NZ vs ENG Dream11 Prediction, Fantasy Cricket Tips, Playing XI, Pitch Report & Injury Updates For 1st Test
England beat New Zealand by 3-0 in the home Test series in June 2022.
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New Zealand (NZ) will be hosting England (ENG) in the first Test match at Bay Oval in Mount Maunganui starting on Thursday (February 16). New Zealand lost against India by 1-2 in T20Is and 0-3 in ODIs in their latest bilateral series. Before that, they drew both Test matches against Pakistan in November 2022. Tom Latham top-scored 281 runs from four innings while Ish Sodhi was the leading wicket-taker with 13 wickets against Pakistan.
England suffered a 2-1 ODI away series loss against South Africa in their latest bilateral series. But they are in red-hot form in Test cricket lately with a 0-3 away Test series win against Pakistan. England also beat New Zealand by 3-0 at home in a three-match Test series last year and are favorites to win the series.
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Match Information
New Zealand vs England, 1st Test
England tour of New Zealand, 16 Feb 2023, Thur, 6:30 AM IST, Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui
Weather Report
Clouds
19.1°C
93% (Humidity)
Team Form (Last 5 matches)
Probable Playing XI
New Zealand
Tim Southee (C), Devon Conway, Tom Latham, Ish Sodhi, Kane Williamson, Michael Bracewell, DJ Mitchell, Tom Blundell (wk), HM Nicholls, Neil Wagner, JA Duffy
Bench : MJ Henry, BM Tickner, WA Young, KA Jamieson, Scott Kuggeleijn
England
HC Brook, Zak Crawley, BM Duckett, JE Root, Ben Stokes (C), BT Foakes (wk), Ollie Pope, James Anderson, Stuart Broad, MJ Leach, Ollie Robinson
Bench : DW Lawrence, WG Jacks, MJ Potts, OP Stone
Injury and availability news
Pitch Report
298
Average Score
Player Picks
Kane Williamson NZ | BAT
The top-ranked New Zealand batter smashed two back-to-back fifties against Pakistan in his last two international innings. Williamson also shone in the Test series against Pakistan with 277 runs from just three innings with an unbeaten double hundred.
Joe Root ENG | BAT
The star English batter struggled for the big knocks against Pakistan in the last Test series with just 125 runs from five innings with one fifty. But he has gained his rhythm back after big performances in ILT20 and scored 77 off 69 against New Zealand XI in the warm-up game.
Harry Brook ENG | BAT
The young rising English batter has been in sensational form across formats lately. He was the leading run-scorer in the Pakistan series with 468 runs from five innings at an average of 93.60 with three hundreds and one fifty.
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Henry Nicholls
NZ | BAT
The star middle-order batter struggled for big knocks against Pakistan in the last Test series. He scored just 53 runs from three innings and should be avoided for the Dream11 Team selection.
Jack Leach
ENG | BOWL
The experienced English spinner was the leading wicket-taker with 15 wickets from six innings against Pakistan in the last series. But Bay Oval's pitch hugely favors seam bowlers so the spinners are likely to struggle for the wickets.
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