on confidence. They have also won three of their four tests at this venue and so we predict the hosts to seal another win here.
Final Verdict: Back New Zealand to beat England at 2.38 each on 1xbet and 10Cric and 2.20 each on Bet365 and Betway.
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