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New Zealand vs England (New Zealand National Men\u2019s Cricket Team vs England National Men\u2019s Cricket Team) 1st T20I Live Score: <\/strong>Hello and a very warm welcome to News18 CricketNext\u2019s live coverage of this first T20I between two giants of world cricket, live from Hagley Oval, Christchurch.<\/p>\n 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\u2019ll have a point to prove beyond red-ball cricket bids.<\/p>\n New Zealand generally don\u2019t do \u2018point to proves\u2019. They\u2019d focus on building towards the next year\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n Toss:\u00a0<\/strong>To be updated once announced.<\/p>\n Teams!<\/strong><\/p>\n England (Playing 11):<\/strong> Philip Salt, Jos Buttler (WK), Jacob Bethell, Harry Brook (C), Tom Banton, Sam Curran, Jordan Cox, Brydon Carse, Liam Dawson, Adil Rashid, Luke Wood<\/p>\n New Zealand Squad:<\/strong> 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<\/p>\n<\/div>\n