New Zealand’s Tour of England begins with the first of 4 T20s at Chester-le-Street on Wednesday and we take a look at the game from a betting angle
ENGLAND
England’s last T20 Series took place in Bangladesh back in March where they lost all 3 matches. England’s last home T20 series was against South Africa in 2022 where they won the first T20 by 41 runs, but lost the second and third convincingly to the Proteas. They did win the T20 World Cup Final back in November though beating Pakistan by 5 wickets in the final.
Jos Buttler will captain the side which has a number of exciting and up and coming young players to choose from.’
Squad
Jos Buttler (captain), Rehan Ahmed, Moeen Ali, Gus Atkinson, Jonny Bairstow, Harry Brook, Sam Curran, Ben Duckett, Will Jacks, Liam Livingstone, Dawid Malan, Adil Rashid, Chris Jordan, Brydon Carse, Luke Wood
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NEW ZEALAND
New Zealand have been in recent T20 action playing the United Arab Emirates away and winning a 3 match Series 2-1. They were also in Pakistan in April where they played a 5 match Series and came from 2-0 down to draw the Series 2-2 after a no result in the 4th T20.
Tim Southee will captain the side.
Squad
Tim Southee (capt), Finn Allen, Mark Chapman, Devon Conway (wk), Lockie Ferguson, Matt Henry, Kyle Jamieson, Adam Milne, Daryl Mitchell, Cole McConchie, Glenn Phillips. Rachin Ravindra, Mitchell Santner, Tim Seifert (wk), Ish Sodhi
Head to Head
These sides last me in the World Cup in Australia where England won by 20 runs and New Zealand have not played a T20 in England since 2015.
SERIES BETTING – Click here to bet
England 13/20
Draw 9/4
New Zealand 9/2
1st T20 BETTING – Click here to bet
England 9/20
New Zealand 17/10
Suggested Bet: New Zealand win at 17/10
New Zealand have been by far the more active side in the T20 format in recent months and I think that could stand them in good stead and the 17/10 just looks a bit big and worth having a bet on.
Suggested Bet: Harry Brook Total Runs over 17.5 at 17/20
Brook has really impressed me in recent months and I think he will be looking to make a statement in the shorter form of the game.
Suggested Bet: Over 1, England Total over 6.5 runs at 19/20
I am hoping Will Jacks will open the innings for England and I still fondly remember how he took teams apart from the start in the Betway SA T20 earlier in the year.
Note: All prices correct at the time of writing but are subject to change
