Toss New Zealand selected to bowl vs England
Tom Latham selected to insert England on a “conventional”, green-tinged floor at Basin Reserve, as New Zealand appeared to discover a method again into the three-match sequence after going 1-0 down in Christchurch.
“Whether or not you win or lose you are at all times seeking to enhance,” Latham mentioned of how his aspect would reply to defeat. “The fellows have labored arduous the final couple of days, I do not assume we had been too far-off, the consequence could recommend so however we did some great things all through that Take a look at match. One other problem this week, the blokes are trying ahead to it.”
Ben Stokes mentioned that England had been planning to bat regardless, as they did right here in 2023 when dropping by one run after making New Zealand observe on.
“I used to be very proud of how everybody went in regards to the sport final week, a type of actual staff efforts the place everybody stood up in some unspecified time in the future,” he mentioned. “We had some excellent particular person performances in Harry Brook and Brydon Carse however when everyone seems to be contributing you understand you’ve got had an excellent staff efficiency.”
Each New Zealand and England had named unchanged XIs upfront, with Latham suggesting the hosts had sufficient part-time spin choices if required. England caught with the mix of Jacob Bethell at No. 3 and Ollie Pope protecting wicket, the seamers on each side trusted to again up performances after a four-day turnaround between Assessments.
New Zealand: 1 Tom Latham (capt), 2 Devon Conway, 3 Kane Williamson, 4 Rachin Ravindra, 5 Daryl Mitchell, 6 Tom Blundell (wk), 7 Glenn Phillips, 8 Nathan Smith, 9 Tim Southee, 10 Matt Henry, 11 Will O’Rourke
England: 1 Zak Crawley, 2 Ben Duckett, 3 Jacob Bethell, 4 Joe Root, 5 Harry Brook, 6 Ollie Pope (wk), 7 Ben Stokes (capt), 8 Chris Woakes, 9 Gus Atkinson, 10 Brydon Carse, 11 Shoaib Bashir
