New Zealand vs England (New Zealand National Men’s Cricket Team vs England National Men’s Cricket Team) 1st T20I Live Score: Hello and a very warm welcome to News18 CricketNext’s live coverage of this first T20I between two giants of world cricket, live from Hagley Oval, Christchurch.
England have been accused of both being too focused and not enough on the 2025 Ashes. But despite that, they have fielded a near first-choice 11 for the start of this series, with players who’ll have a point to prove beyond red-ball cricket bids.
New Zealand generally don’t do ‘point to proves’. They’d focus on building towards the next year’s T20 World Cup in the sub-continent with a forced focus on building depth, considering around half-dozen of their first-choice players are dealing with injuries.
Toss: To be updated once announced.
Teams!
England (Playing 11): Philip Salt, Jos Buttler (WK), Jacob Bethell, Harry Brook (C), Tom Banton, Sam Curran, Jordan Cox, Brydon Carse, Liam Dawson, Adil Rashid, Luke Wood
New Zealand Squad: Devon Conway, Rachin Ravindra, Tim Seifert (WK), Tim Robinson, Daryl Mitchell, Michael Bracewell, James Neesham, Mitchell Santner (C), Kyle Jamieson, Jacob Duffy, Matt Henry, Mark Chapman, Zakary Foulkes, Bevon Jacobs
