Match Preview
ENG VS NZ For the first time since 2015, New Zealand has arrived in England for a Test series. In previous years, the visitors have had the upper hand over Joe Root’s team. This will be New Zealand’s first visit to Lord’s since their World Cup final appearance in 2019.England’s most recent Test series was in India, where they were defeated 3-1.
However, it will be reassuring for them to have some favourable conditions to fall back on. The majority of their players had just competed in the county season, so they should be pleased. Kane Williamson and his teammates will face the difficulty of not having enough time to prepare.
Match Details
ENG vs NZ, England vs New Zealand Test
Lord’s, London
Wednesday, June 02, 2021 03:30 PM
Probable Playing XIs of ENG vs NZ
England
Rory Burns, Dom Sibley, Zak Crawley, Joe Root, Ollie Pope, Dan Lawrence, James Bracey, Craig Overton/Ollie Robinson, Mark Wood/Jack Leach, Stuart Broad, James Anderson
New Zealand
Tom Latham, Tom Blundell, Kane Williamson, Ross Taylor, Henry Nicholls, BJ Watling, Colin de Grandhomme/Daryl Mitchell, Mitchell Santner/Matt Henry, Kyle Jamieson, Tim Southee, Neil Wagner
Captaincy Picks for ENG vs NZ
Joe Root
More than 100 Tests and 8617 runs is a testament to the fact how good Joe Root has been in the past few years. He is coming from a really good season with Yorkshire as well and in his last appearance, he also scored 99 runs. In the last six months, his record is also good and he has shown that he can score big hundreds, something which his team would need now.
Kane Williamson
He has played 83 Tests and has scored 7115 runs in this team. He hasn’t played a Test match in a while but for a player of his class, it doesn’t take a lot of time to get back to normal ways of batting in Tests. He is also ranked no. 1 in the Test ranking for batsmen.
Fan2Play Fantasy Cricket Tips
2-Player Team
Joe Root, Kane Williamson (C)
3-Player Team
James Anderson (C), Henry Nicholls, BJ Watling
4-Player Team
Neil Wagner (C), Rory Burns, Dominic Sibley, Tim Southee
11-Player Team
BJ Watling, Tom Latham, Kane Williamson (C), Joe Root (VC), Ross Taylor, Rory Burns, Daryl Mitchell, James Anderson, Neil Wagner, Tim Southee, Stuart Broad
Dream Team Prediction
