Expert Teams
We have opted for fantasy cricket teams on basis of probable XIs, recent performances, overall impact, and credit points.
Fantasy Tips of The Day
Wicketkeepers
Jos Buttler has impressive numbers against New Zealand: 278 runs at an average of 40 and a strike rate of 151.
Tim Seifert has found great momentum in 2023, having accumulated 242 runs at 48, including three fifties in only six games.
Under Buttler, Jonny Bairstow has collected 160 runs at 40 – of which 103 runs at 52 have come batting first.
Batters
Mark Chapman, scoring 482 runs at 54 including four fifties and a century, is the leading run-getter in 2023.
Dawid Malan has loved taking on the Kiwis: 364 runs at 61 – of which 256 runs at a mighty average of 85 have come at No.3.
Only once in his last 10 T20Is has Liam Livingstone gone past the 30-run mark.
All-rounder
James Neesham (six wickets and 102 runs) featured in the Best11 in each of his last five T20Is.
Bowlers
In the opening match of a T20I bilateral series, Tim Southee has produced at least 44 points per game.
In his only appearance in Chester-le-Street, Adil Rashid picked a three-for and generated 16 bonus points for an LBW and bowled.
Adam Milne provided a minimum of 46 points per game by scalping 11 wickets in six outings for the year.
Probable XIs
England: Jos Buttler (c & wk), Jonny Bairstow, Dawid Malan, Liam Livingstone, Harry Brook, Moeen Ali, Sam Curran, Chris Jordan, Adil Rashid, Luke Wood, Brydon Carse
New Zealand: Finn Allen, Devon Conway, Tim Seifert (wk), Mark Chapman, Glenn Phillips, Daryl Mitchell, James Neesham, Mitchell Santner, Tim Southee (c), Kyle Jamieson, Adam Milne