New Zealand vs. England: Fifth T20I Preview

Prasenjit Dey gives his preview for Sunday’s fifth T20I between New Zealand and England.
New Zealand vs. England: Fifth T20I Preview

Match Detail:

Series: New Zealand vs. England

Venue: Eden Park, Auckland

Date: November 10, 2019

Time: 6:30 AM IST

Match Preview: 

This has been a terrific series so far in which both teams have had their moments of domination. England overpowered the hosts convincingly in the series opener but New Zealand came back strongly in the next two matches to gain the lead in the series. The pressure was on England to win the fourth match as the Kiwis needed to win just this game in order to seal the series. But Dawid Malan and Eoin Morgan came up with stupendous batting performances which was followed by a clinical bowling performance from the English bowlers to square the series level. The two teams now head on to the Eden Park to play the series decider. And it is going to be a cracker of a contest for sure.

Weather Conditions: 

Weather forecasts are not bright as rain is expected. So we might get a shortened game.

Pitch Conditions: 

The pitch is extremely good for batting as is the case with most tracks in New Zealand. The boundaries are also short which will help the batsmen further.

Probable Playing XI

New Zealand

Colin Munro, Martin Guptill, Tim Seifert, Colin de Grandhomme, Ross Taylor, Daryl Mitchell, Mitchell Santner, Tim Southee, Ish Sodhi, Trent Boult, Blair Tickner

England

Jonny Bairstow, Dawid Malan, Tom Banton, Eoin Morgan, Sam Billings,

Match Detail:

Series: New Zealand vs. England

Venue: Eden Park, Auckland

Date: November 10, 2019

Time: 6:30 AM IST

Match Preview: 

This has been a terrific series so far in which both teams have had their moments of domination. England overpowered the hosts convincingly in the series opener but New Zealand came back strongly in the next two matches to gain the lead in the series. The pressure was on England to win the fourth match as the Kiwis needed to win just this game in order to seal the series. But Dawid Malan and Eoin Morgan came up with stupendous batting performances which was followed by a clinical bowling performance from the English bowlers to square the series level. The two teams now head on to the Eden Park to play the series decider. And it is going to be a cracker of a contest for sure.

Weather Conditions: 

Weather forecasts are not bright as rain is expected. So we might get a shortened game.

Pitch Conditions: 

The pitch is extremely good for batting as is the case with most tracks in New Zealand. The boundaries are also short which will help the batsmen further.

Probable Playing XI

New Zealand

Colin Munro, Martin Guptill, Tim Seifert, Colin de Grandhomme, Ross Taylor, Daryl Mitchell, Mitchell Santner, Tim Southee, Ish Sodhi, Trent Boult, Blair Tickner

England

Jonny Bairstow, Dawid Malan, Tom Banton, Eoin Morgan, Sam Billings, Sam Curran, Lewis Gregory, Tom Curran, Chris Jordan, Patrick Brown, Matthew Parkinson

Top Picks

Dawid Malan (9 Cr)

He is coming into this match on the back of his maiden T20I century in the previous match and he also has a fifty to his name in the series.

Eoin Morgan (9.5 Cr)

The England skipper played a fabulous knock of 90-odd runs in the last match and has also scored a couple of 30s in this series.

Matthew Parkinson (8 Cr)

The young leg-spinner picked up four wickets in the previous match and would be looking to continue his good form in the series decider as well.

Captaincy Options (in order of priority): Dawid Malan, Eoin Morgan

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Prasenjit Dey writes about fantasy sports for RotoWire
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