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England will face New Zealand in a key Super 12 encounter in Group 1 of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022 at The Gabba in Brisbane on Tuesday, November 1. Rain and abandoned matches have played a big role in the “group of death”. As a result, teams are having to scamper around for key points.
As of now, New Zealand are best placed with five points from three matches and a healthy net run rate of +3.850. A win on Tuesday will more or less assure them of a top-two finish. The Kiwis are yet to taste defeat in the competition. Apart from comprehensive wins over Australia and Sri Lanka, they shared points with Afghanistan after a washout.
England, meanwhile, find themselves in a much trickier situation owing to their shock loss against Ireland. The match against Australia being abandoned hasn’t helped their cause. Also, their only win, which came over Afghanistan, wasn’t a convincing one. In short, England haven’t come into their own yet. A loss to New Zealand will put their qualification hopes in serious jeopardy.
Today's ENG vs NZ toss result
England have won the toss and have opted to bat first. Explaining the decision, skipper Jos Buttler said:
”It is a used wicket, had a couple of games on it and we fancy a bat today. Whatever you do, you have to do well.”
Both England and New Zealand are going into the match with unchanged playing XIs.
ENG vs NZ - Today's match playing XIs
England: Jos Buttler (c &wk), Alex Hales, Dawid Malan, Ben Stokes, Harry Brook, Moeen Ali, Liam Livingstone, Sam Curran, Chris Woakes, Adil Rashid, Mark Wood.
New Zealand: Finn Allen, Devon Conway (w), Kane Williamson (c), Glenn Phillips, Daryl Mitchell, James Neesham, Mitchell Santner, Tim Southee, Ish Sodhi, Lockie Ferguson, Trent Boult.
Today's ENG vs NZ pitch report
While the pitch is a decent one for batting, since it is a used one, the surface might slow down a bit towards the end of the game. Batting second might thus be slightly tougher.
Today's ENG vs NZ match players list
England: Jos Buttler (c & wk), Alex Hales, Dawid Malan, Ben Stokes, Harry Brook, Moeen Ali, Liam Livingstone, Sam Curran, Chris Woakes, Adil Rashid, Mark Wood, Chris Jordan, David Willey, Tymal Mills, Philip Salt
New Zealand: Devon Conway (wk), Kane Williamson (c), Finn Allen, Glenn Phillips, Daryl Mitchell, James Neesham, Mitchell Santner, Tim Southee, Ish Sodhi, Lockie Ferguson, Trent Boult, Martin Guptill, Adam Milne, Michael Bracewell, Mark Chapman
ENG vs NZ - Today's match umpires
On-field umpires: Nitin Menon, Langton Rusere
TV umpire: Rod Tucker
Match Referee: Andy Pycroft
