Who will win New Zealand vs England, 1st T20 2019?
England will begin their month-long tour of New Zealand with a five-match T20 international series. The opening game is scheduled to be played on November 1 at the Hagley Oval in Christchurch. Live telecast of the first T20I will begin at 2 PM local time.
NZ vs ENG, 1st T20 2019: Where to watch/Live streaming
TV channels: Star Sports, Sky Sports Cricket, Sky Sport NZ, SuperSport, Fox Sports, OSN Sports Cricket HD, Gazi TV
Live Streaming: Bet365, Hotstar, Now TV, Sky Go
NZ vs ENG Toss Prediction
The pitch is likely to remain the same across the forty overs. And also since the new ball is expected to do a bit more off the surface early on in the game, the team that wins the toss here will probably elect to bowl first.
NZ vs ENG Weather Report
There could be a bit of cloud cover during the match. The chances of rain, however, are extremely low which means a full forty-over game is on the cards. It will be a pretty cold day with temperature expected to hover around 14 degrees Celsius.
NZ vs ENG Pitch Condition
The Hagley Oval has not hosted a T20 international before. However, it has hosted quite a few one-day internationals and some of those have been high-scoring encounters, showing that the pitch has been pretty good for batting. So one can expect a good sporting surface for this game.
Read on for team previews, betting tips, latest odds and match prediction for New Zealand vs England, 1st T20 2019...
New Zealand Team News & Playing 11
NZ Team News
New Zealand have been dealt a blow ahead of the T20Is with their regular skipper and star batsman Kane Williamson ruled out of the entire series due to a hip injury. Veteran fast bowler Tim Southee will be leading the team's 14-man squad in the absence of Williamson. Allrounder Lockie Ferguson has returned from his thumb injury but he will be replaced in the squad with Trent Boult for the last two matches. The home team has also picked Blair Tickner and Jimmy Neesham who had an impressive World Cup campaign.
NZ Key Players
Colin Munro: The explosive left-handed opener is currently the world's third-best batsman in T20Is. Munro is having a strike-rate of 161.16 in this format and he is coming off an unbeaten 107 off just 57 balls in Tuesday's practice match win over England.
Lockie Ferguson: The fast bowler was impressive at this year's World Cup. He has done pretty well in his short T20I career having picked 10 wickets in 5 matches. Ferguson was the pick of the Kiwi bowlers with his three-wicket haul in the first practice match on Sunday.
Mitchell Santner: Ranked fifth in the ICC T20I bowling rankings, Mitchell Santner is currently the best bowler for New Zealand in the T20I format. The left-arm spinner has 38 wickets in 34 matches including a four-wicket haul. Santner is also handy with the bat down the order.
NZ Recent Form
New Zealand have had a good year as far as the twenty-over format is concerned. They have played seven T20 internationals so far this year and have won five of them. The Black Caps have won their last three T20I series; they beat Sri Lanka in a one-off match at home in January and then clinched another home series with a 2-1 win over India in February before downing Sri Lanka again – this time by 2-1 at Pallekele in September.
New Zealand Predicted Playing 11
Martin Guptill, Colin Munro, Tim Seifert (wk), Colin de Grandhomme, Ross Taylor, James Neesham, Mitchell Santner, Lockie Ferguson, Tim Southee (c), Ish Sodhi, Blair Tickner
England Team News & Playing 11
ENG Team News
England have named a 15-man squad led by Eoin Morgan for the T20I leg of their tour of New Zealand. Wicketkeeper-batsman Sam Billings will be making his international comeback since suffering a shoulder injury that had kept him out of the World Cup squad. The visitors have rested several frontline players and have blooded quite a few fresh faces into their squad like Lewis Gregory, Tom Banton, Patrick Brown, Saqib Mahmood and Matthew Parkinson. Morgan is likely to bat at the top of the order while his deputy Billings will probably bat at number six.
ENG Key Players
Jonny Bairstow: He has a pretty good record with the bat in T20Is and has three half-centuries to his name. Bairstow warmed-up with a brilliant 45-ball 78 on Sunday and England will want the opening batsman to carry that form into this first T20 international.
Sam Curran: He has risen to become one of the most prominent all-rounders in England cricket across all formats. Curran can be destructive on his day with both and ball and is capable of winning games for his team on his own. The left-hander will look to impress the selectors on his T20I debut.
Adil Rashid: The world's third-best T20I bowler will pose the biggest threat to the New Zealand batsmen. The leg-spinner is among England's leading wicket-takers in the format with 36 wickets. Rashid troubled the hosts in the first practice match where he took 2-25 from his four overs.
ENG Recent Form
England have been very impressive of late in the game's shortest format - they have won eight of their last ten T20 internationals including the most recently played five on the bounce. They are yet to face a T20I defeat this year having won all four of their encounters. England have won their previous three series - against Sri Lanka in a one-off match before sweeping the West Indies 3-0. Their last T20I assignment was against Pakistan at home in the month of May - a one-off match which they won by seven wickets.
England Predicted Playing 11
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 vs England Head to Head
New Zealand and England have played 16 T20 internationals against each other with the latter leading the scoreline 10-5. One of the matches has ended in no result.
England have won three of the last four matches they have played against New Zealand in the shortest format of the game.
The last time these two countries faced each other in a T20I was in last year's Trans-Tasman Twenty20 Tri-Series at Hamilton. Put into bat first, England scored 194/7 in their 20 overs before keeping the Kiwis to 192/4 to eke out a two-run victory.
NZ vs ENG Head to Head Stats
| Matches Played |
NZ Won |
ENG Won |
Tie |
No Result |
| 16 |
5 |
10 |
0 |
1 |
New Zealand vs England Betting Odds
Sri Lanka remain outsiders because of their inexperienced squad, but their odds have shortened considerably thanks to their two wins so far.
NZ Bet365 Odds
- NZ to Win the Match: New Zealand are 1.80 favorites with Bet365 to beat England in this match.
- NZ batsman to score a fifty: Openers Martin Guptill and Colin Munro are both 3.25 with Bet365 to hit a half-century in this first T20I.
ENG Bet365 Odds
- ENG to Win the Match: England are outsiders at odds of 2 with Bet365 to win this match.
- Eng batsman to score a fifty: Jonny Bairstow is 3.50 while Dawid Malan is 3.75 with Bet365 to smash a fifty against New Zealand on Friday.
NZ Betway Odds
- NZ to Win the Match: New Zealand are 1.75 favorites with Betway to win the first T20 international.
- NZ Top Batsman: Martin Guptill is 3.50 with Betway to be the top batsman for New Zealand in this match while his opening partner Colin Munro is 4. Ross Taylor is up at 5.
- NZ Top Bowler: The spin duo of Ish Sodhi and Mitchell Santner are 3.75 and 4.50 respectively with Betway to be the top bowlers for New Zealand while pacers Tim Southee and Lockie Ferguson are 4 and 4.50 respectively.
ENG Betway Odds
- ENG to Win the Match: England are 2.05 underdogs with Betway to win the first T20I.
- ENG Top Batsman: Jonny Bairstow is 3.25 with Betway to score the most runs for England in this first T20 international. Skipper Eoin Morgan has been priced at 5 and so is James Vince.
- ENG Top Bowler: Adil Rashid is 4.25 with Betway to finish with the best bowling figures for England in this match. Chris Jordan has been priced at 4 while Sam Curran is 4.75.
🏆 New Zealand vs England Prediction
England and New Zealand have both been faring well in the game's 20-over format. While the former have won eight of their last ten matches, the latter have won five of their last seven. England have dominated New Zealand in this format and have beaten them thrice on the previous four occasions including the most recent encounter at the Trans-Tasman Twenty20 Tri-Series last year. However, the visitors will be missing many of their senior pros like Joe Root, Jos Buttler and Ben Stokes. There is also plenty of inexperience in their bowling department and so the likes of Adil Rashid, Chris Jordan and Sam Curran will be under a lot of pressure. The hosts too will be without their captain Kane Williamson but we feel they still have enough firepower to take down a depleted England side.
Nov 01, 2019
06:30 IST / 1:00 GMT
Hagley Oval - Christchurch, New Zealand
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