CT 2017, Match 6: England v New Zealand – Statistical Preview

England and New Zealand face off in a crucial Group A fixture in the 6th game of the Champions Trophy 2017. The hosts started off their campaign with a comfortable win over Bangladesh while New Zealand’s first game against Australia ended in a washout a stage when they were looking favourites to bag two points. They will now be looking to grab their first win and reduce some pressure over them while a win in this game will ensure direct passage to the semis for the hosts.

Ahead of the game, we look at some of the key numbers and records related to the game.

0.878 – England’s win-loss ratio against New Zealand in ODI cricket is their 3rd lowest win-loss ratio against any team in this format. Their ratio against Australia is 0.637 while against India it is 0.750.

1.138 – New Zealand’s win-loss ratio against England in ODIs; their 2nd highest against the teams featuring in this Champions Trophy. Their win-loss ratio against Bangladesh is 2.333.

Head to head record between England and New Zealand in ODI cricket:

2 – Number of times the English team and the Black Caps faced each other in the ICC Champions Trophy; New Zealand won in 2009 while England won in 2013 at Cardiff, the venue hosting this game.

3 – Number of times England posted 350+ in ODIs against New Zealand; all the three such scores came during their home series in 2015 against NZ. England’s first ever 400+ ODI total was also against the Kiwis in that series.

4 – Number of times the first batting team in the last 5 ODIs between New Zealand and England has scored over 300. During the 5-match series between the two teams in England in 2015, scores of over 300 were recorded in the first 4 games.

8 – Martin Guptill’s batting average against Ben Stokes in ODI cricket. Stokes has dismissed Guptill 3 times in 33 balls spending 24 runs in this format.

8.67 – Joe Root’s batting average against Mitchell Santner in ODI cricket. Root has scored 26 runs in 35 balls against Santner and been dismissed 3 times.

70.55 – Martin Guptill’s batting average in ODIs against England; his 2nd highest average against any side in this format. He averages 95.14 over Zimbabwe. In the 12 ODI innings vs England, Guptill has scored 635 runs with 2 centuries and 4 fifties including the career best of 189*, the highest individual score by a New Zealand player in ODI cricket.

146.91 – Kane Williamson’s batting strike-rate against Adil Rashid in ODI cricket. Williamson has scored 119 runs in 81 balls and got out only once to Rashid.

310 – Average first innings total in the previous 3 ODI games at Cardiff. Teams batting first posted 300+ in the last 3 ODIs; 304/6, 324/7 and 302/9.

1038 – Runs scored by Ross Taylor against England in the ODI cricket; the only player with 1000 runs in ENG-NZ ODIs. Taylor has 3 centuries and 5 fifties against NZ in 28 ODI innings.